US Patent Issued to Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaften e. V. on July 28 for "Ion beam extraction apparatus and method for creating an ion beam" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,045, issued on July 28, was assigned to Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaften e. V. (Munich).

"Ion beam extraction apparatus and method for creating an ion beam" was invented by Christian Hopf (Garching, Germany), Bernd Heinemann (Garching, Germany), Markus Froeschle (Garching, Germany), Moritz Eckerskorn (Garching, Germany) and Niek Den Harder (Garching, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ion beam extraction apparatus (100), being configured for creating an ion beam (1), in particular adapted for a neutral beam injection apparatus of a fusion plasma plant, comprises an ion source device (10) being arranged...