Reaction control device
OwnerRichard E. Foster, Sr.inventor
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Abstract
As rotational mechanical devices accelerate or decelerate, they generate torque against their housing and/or their surroundings. This torque represents wasted energy that is lost to the system. The invention comprises the use of equal and opposite force from an energy source such as a spring or counterweight to counteract to the torque generating forces in the mechanical device.
Claims9
A method of counteracting torque in a mechanical device having a housing and a rotational member contained within said housing, wherein said rotational member has an axis of rotation and wherein said rotational member applies torque to said housing in a direction opposite the direction of rotation of said rotational member when said rotational member is accelerating, wherein the method comprises:
- positioning a counterweight on said housing such that the gravitational force of said counterweight will be applied to said housing in the opposite direction of said torque.
A method of counteracting torque in a mechanical device having a housing and a rotational member contained within said housing, wherein said rotational member has an axis of rotation and wherein said rotational member applies torque to said housing in a direction opposite the direction of rotation of said rotational member when said rotational member is accelerating, wherein the method comprises:
- positioning a brace on said housing, such that the torque applied to said housing will be absorbed by said brace, whereby said housing will be precluded from rotating.
A method of counteracting torque in a mechanical device having a housing and a rotational member contained within said housing, wherein said rotational member has an axis of rotation and wherein said rotational member applies torque to said housing in a direction opposite the direction of rotation of said rotational member when said rotational member is accelerating, wherein the method comprises:
- applying pressure to said housing with a spring in the opposite direction of said torque.
A method of counteracting torque in a mechanical device having a housing and a rotational member contained within said housing, wherein said rotational member has an axis of rotation and wherein said rotational member applies torque to said housing in a direction opposite the direction of rotation of said rotational member when said rotational member is accelerating, wherein the method comprises:
- applying pressure to said housing in the opposite direction of said torque.
A method of counteracting torque in a mechanical device having a housing and a rotational member contained within said housing, wherein said rotational member has an axis of rotation and wherein said rotational member applies torque to said housing in a direction opposite the direction of rotation of said rotational member when said rotational member is accelerating, wherein the method comprises:
- attaching a lever to said housing in a direction substantially perpendicular to said axis of rotation, wherein said lever is positioned to allow a force exerted at the end of said lever to be applied to said housing in a direction opposite of said torque.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.