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US 11,309,778 B2Granted
Multi-tunnel electric motor/generator
AssigneeLinear Labs, Inc.
InventorFred E. Hunstable
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Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments for a motor/generator where the stator is a coil assembly and the rotor is a magnetic toroidal cylindrical tunnel or where the rotor is a coil assembly and the stator is a magnetic toroidal cylindrical tunnel.
Claims4
A method of producing mechanical rotation, the method comprising:
- forming a first area of magnetic concentration within a first interior cavity defined by an first outer magnetic cylinder wall having a first magnetic pole facing the interior cavity, a first inner magnetic cylinder wall having a second magnetic pole facing the interior cavity, a first magnetic wall having a third magnetic pole facing the interior cavity, and a first opposing magnetic wall having a fourth magnetic pole facing the interior cavity, wherein the first and second magnetic poles are of an opposite magnetic pole orientation from the third and fourth magnetic poles to form a NSNS magnetic pole configuration;
- positioning a coil within the first interior cavity;
- applying a current in a first direction to the coil to cause the coil to rotate relative to the first interior cavity;
- and
- coupling a longitudinal shaft to the coil such that as the coil rotates, the longitudinal shaft rotates.
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A method of producing electric current, the method comprising:
- forming a first area of magnetic concentration within a first interior cavity defined by an first outer magnetic cylinder wall having a first magnetic pole facing the interior cavity, a first inner magnetic cylinder wall having a second magnetic pole facing the interior cavity, a first magnetic wall having a third magnetic pole facing the interior cavity, and a first opposing magnetic wall having a fourth magnetic pole facing the interior cavity, wherein the first and second magnetic poles are of an opposite magnetic pole orientation from the third and fourth magnetic poles to form a NSNS magnetic pole configuration;
- rotating a coil within the first interior cavity;
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- extracting from the coil a current having a first direction as the coil moves through the first interior cavity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.