Patent ID: 8059779
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: G21B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. An electrostatic fusion device, comprising: a vacuum chamber; a potential well disposed in said vacuum chamber; a partial vacuum environment in said vacuum chamber containing fusion reaction ions; plural concentrically arranged collector cages surrounding said potential well, said collector cages being generally spherical in shape and of progressively increasing size from an innermost collector cage to an outermost collector cage and having progressively increasing voltage levels from said innermost collector cage to said outermost collector cage, said voltage levels corresponding to energy levels of protons emitted from a fusion reaction occurring within said potential well, and being connected to deliver an electrical current output at said collector cage voltage levels; plural electron source pathways respectively connected to said collector cages to deliver said electrical current output; a diverter wire associated with each of said collector cages; each diverter wire being of higher potential than its associated collector cage and being adjacent thereto at a location that is between said associated collector cage and said potential well; plural voltage sources respectively connected to said diverter wires, said voltage sources being of progressively increasing voltage from an innermost diverter wire to an outermost diverter wire and each being of higher potential than said collector cage associated with said diverter wire to which said voltage source is connected.