US Patent Issued to Omega-P R&D on Nov. 3 for "Devices and methods for manipulating beams from an electron cyclotron resonance accelerator" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,146, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Omega-P R&D Inc. (New Haven, Conn.).

"Devices and methods for manipulating beams from an electron cyclotron resonance accelerator" was invented by Yong Jiang (New Haven, Conn.) and Jay L. Hirshfield (Orange, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses and methods for accelerating electrons include an electron source configured to provide a beam of electrons and an accelerator that utilizes electron cyclotron resonance acceleration (eCRA). The accelerator includes a radio frequency (RF) cavity having a longitudinal axis, one or more inlets, and one or more outlets and a first electro-magnet s...