ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,883, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC (Oak Ridge, Tenn.).
"Diode assembly for pulsed fusion events" was invented by Sam W. Brown (Jensen Beach, Fla.), Michael R. Phillips (Harriman, Tenn.), William T. Rogerson Jr. (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Blake F. Scott (Knoxville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diode assembly for producing a pulsed fusion event in a z-pinch driver. The diode assembly includes an inner core including a lithium compound formed of one or more lithium isotopes and one or more hydrogen isotopes. An electrically conducting outer sheath is disposed around the inner core. The electric...