According to an embodiment, an ion pump for use in a low gravity environment includes a housing at least partially defining a pumping chamber, the pumping chamber enclosing a first cathode plate and a second cathode plate, and a plurality of cylindrical anodes disposed between the first cathode plate and the second cathode plate. The ion pump also includes a feedthrough extending external to the pumping chamber from a wall of the housing, and a baffle including a body disposed in a space between the plurality of anodes and an inner surface of the wall. The body has dimensions selected to prevent particles having a size greater than a selected particle size from migrating from the pumping chamber to the feedthrough when in the low gravity environment.


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    Titel :

    Ion pump for use in low gravity environments


    Beteiligte:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2023-03-28


    Medientyp :

    Patent


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Klassifikation :

    IPC:    H01J Elektrische Entladungsröhren oder Entladungslampen , ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS / B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS





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