Epitrochoidal Electric Motor III
OwnerFelix G. C. Wilson, II, Dennis L. Dreeszeninventors
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Abstract
An electric motor contains a mechanical mechanism that causes a rotor to move in an epitrochoidal path. Disposed around the epitrochoidal path are forcers that may impel or force the rotor to rotate. The mechanical mechanism that creates the epitrochoidal path may consist of an output shaft with an eccentric lobe, where the rotor revolves around the eccentric lobe. A fixed mounted sun gear may engage a ring gear mounted to the rotor to cause the epitrochoidal motion. Some embodiments may have two or more rotors, and may include controllers with feedback sensors to operate the electric motor at a specific speed or to control the speed as defined in a speed profile.
Claims20
An electric motor comprising:
- a housing;
- a rotor having a plurality of lobes and a rotor forcer component mounted at each of said plurality of lobes, said rotor having a rotational axis and a rotor plane perpendicular to said rotational axis;
- a mechanism configured to cause said rotor to move in an epitrochoidal path, said epitrochoidal path being within said rotor plane;
- and a stator mounted to said housing, said stator comprising stator forcer components mounted along said epitrochoidal path.
An electric motor comprising:
- a housing;
- a first rotor having three lobes and a rotor component mounted at each of said three lobes, said first rotor having a first rotational axis and a first rotor plane perpendicular to said rotational axis;
- a mechanism configured to cause said first rotor to move in an epitrochoidal path, said epitrochoidal path being within said first rotor plane and having two lobes, said mechanism comprising:
- a driveshaft having an output axis and an eccentric lobe, said eccentric lobe having an eccentric axis parallel to and offset from said output axis;
- said first rotor being mounted on said eccentric lobe such that said first rotor axis is coaxial with said eccentric axis;
- a sun gear mounted to said housing;
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- a ring gear mounted to said rotor and engaged to said sun gear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.