Single-path electrical device and methods for conveying electrical charge (US Patent 7336473)

Patent number: 7336473 Kind code: B2 Granted: 2008-02-26 Filed: 2004-11-05 Inventors: Robert R. Gross (Tucson, AZ, US) Assignees: Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA, US)

Abstract

A single-path electrical device generates a conductive channel through the air to alternatively convey charge to a target and remove charge from the target. The single-path electrical device uses either a grounding sphere or grounding torroid to store and at least partially dissipate opposite charge. In this way, neither