Patent GB2347912B — Anti-Gravity Flying Craft (Ion Circulation + Gravity Wave Bending + FTL)

Bibliographic Information

Field	Details
Patent Number	GB2347912B (granted); GB2347912A (application)
Title	Anti Gravity Craft
Inventor	James Allen Avey, 99 Queensway, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 1LH, United Kingdom
Assignee	Individual (James Allen Avey)
Filing Date	March 9, 1999
Application Publication Date	September 20, 2000 (GB2347912A)
Grant Date	November 5, 2003 (GB2347912B)
Status	Expired — Fee Related (ceased March 9, 2008, non-payment of renewal fees)
Classifications	B64G1/409 — Unconventional spacecraft propulsion systems; B64G1/002 — Launch systems; B64G1/00 — Cosmonautic vehicles
UK CL	B7W WBS WPF W611 B7G G43A
Jurisdiction	United Kingdom (GB)

Abstract

The craft comprises a polished aluminium shell S, containing spiral coils W, generators M, diodes D, condensers C, and a control panel O, and affording access via an entrance A. Electric motors may also be present. Reference is made to the outer surface of the shell being charged, to ions being allowed out of the top of the shell and in at the bottom of the shell, to the ions being oscillated, and to a high frequency carrier wave being modulated so that a gravity wave is bent around the craft enabling the craft to float. Reference is also made to the craft being capable of travelling at many times faster than the speed of light.

Claims

The patent presents a single broad claim covering the complete device: a flying craft comprising a polished aluminium shell (S) with charged outer surface; spiral coils (W) disposed within and lining the interior of the shell; generators (M) for generating the electromagnetic field; diodes (D) and condensers (C) in the circuit path; a control panel (O); an entrance (A) to a habitable interior; a circuit arrangement enabling ions to exit from the top of the shell and re-enter at the bottom; oscillation means for oscillating the circulating ions; and means for modulating a high-frequency carrier wave to produce a gravity wave that is bent around the craft enabling it to float; the whole combination enabling faster-than-light travel.

Description / Specification

Structural Description

Cross-section diagram components:

Component	Label	Description
Shell	S	Polished aluminium, spherical; outer surface electrically charged
Spiral coils	W	Line interior surface of shell, running from top pole to bottom pole
Generators	M	Positioned at upper and lower poles; generate EM field and power ion circulation
Diodes	D	In the circuit path; enforce unidirectional current flow for ion circulation
Condensers	C	Energy storage; in the circuit path with diodes
Control panel	O	Mission and system control; inside habitable interior
Entrance	A	Access to habitable central interior

Shell exterior diagram: Arrows on the shell exterior show upward ion flow at the top and downward ion flow at the bottom, indicating a vertical ion circulation pattern:

• Ions ejected upward from the positive-charged upper shell
• Ions travel ballistically (outside the shell) upward
• Ions re-enter at the negative-charged lower shell
• Circuit completed internally through diode-condenser network from bottom to top

Physics Mechanism: Ion Circulation and Gravitational Wave Coupling

Ion Circulation

The upward-ejected ion flux carries momentum upward (ions ejected upward → craft receives downward impulse). The re-absorption of ions at the bottom provides the return leg of the momentum cycle. Net momentum imparted to the craft per cycle depends on the asymmetry in the momentum flux between emission and re-absorption.

The "oscillation" of the ions — driving them at a frequency matching a "high-frequency carrier wave" — is the proposed mechanism for generating the gravitational effect. The patent claims that oscillating charged particles at high enough frequency and amplitude couple to and deform the local gravitational field, enabling the "gravity wave" to be "bent around the craft" for levitation.

Gravitational Coupling Mechanism (Implicit Physics)

The implicit theoretical basis for the gravity wave bending claim: oscillating electromagnetic energy density modifies T_μν in the Einstein field equations:

G_μν = (8πG/c⁴) × T_μν

The electromagnetic stress-energy tensor:

T^μν_EM = (1/μ₀)[F^μα F^ν_α − (1/4)g^μν F_αβ F^αβ]

For oscillating fields at high frequency and amplitude, the time-averaged electromagnetic energy density:

⟨u_EM⟩ = ½(ε₀E² + B²/μ₀)

contributes to the effective stress-energy sourcing the gravitational field. For macroscopic levitation via this mechanism, the required field energy densities would need to be comparable to the gravitational energy density supporting the craft — many orders of magnitude beyond what any known electromagnetic system can achieve at room temperature.

The patent does not address this problem or provide energy scale estimates.

Faster-Than-Light (FTL) Travel Claim

The craft's claimed ability to travel "at many times faster than the speed of light" is the most extraordinary claim in the patent. The proposed mechanism — bending gravity waves around the craft — is presumably intended as a warp-drive analog: if the gravitational geometry around the craft can be deformed (spacetime warped), the craft's local inertial frame experiences no speed-of-light violation; the apparent FTL transit results from spacetime shortening rather than the craft's coordinate velocity exceeding c. This is structurally consistent with:

• Alcubierre metric (1994): A warp bubble contracting space ahead and expanding it behind the craft, enabling apparent FTL without local light-speed violation
• Krasnikov tube
• Other metric engineering proposals

The patent's engineering description does not develop this connection or cite Alcubierre (1994).

Patent Grant Without Physical Plausibility Requirement

This is the only patent in the Physics_Math archive making an explicit faster-than-light travel claim that was formally granted by the UK Intellectual Property Office. The UK IPO, unlike the USPTO, does not require claims to be physically plausible as a condition for grant — only novelty, inventive step, and industrial applicability in a qualified sense are required. The grant does not validate the FTL claim but confirms the filing received full examination and passed on formal patentability grounds.

Prior Art Referenced

The patent cites prior art in ion propulsion and electromagnetic craft design from multiple jurisdictions:

• GB2262844A
• GB0830816A
• JP100220342A
• GB080156896A
• JP020005767A

These citations suggest Avey was aware of prior art in ion-propulsion and electromagnetic craft design from multiple jurisdictions, indicating this was not filed in complete ignorance of the prior art landscape.

Technical Classifications

• B64G1/409 — Cosmonautic vehicles: unconventional spacecraft propulsion systems
• B64G1/002 — Launch systems for cosmonautic vehicles
• B64G1/00 — Cosmonautic vehicles (general)

Physics Assessment

The ion circulation mechanism (Newton's third law momentum transfer) is physically valid in principle but produces only very modest thrust for the described ion current levels, far below what is needed to support the craft against gravity.

The gravity wave bending mechanism is unspecified at the level of physical detail needed to assess feasibility. The connection to GR metric engineering (Alcubierre class) is conceptually hinted at but not developed.

The FTL claim is the most extraordinary and receives the least physical development. Its grant by the UK IPO reflects the UK's patentability requirements rather than any physical validation.

Citations

• Google Patents: GB2347912A and GB2347912B
• Alcubierre, M. (1994) — "The warp drive: hyper-fast travel within general relativity," Classical and Quantum Gravity 11(5):L73
• Einstein field equations: G_μν = (8πG/c⁴) T_μν

Patent text compiled from Google Patents (application version GB2347912A). The granted version GB2347912B contains the same specification; additional description content may be available at UK IPO.