US 10,892,673 B2 · Thrust producing split flywheel gyroscope method and apparatus

Abstract

The present invention is an electric propulsion motor that can be used to propel air, land, and sea vehicles consisting of a gyroscope's flywheel that has been split into two counter rotating sections, perimeter and hub, each section containing spokes that are shaped to produce thrust when rotated, a stator with individually controlled field coils located on its inside and outside diameters, permanent magnets integrated into the flywheel sections proximate to the stator's field coils, and a bearing system to support each flywheel section. The invention is self-contained needing no external propulsion or drive means, self-stabilizing due to the gyroscopic forces created by its spinning hub and perimeter flywheels, thrust producing because of the shape of the spokes of the two flywheels, and rotational torque cancelling with counter rotating flywheel sections. A Chimara Effect is created that both stabilizes and propels the vehicle.

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Dependent claims

A flywheel gyroscope assembly, comprising:

a perimeter section having an inside face and an outside face, comprising:
a plurality of perimeter spokes extending from the outside face shaped to provide directed thrust when rotated;
and
a plurality of magnets positioned along the inside face;
a hub section having an inside face and an outside face, comprising:
a plurality of magnets positioned along the outside face of the hub section;
and
a plurality of hub spokes extending inward from the inside face of the hub section and configured to produce thrust when rotated;
and
a stator having a plurality of exterior field coils along its outside diameter and plurality of interior field coils along its inside diameter, wherein the plurality of exterior field coils are positioned to act upon the magnets of the perimeter section and the plurality of interior field coils are positioned to act upon the magnets of the hub section to create counter rotation of the plurality of perimeter spokes and the plurality of hub spokes.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Thrust producing split flywheel gyroscope method and apparatus

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Thrust producing split flywheel gyroscope method and apparatus

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Abstract

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