US Patent Issued to TAE TECHNOLOGIES on Aug. 25 for "System and methods for forming and maintaining high energy and temperature FRC plasma via neutral beam injection" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,663, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to TAE TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Foothill Ranch, Calif.).

"System and methods for forming and maintaining high energy and temperature FRC plasma via neutral beam injection" was invented by Michl W. Binderbauer (Ladera Ranch, Calif.), Sergei Putvinski (Dana Point, Calif.), Artem N. Smirnov (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Hiroshi Gota (Irvine, Calif.), Thomas Roche (San Clemente, Calif.) and Michael Meekins (Silverado, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high performance field reversed configuration (FRC) system includes a central confinement chamber, divertors coupled to the ends of the chamber, neutral beam...