# US 10,766,369 B1 · Systems and methods for collecting, storing, and using electrical energy from the Earth magnetic field > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,766,369 B1 - Document ID: US10766369B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 16/179,797 - Filed: 2018-11-02 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2014-07-17 - Applicants: Albert James Lovshin; Neal Rogers - Inventors: Albert James Lovshin; Neal Rogers - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10766369B1 ## CPC - B60L 8/00: Electric propulsion with power supply from forces of nature, e.g. sun or wind - B60L 50/40: using propulsion power supplied by capacitors - H02J 7/345: {using capacitors as storage or buffering devices} - H02J 50/001: {Energy harvesting or scavenging} - B60L 50/90: using propulsion power supplied by specific means not covered by groups B60L50/10 - B60L50/50, e.g. by direct conversion of thermal nuclear energy into electricity - H02J 2105/37: exchanging power with electric vehicles [EV] or with hybrid electric vehicles [HEV] - H02J 2207/50: Charging of capacitors, supercapacitors, ultra-capacitors or double layer capacitors - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - Y02T 10/7072: Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors - Y02T 90/16: Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract A system for using the Earth's magnetic field to provide supplemental power to a machine having a motor, the system comprising: a computer; wires; and energy storing devices all in controlled electrical communication with each other; wherein the wires can collect electrical energy from the Earth's magnetic field while the machine is put in motion by a power source powering the motor; wherein the collected electrical energy is stored in the energy storing devices or used to power the motor; and wherein each wire from the wires is folded and placed radially in a cylinder, to extend across a diameter of the cylinder, to achieve a maximum length for each of the wires, a maximum total length of the plurality of wires, and such that at least a wire has a correct position relative to the Earth's magnetic field lines of flux at any given time. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for using the Earth's magnetic field to provide supplemental power to a machine having a motor, the system comprising: a computer; a plurality of wires at least partially contained within a cylinder; and a plurality of energy storing devices; the computer being electrically connected to the plurality of energy storing devices via the plurality of wires, and the computer being programmed to control the plurality of energy storing devices via the plurality of wires; wherein the plurality of wires can collect electrical energy from the Earth's magnetic field while the machine is put in motion by a power source powering the motor; wherein the collected electrical energy is stored in the plurality of energy storing devices or used to provide the supplemental power to the motor; and wherein each wire from the plurality of wires is folded and placed radially in the cylinder, such that to extend across a diameter of the cylinder, such that to achieve a maximum length for each of the plurality of wires, a maximum total length of the plurality of wires, and such that at least a wire of the plurality of wires has a correct position relative to the Earth's magnetic field lines of flux at any given time. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the machine is an electric vehicle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the power source is a battery. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the energy storing devices are supercapacitors. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein each wire from the plurality of wires is associated with a corresponding energy storing device from the plurality of energy storing devices. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of wires is formed in a plurality of nested coils, wherein at least some of the nested coils are positioned at a 45-degree horizontal angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the electric vehicle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of wires is integral to the body of the electric vehicle.