Patent ID: 11939966
Assignee: ELECTRIC SKY HOLDINGS, INC.
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  H  B | IPC B  F

Claim 7:
8. A flight vehicle system for propelling a vehicle in a plasma, the flight vehicle system comprising:
a plurality of coil sets, coupleable to a flight vehicle, the plurality of coil sets including:
a first drive coil set positionable along a vehicle force axis wherein the first drive coil set comprises one or more first drive coils;
a second drive coil set positionable along the vehicle force axis and spaced apart from the first drive coil set, wherein the second drive coil set comprises one or more second drive coils;
a storage coil that is magnetically shielded, and
a controller operatively coupled to the plurality of coil sets, and configured to:
(a) increase energy to the first drive coil set to generate a magnetic field in a portion of the plasma adjacent to and at least partially external to the first drive coil set;
(b) decrease energy to the first drive coil set and increase energy to the second drive coil set to translate a resulting superposed magnetic field through the plasma to a position adjacent to and at least partially external to the second drive coil set wherein translating the resulting superposed magnetic field includes moving ions of the plasma along the force axis to impart a force on the vehicle along the force axis in a direction from the second drive coil set to the first drive coil set;
(c) transfer energy from the second drive coil set to the storage coil and decrease energy to the second drive coil set to reduce the magnetic field in the plasma; and
(d) repeat (a) through (c);
wherein the first drive coil set and the second drive coil set generate currents carried by the plasma that extend away from the force axis beyond a periphery of each of the first drive coil set and the second drive coil set and wherein a majority of the ions moved in the plasma during (b) are outside of a maximum radial extent of the first drive coil set and a maximum radial extent of the second drive coil set.