US Patent Issued to Zap Energy on March 17 for "In situ renewable electrode for Z-pinch plasma confinement system" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,087, issued on March 17, was assigned to Zap Energy Inc. (Everett, Wash.).

"In situ renewable electrode for Z-pinch plasma confinement system" was invented by Matthew Colin Thompson (Mukilteo, Wash.) and Benjamin Joseph Levitt (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for Z-pinch plasma and other plasma confinement utilizing various electrode compositions and configurations. In one example, a plasma confinement system includes a plurality of electrodes, each electrode of the plurality of electrodes arranged coaxially with respect to an assembly region of the plasma confinement system and positioned so ...