IP Library Granted Patent US 10,342,111
Granted Patent B2
US 10,342,111 · App. 15/562,642 · Granted Jul 2, 2019

Electromagnetic pulse protection method and electromagnetic pulse protection system

Inventors: Shingo Nishikata (Tokyo, JP); Yoshikatsu Kuroda (Tokyo, JP); Hiroshi Ikebuchi (Tokyo, JP); Koichi Hamamoto (Tokyo, JP); Tomoya Morioka (Tokyo, JP); Atsushi Ochiai (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
H05H1/24F41H11/00F41H13/005F41H13/0093H05H2277/00
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Patent No.
US 10,342,111
App. No.
15/562,642
Granted
Jul 2, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electromagnetic pulse protecting method includes: searching a threat 2 that generates an electromagnetic pulse 2 a ; and generating plasma 6 in a light-condensed point 4 by condensing a laser beam 5 on a light-condensed point 4 in response to detection of the threat 2 . Thus, various protection objects which contain a protection object having an electric opening indispensably can be protected from an attack by the electromagnetic pulse.

Claims (30)

1. An electromagnetic pulse protecting method comprising:

searching for a threat in atmosphere, the threat generating an electromagnetic pulse; and

irradiating a laser beam to have an electric field strength more than a breakdown electric field strength in the atmosphere when the laser beam is condensed on a light-condensed point to result in generating plasma in the light-condensed point in response to detection of the threat.

2. The electromagnetic pulse protecting method according to claim 1 , wherein the generating plasma comprises:

generating the plasma in each of a plurality of the light-condensed points by condensing the laser beam on each of the plurality of light-condensed points.

3. The electromagnetic pulse protecting method according to claim 2 , wherein the generating the plasma in each of the plurality of light-condensed points comprises:

generating the plasma between a protection object to be protected from the electromagnetism pulse and the threat to shield the protection object from the electromagnetism pulse generated from the threat.

4. The electromagnetic pulse protecting method according to claim 1 , wherein the generating plasma comprises:

condensing a plurality of the laser beams generated from a plurality of laser devices on the light-condensed point.

5. The electromagnetic pulse protection method according to claim 1 , wherein the condensing comprises:

condensing a plurality of the laser beams generated from a plurality of laser devices on one of a plurality of the light-condensed points, respectively.

6. The electromagnetic pulse protection method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

generating the laser beam from a pulse laser that carries out pulse oscillation.

7. The electromagnetic pulse protecting method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

determining the position of light-condensed point based on the position of threat.

8. The electromagnetic pulse protecting method according to claim 7 , wherein the determining comprises:

setting a position of light-condensed point between the position of the protection object to be protected from the electromagnetism pulse and the position of the threat.

9. An electromagnetic pulse protecting system comprising:

a threat detecting apparatus configured to search for a threat in atmosphere, the threat generating an electromagnetic pulse; and

a laser system configured to irradiate a laser beam to have an electric field strength more than a breakdown electric field strength in the atmosphere when the laser beam is condensed by the laser system on a light-condensed point in response to detection of the threat by the threat detecting apparatus, to generate plasma in the light-condensed point.

10. The electromagnetic pulse protecting system according to claim 9 , wherein the laser system comprises:

a plurality of laser devices, each of which generates the laser beam,

wherein the laser system condenses the laser beams generated from the plurality of laser devices on one a plurality of the light-condensed points, so as to generate the plasma in each of the plurality of light-condensed points.

11. The electromagnetic pulse protecting system according to claim 9 , wherein the laser system comprises:

a plurality of laser devices, each of which generates the laser beam, and

wherein the laser system condenses the laser beams generated from the plurality of laser devices on the light-condensed point.

12. The electromagnetic pulse protection system according to claim 10 , wherein the laser beams generated from plural ones of the plurality of laser devices are condensed on one of the plurality of light-condensed points.

13. The electromagnetic pulse protecting system according to claim 9 , wherein the laser system generates the laser beam by carrying out pulse oscillation.

14. The electromagnetic pulse protecting system according to claim 9 , wherein the laser system sets the position of light-condensed point based on a position of the threat.

15. The electromagnetic pulse protecting system according to claim 14 , wherein the position of light-condensed point is set to a position between the protection object to be protected from the electromagnetism pulse and the position of the threat.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2017
From: NISHIKATA, SHINGO; KURODA, YOSHIKATSU; IKEBUCHI, HIROSHI; HAMAMOTO, KOICHI; MORIOKA, TOMOYA; OCHIAI, ATSUSHI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-131626 · Jun 30, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180092195A1 · Mar 29, 2018
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