System and method for forming and controlling electric arcs
Inactive Publication Date: 2008-11-20
EXTREMELY INGENIOUS ENG
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[0007]In certain embodiments, the present invention may provide a system for controlling the formation of an electric arc, comprising: an electro-magnetic field generator that generates a first portion of an electric arc having a beginning at a discharge electrode and a second portion of the electric arc having a beginning at an end of the first portion of the electric arc, wherein the first portion and the second portion of the electric arc are substantially straight. The first portion of the electric arc is formed from a first electric field created by the electro-magnetic field generator and the second portion of the electric arc is formed from a second electr
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Such prior efforts have been unsuccessful at least in part because lasers have sufficient power to create an area between the source and the target of low impedance, which is simply too minute in time to be useful.
In most cases, any laser strong enough to ionize a sizable path in air would do more damage to a target than an arc.
Also, these previous efforts have attempted to use a high voltage DC source to create these electric arcs, leaving no direct control over the waveform itself because it is a pulse of DC current.
Such a short pulse duration period severely limits the time in which an electrical current can be delivered to a target.
This problem can also be seen with the use of TASERS, which use a straight and direct line of low electrical impedance to pulse controlled waveforms of current and voltage to a target for a desired period of time.
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[0016]Various embodiments of the present invention will now be described in greater detail with reference to the drawings.
[0017]As shown in FIG. 1, a solid state alternating current driving system 004 is disclosed with a square waveform output 007 driving primary coil 001, which induces a current into Tesla resonator 002, thus energizing the Tesla coil. Primary coil 001 is on non-conducting form 006 and secondary coil 002 is on non-conductive form 005.
[0018]Primary coil 001 and secondary coil 002 together create a SSTC or air-core resonance transformer that, when driven by driving system 004, produces a relatively high voltage at discharge electrode 003 with respect to ground 009. Secondary coil 002 is connected to discharge electrode 003 (not pictured). The voltage potential between discharge electrode 003 and ground 009 creates an electrical field that drops off as 1 / r with respect to discharge electrode 003 where r is the distance from discharge electrode 003. This electric field...
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A system and method for growing and controlling an electric arc from an electro-magnetic field generator is described. The arc may be formed substantially straight by growing from successively generated electric fields from electro-magnetic generator, such as a waveform-controlled solid state Tesla coil. The growth and direction of the arc may be controlled by forming a low impedance channel created by an area of focused laser light in the path of the growing arc.
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[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 60 / 930,221, filed May 15, 2007, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference into the present disclosure. This application further hereby incorporates by reference U.S. nonprovisional patent application Ser. No. ______, titled “System and Method for Controlling an Electromagnetic Field Generator,” filed May 15, 2008.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to a system and method for forming and controlling electrical discharges or arcs from an electro-magnetic field generator.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Various types of electro-magnetic field generators capable of forming electrical discharges are known. For example, a type of air core transformer known as a solid-state Tesla coil (SSTC) is capable of forming such electric arcs. A SSTC is a well-known resonant transformer that typically uses an alternating current power source and at least two coils to...
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CPCH03F3/2173H03F3/2176H03F2200/03H03F2200/351
InventorMESSER, JEFFREY
OwnerEXTREMELY INGENIOUS ENG