ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,862, issued on Oct. 7.
"Electric ion propulsor" was invented by Mano D Judd (Heath, Texas), Gilmary M Hostage III (Boerne, Texas) and Marinus Bernard Bosma (Tipp City, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric ion propulsor and method of using is provided comprising a substrate having an inner surface and outer surface. A plurality of antennae mounted adjacent to each other on the inner surface and are enabled to transmit RF energy, and a controller having a connection to each of the plurality of antennae, a digital signal processor (DSP) and software stored in memory enabling control of transmission of the RF energy by each of ...