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[[Category:Scientist]] | '''Heinrich Franz Klostermann''' is a German-born engineer and inventor based in San Mateo, California. He is known for his work in [[science physics|physics]]-based engineering, first through the design and manufacture of X-ray imaging equipment and later through the development of plasma-driven engines intended to generate power from ionized air. | ||
==Biography== | |||
Klostermann was born in Germany and later settled in California, United States. Early in his career he designed and sold X-ray imaging equipment, and he filed a series of patents on X-ray tube construction, including designs for rotating-anode X-ray tubes and their bearing and rotor mountings. These patents were assigned to companies including MEICOR, Inc. and Theratronics International Limited. | |||
In 1999 Klostermann became interested in the concept of an engine that produces power from a sealed, non-combustible working gas rather than from the combustion of fuel. He subsequently worked with inventor Tamerlane Sanchez on multi-cylinder engines based on the pulsing of plasma generated from ordinary air. In August 2012 he demonstrated a plasma engine core test unit in Palo Alto, California, launching a free piston in order to measure the energy released. | |||
==Work== | |||
Klostermann's inventive work spans two principal areas. | |||
His earlier X-ray technology patents describe rotating-anode X-ray tubes in which the anode target is carried on a shaft assembly supported by ball bearings, together with related rotor mountings and metal-ceramic tube constructions. Several of these designs were aimed at reducing the transfer of heat from the anode target to the shaft assembly. | |||
His later work concerns what he has termed the "Pulser," an internal explosion engine and generator that uses non-combustible gases. As described in his patents, the device employs an explosion chamber with a movable member forming one wall; a charge of non-combustible gas is repeatedly ignited in an explosive manner to drive the member from a position of minimum volume to one of maximum volume, after which it is returned—for example by a piston connected to a flywheel-bearing crankshaft, or by two pistons connected back-to-back in a hermetically sealed chamber. The system ionizes air into plasma and discharges a capacitor through electrodes at high frequency to produce plasma shockwaves that drive the pistons. This work is described in U.S. Patent 7,076,950, "Internal explosion engine and generator using non-combustible gases," filed in 2004 and granted in 2006, assigned to Clean Energy, Inc. of Palo Alto, California. | |||
==External links== | |||
* [https://patents.google.com/patent/US7076950B2/en U.S. Patent 7,076,950 — Internal explosion engine and generator using non-combustible gases] | |||
* [https://patents.justia.com/inventor/heinrich-franz-klostermann Patents by Inventor Heinrich Franz Klostermann (Justia)] | |||
[[Category:Scientist|Klostermann Heinrich]] | |||
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Heinrich F Klostermann | |
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| Residence | San Mateo, CA, United States |
| Known for | science physics |
Heinrich Franz Klostermann is a German-born engineer and inventor based in San Mateo, California. He is known for his work in physics-based engineering, first through the design and manufacture of X-ray imaging equipment and later through the development of plasma-driven engines intended to generate power from ionized air.
Biography
Klostermann was born in Germany and later settled in California, United States. Early in his career he designed and sold X-ray imaging equipment, and he filed a series of patents on X-ray tube construction, including designs for rotating-anode X-ray tubes and their bearing and rotor mountings. These patents were assigned to companies including MEICOR, Inc. and Theratronics International Limited.
In 1999 Klostermann became interested in the concept of an engine that produces power from a sealed, non-combustible working gas rather than from the combustion of fuel. He subsequently worked with inventor Tamerlane Sanchez on multi-cylinder engines based on the pulsing of plasma generated from ordinary air. In August 2012 he demonstrated a plasma engine core test unit in Palo Alto, California, launching a free piston in order to measure the energy released.
Work
Klostermann's inventive work spans two principal areas.
His earlier X-ray technology patents describe rotating-anode X-ray tubes in which the anode target is carried on a shaft assembly supported by ball bearings, together with related rotor mountings and metal-ceramic tube constructions. Several of these designs were aimed at reducing the transfer of heat from the anode target to the shaft assembly.
His later work concerns what he has termed the "Pulser," an internal explosion engine and generator that uses non-combustible gases. As described in his patents, the device employs an explosion chamber with a movable member forming one wall; a charge of non-combustible gas is repeatedly ignited in an explosive manner to drive the member from a position of minimum volume to one of maximum volume, after which it is returned—for example by a piston connected to a flywheel-bearing crankshaft, or by two pistons connected back-to-back in a hermetically sealed chamber. The system ionizes air into plasma and discharges a capacitor through electrodes at high frequency to produce plasma shockwaves that drive the pistons. This work is described in U.S. Patent 7,076,950, "Internal explosion engine and generator using non-combustible gases," filed in 2004 and granted in 2006, assigned to Clean Energy, Inc. of Palo Alto, California.