Patent ID: 11965494
Assignee: ACCION SYSTEMS, INC.
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A thruster system comprising:
an emitter structure connected to a reservoir containing a working material, wherein the working material is in electrical communication with a first electrode;
a grid electrode opposing the emitter structure across a gap, wherein the grid electrode comprises a surface proximal to the emitter structure and an opposing surface distal to the emitter structure, wherein the surface of the grid electrode proximal to the emitter structure comprises a material coating that degrades when the working material contacts the material coating of the grid electrode and an electrical current exceeds a threshold electrical current, wherein the surface of the grid electrode distal to the emitter structure does not comprise the material coating; and
a dielectric frame holding the emitter structure and the grid electrode, wherein the dielectric frame maintains the gap separating the grid electrode from the emitter structure.