ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,744, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to General Fusion Inc. (Richmond, Canada).
"Plasma compression system utilizing poloidal field coils" was invented by Stephen James Howard (Burnaby, Canada), Meritt Wayne Reynolds (New Westminster, Canada), Michel Laberge (West Vancouver, Canada), Alexander Douglas Mossman (Vancouver, Canada), David Plant (Vancouver, Canada) and Celso Ribeiro (Vancouver, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples of a plasma compression system are disclosed. The system includes a metallic vessel configured to receive and contain a plasma. The system further includes a metallic liquid liner in the vessel and at...