Patent ID: 8205428
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: H02K

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for an aircraft or a rocket comprising: an engine with an outlet through which an engine flow stream passes; and at least one electromagnetic field generator mounted to the aircraft or mounted to the rocket, the electromagnetic field generator having an internal cavity through which the engine flow stream passes, the at least one electromagnetic field generator creating a circular electromagnetic current loop within the cavity, about an axis of the flow stream, the at least one electromagnetic field generator comprising: a first pair of capacitive plates parallel to one another, a second pair of capacitive plates parallel to one another, the first pair of capacitive plates being arranged perpendicular to the second pair of capacitive plates, each capacitive plate of the second pair of capacitive plates being out-of-phase with each adjacent one of the first pair of capacitive plates; the internal cavity located between the first pair of capacitive plates and the second pair of capacitive plates; a first pair of magnetic coils, each magnetic coil of the first pair of magnetic coils aligned behind a respective one of said plates of the first pair of capacitive plates and electrically connected to a respective one of said plates of the second pair of capacitive plates such that the first pair of magnetic coils and the second pair of capacitive plates are in-phase with one another, and a second pair of magnetic coils, each magnetic coil of the second pair of magnetic coils aligned behind a respective one of said plates of the second pair of capacitive plates and electrically connected to a respective one of said plates of the first pair of capacitive plates such that the second pair of magnetic coils and the first pair of capacitive plates are in-phase with one another.