Intellectual Property Law

US Patent 7445319 - Sustaining fusion reaction using forced collapse of nanoparticle nucleated cavities

Nuclear fusion powers the Sun and provides the basis for hydrogen bombs but has experienced little success as a controlled means of man-made energy production. However, this patent from Synergy Innovations teaches a new method of sustaining fusion reactions using metal nanoparticle suspensions. Claim 1 reads:

1. A method for causing forced collapse of cavities in liquid droplets containing nanoparticles comprising the acts of:

producing at least one pressurized liquid jet stream comprising a liquid and nanoparticle material;

causing the break up of said at least one pressurized liquid jet stream comprising a liquid and nanoparticle material producing a plurality of droplets containing liquid and nanoparticle material from the breakup of the jet stream;

irradiating the droplets with energy to produce and expand cavities within the droplets, and causing the droplets to collide with a target to collapse the cavities within the droplets wherein the irradiating and the colliding are timed to enhance the implosion energy of the cavities' collapse.

Full post as published by TinytechIP on November 06, 2008 (boomark / email).