Electromagnetic energy converter
AssigneeCommissariat A L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
InventorsGerard Delette, Olivier Tosoni
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Abstract
An electromagnetic energy converter includes: a conducting coil; a main magnet in an inner space V formed by the conducting coil, retaining structure allowing the main magnet to rotate about an axis YY′ between two stable equilibrium positions; a first actuator magnet and a second actuator magnet disposed facing the first end and the second end respectively, the first and second actuator magnets being arranged to slide simultaneously in the same direction and parallel to the main axis XX′ once a force is exerted on either one of the first or second magnets.
Claims19
An electromagnetic device comprising:
- a conductive coil comprising first and second ends, and extending along a main axis XX′,
- a main magnet held by holding means in an internal volume V formed by the conductive coil, the holding means allowing rotational movement of said main magnet about an axis YY′, perpendicular to the main axis XX′, between two positions of stable equilibrium called, respectively, a first position of equilibrium and a second position of equilibrium, and
- first and second actuator magnets disposed, respectively, facing the first end and the second end, each having a magnetic polarity in a plane perpendicular to the axis YY′, the first and second actuator magnets being arranged to be driven in translation simultaneously in the same way and parallel to the main axis XX′ once a force is exerted on either of the first and second magnets, the sliding of the first and second magnets according to either of the ways defined by the direction of the main axis XX′ being adapted to force the main magnet to adopt, respectively, the first position of equilibrium or the second position of equilibrium.
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