ION ENGINE
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    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:JPH09236076A

    公开(公告)日:1997-09-09

    申请号:JP4001696

    申请日:1996-02-27

    Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a large ion engine which is equipped with an accelerating electrode whose aperture is large and which is thick, and is low fuel consumption and has a long life. SOLUTION: This ion engine introduces working gas to the inside of a discharge container 3 arranged in a sealed case 1, generates plasma in the electric discharge container 3 by ionizing this working gas, and also retains plasma in a range separated from the inner wall of the discharge container 3, takes out ion in plasma by an accelerating electrode 4 so as to be accelerated and feed ion from an ion beam passing hole 5 to the outside of the discharge container 3 so as to generate thrust. Hereupon, a grid plate 4b composing the accelerating electrode 4 is formed by laminating a plurality of thin grid plates 21a, 21b, 21c to which the ion beam passing hole is formed.

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