Pivoting central magnet energy harvesting generator
AssigneeWepower Technologies LLC
InventorMichael Joseph Riddell
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Abstract
Disclosed is a generator magnet configuration that may be used in connection with energy harvesting technologies. In some embodiments, an electrical generator may include a generator magnet positioned within a coil wire such that the generator magnet's magnetic field is normal to the coil. The generator magnet may be actuated from a first, substantially vertical orientation to a second, substantially horizontal orientation. The generator magnet may rotate from the substantially horizontal orientation to the substantially vertical orientation when the actuation is released, such that the magnetic field of the generator magnet induces a voltage across the coil. In some embodiments, the generator magnet may form a stacked configuration on top of a stationary magnet.
Claims18
An electrical generator comprising:
- a plurality of turns of wire forming a coil;
- a generator magnet positioned in an interior region of the coil;
- a stationary magnet positioned below the generator magnet, wherein the generator magnet is aligned with the stationary magnet along a longitudinal axis that is orthogonal to a plane along which the coil is disposed when the generator magnet is in a first position;
- an actuator movable relative to the generator magnet, the actuator configured such that the actuator moves the generator magnet to pivot from the first position to a second position in which the poles of the generator magnet are in a second position relative to the plane,
- wherein the generator magnet returns to the first position upon release of the actuator at least in part due to a restoring force applied to the generator magnet by the stationary magnet, and
- wherein movement of the generator magnet from the second position to the first position induces a voltage across the coil.
A method for energy generation comprising:
- positioning a generator magnet within a coil formed from a plurality of turns of wire;
- positioning a stationary magnet below the generator magnet, wherein the generator magnet is aligned with the stationary magnet along a longitudinal axis that is orthogonal to a plane along which the coil is disposed when the generator magnet is in a first position;
- actuating the generator magnet to pivot from the first position relative to the plane along which the coil is disposed to a second position in which the poles of the generator magnet are in a second position relative to the plane;
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- inducing a voltage across the coil by releasing the actuation of the generator magnet such that the generator magnet pivots from the second position to the first position at least in part due to a restoring force applied to the generator magnet by the stationary magnet.
An electrical generator comprising:
- a plurality of turns of wire forming a coil;
- a generator magnet positioned in the coil;
- a stationary magnet positioned below the generator magnet, wherein the generator magnet is aligned with the stationary magnet along a longitudinal axis that is orthogonal to a plane along which the coil is disposed when the generator magnet is in a first position;
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- an actuator movable relative to the generator magnet, the actuator configured such that the actuator moves the generator magnet from the first position relative to the plane along which the coil is disposed to a second position in which the poles of the generator magnet are in the second position relative to the plane, such that the generator magnet pivots from the first position to the second position,
- wherein the generator magnet returns to the first position from the second position upon release of the actuator at least due in part to a restoring force applied to the generator magnet by the stationary magnet, and
- wherein movement of the generator magnet from the second position to the first position, induces a voltage across the coil output terminals or within the coil.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.