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US 12,343,749 · App. 17/216,425 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Apparatus for electrospray emission

Inventors: Bradley Kaanta (Boston, MA); Adam Zachar (Boston, MA); Louis Perna (Boston, MA)
Assignee: Accion Systems, Inc.
B05B5/025B64G1/413H01J27/00
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Patent No.
US 12,343,749
App. No.
17/216,425
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrospray apparatus comprising a capillary emitter.

Claims (14)

1. An electrospray apparatus comprising:

a substrate defining a channel;

a plurality of chevron shaped emitters, each emitter of the plurality defining an indentation in fluid communication with the channel, wherein a working material within the indentation is exposed to an external environment proximal the emitter, wherein a height of an emitter of the plurality of emitters is between 50 and 200 pm, and wherein the chevron shape is an open chevron shape and the emitters protrudes directly from the substrate.

2. The electrospray apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a radius of curvature of a tip of the emitter is between 10 nm and 10 μm.

3. The electrospray apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises a chevron-shaped guard emitter that is not in fluid communication with the channel.

4. The electrospray apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the chevron-shaped guard emitter is proximal a periphery of the plurality of chevron shaped emitters.

5. The electrospray apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of chevron shaped emitters is configured to emit working material, wherein during emission an electrical potential applied to the working material at least 1 ms before the electrical potential is applied to the substrate.

6. The electrospray apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of emitters comprise stress-released structures.

7. The electrospray apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of chevron shaped emitters are connected to the channel via a plurality of distributaries, wherein working material within the distributaries are exposed to the external environment.

8. The electrospray apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the channel comprises a distal electrode.

9. The electrospray apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the distal electrode comprises a specific surface area that is at least 100 meters squared per gram (m 2 g −1 ).

10. The electrospray apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the channel and the indentations are configured to be wet by an ionic liquid.

11. The electrospray apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the chevron-shaped guard emitter is not in direct fluid communication with the channel.

12. The electrospray apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the indentation is directly exposed to the external environment proximal the emitter via a path that does not pass through the emitter.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 24, 2021
From: KAANTA, BRADLEY; ZACHAR, ADAM; PERNA, LOUIS
To: ACCION SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 056333/0591 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63001026 · Mar 27, 2020
Related Publication 20210299684A1 · Sep 30, 2021
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