ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,418, issued on May 5.
"Gas propulsion thrust device" was invented by Igor Morozov (Odessa, Ukraine).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The gas propulsion thrust device comprises a cone-shaped propulsion element with a rigid concave internal surface and a second convex external surface. The propulsion element is submerged in gas and aligned with a high-frequency linear actuator, which causes its reciprocal motion along the longitudinal axis, generating thrust. The device includes a thrust chamber that supports the actuator and surrounds the propulsion element, maintaining a consistent gap between the propulsion element and the chamber to dir...