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Section: abstract

Thrust is provided to a vehicle using a self-contained device for producing the thrust through a preselected shaping of an electric field. The device includes a core carried by a housing, with both the core and the housing formed from a material having a high dielectric constant. Multiple cells are carried by the housing and formed around the core, with each cell having a high dielectric sandwiched between an electrode and a lower dielectric. A channel is formed between each cell with the channel providing a spacing filled with a material having a dielectric property of the lower dielectric. Electric wires are connected between an electrical power source and each electrode of each cell for providing power thereto. A set of cells extends radially outward from a longitudinal axis of a cylindrical core to form a circular plate with each cell uniformly positioned within the circular plate. Multiple plates are stacked along a longitudinal axis of the core with the electric wire carried through the high dielectric for connection with the electrodes of each plate. Positive and negative voltage is provided to adjacent plates at a rapidly changing rate to provide thrust resulting from non-linear electric field paths created through the device as a result of the cell and surrounding dielectric material configuration.