US Patent Issued to PerriQuest Defense Research Enterprises on Oct. 6 for "Energy source using atomic species" (Washington, New Hampshire, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,744, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to PerriQuest Defense Research Enterprises LLC (Meriden, Conn.).

"Energy source using atomic species" was invented by Nicholas V. Perricone (Meriden, Conn.), Kurt Rauschenbach (Franconia, N.H.) and Matthew Partlow (Townsend, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy source includes a plasma ion source that generates ions from molecular gas species received at an input, wherein at least some of the ions generated are atomic species ions. An ion extractor is positioned proximate to an output of the plasma ion source and generates an electric field when energized that extracts ions that include th...