ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,554, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to General Fusion Inc. (Richmond, Canada).
"Method and apparatus for controlling plasma compression" was invented by Michel Georges Laberge (Vancouver, Canada), David Franklin Plant (Vancouver, Canada), Raphael Segas (Vancouver, Canada) and William Randolph Smith II (Vancouver, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system manipulates one or more of the shape, timing, and magnitude of a pressure pulse ("plasma pulse trajectory") generated by a plasma compression system to implode a liquid liner surrounding a cavity containing plasma, thereby compressing the plasma. The liquid liner and ca...