Patent ID: 7584601
Filing Date: 2009-09-08
Classification: F03H

Abstract:
1. A charged particle jet engine device comprising: a source of charged particles to be accelerated by a charged particle accelerator; a charged particle accelerator comprising one or more electric fields produced by potential differences between electrodes; at least one of said electrodes, when immersed in a gaseous or liquid medium, being configured to allow the medium to pass through or around it; wherein the size, shape, and position of the electrodes in the medium create different regions of the medium used by the device; low energy charged particles from the charged particle source introduced at any point in said medium or separated from other charged particles that are already in the medium such that the majority of charged particles in a region are of one polarity; wherein these charged particles are accelerated by one or more electric fields produced by potential differences between electrodes; wherein the accelerated charged particles travel a sufficient distance in the medium such that the number of collisions of said accelerated charged particles with neutral particles of the medium result in the transfer of energy and momentum from the charged particles to the neutral particles; wherein the energy and momentum of the neutral particles that have collided with the accelerated charged particles exceeds the remaining mass, energy and momentum of the accelerated charged particles after leaving the region of the device where the charged particles were accelerated; wherein all electrodes where the charged particles are neutralized after reaching or passing through or around said electrodes are exit electrodes; and wherein the charged particles are not created by high voltage ionization due to the electric fields of any of the exit electrodes so that the one or more electric fields of the charged particle accelerator regions which accelerate the charged particles is distinct from any electric fields associated with the source of charged particles.