Title:
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING FORCES USING ASYMMETRICAL ELECTROSTATIC PRESSURE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/159603
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A system and method for generating a force from a voltage difference applied across at least one electrically conductive surface. The applied voltage difference creates an electric field resulting in an electrostatic pressure force acting on at least one surface of an object. Asymmetries in the resulting electrostatic pressure force vectors result in a net resulting electrostatic pressure force acting on the object. The magnitude of the net resulting electrostatic pressure force is a function of the geometry of the electrically conductive surfaces, the applied voltage, and the dielectric constant of any material present in the gap between electrodes. The invention may be produced on a nanoscale using nanostructures such as carbon nanotubes. The invention may be utilized to provide a motivating force to an object. A non-limiting use case example is the use of electrostatic pressure force apparatus as a thruster to propel a spacecraft through a vacuum.
Inventors:
AURIGEMA ANDREW (US)
BUHLER CHARLES (US)
BUHLER CHARLES (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2019/062255
Publication Date:
September 17, 2020
Filing Date:
November 19, 2019
Export Citation:
Assignee:
AURIGEMA ANDREW NEIL (US)
BUHLER CHARLES RAYMOND (US)
BUHLER CHARLES RAYMOND (US)
International Classes:
B64G1/40; F03H99/00; H02N1/00
Foreign References:
| US20020012221A1 | 2002-01-31 | |||
| US20040089763A1 | 2004-05-13 | |||
| US20150252795A1 | 2015-09-10 | |||
| US20040011925A1 | 2004-01-22 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
THOMAS, Stephen, C. (US)
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