# US 2018/0323694 A1 · Power generation apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0323694 A1 - Document ID: US20180323694A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/772,379 - Filed: 2016-11-02 - Published: 2018-11-08 - Earliest claimed: 2015-11-03 - Assignees: Se Myung SUK; Young Jun SUK - Inventors: Se Myung SUK; Song Gon SUK; Moon Hwa CHANG - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180323694A1 ## CPC - H02K 53/00: Alleged dynamo-electric perpetua mobilia - F16C 32/0429: {for both radial and axial load, e.g. conical magnets} - H02K 7/025: {for power storage} - H02K 7/09: with magnetic bearings - H02K 29/03: with a magnetic circuit specially adapted for avoiding torque ripples or self-starting problems - H02K 99/00: Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass - H02K 99/10: {Generators} - H02K 99/20: {Motors} - H02N 11/00: Generators or motors not provided for elsewhere; Alleged perpetua mobilia obtained by electric or magnetic means (by hydrostatic pressure F03B17/04; {by mechanical means F03G7/10;} by dynamo-electric means, {including arrangements of permanent magnets interacting with other permanent magnets,} H02K53/00) - H02N 11/002: {Generators} - H02N 11/006: {Motors} - H02N 11/008: {Alleged electric or magnetic perpetua mobilia} - H02K 7/18: Structural association of electric generators with mechanical driving motors, e.g. with turbines - H02K 2213/03: Machines characterised by numerical values, ranges, mathematical expressions or similar information - Y02E 60/16: Mechanical energy storage, e.g. flywheels or pressurised fluids - H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53}) - F16C: SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS - H02N: ELECTRIC MACHINES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract A power generation apparatus may include a rotating body including a first part, a second part, placed at one side of the first part, having a first dent portion, and a third part, placed at the other side of the first part, having a second dent portion; a supporting body opposite the first part; a first non-rotating body, opposite the second part, having a first portion protruding toward the first dent portion; a second non-rotating body, opposite the third part, having a second portion protruding toward the second dent portion; magnet units, having a first polarity, installed on the first protruding portion, the first dent portion, and the supporting body; magnet units, having a second polarity, installed on the second dent portion, the second protruding portion, and the first part; and conductor units, between the first part and the supporting body, in which induced current is generated. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A power generation apparatus comprising: a rotor including a first portion, a second portion arranged at one side of the first portion and having a first dent portion, and a third portion arranged at the other side of the first portion and having a second dent portion; a supporter configured to face the first portion; a first non-rotor configured to face the second portion and including a first protrusion configured to protrude toward the first dent portion; a second non-rotor configured to face the third portion and including a second protrusion configured to protrude toward the second dent portion; a plurality of first magnet units provided on the first protrusion and having a first polarity; a plurality of second magnet units provided on the first dent portion and having the first polarity; a plurality of third magnet units provided on the second dent portion and having a second polarity; a plurality of fourth magnet units provided on the second protrusion and having the second polarity; a plurality of fifth magnet units provided on the first portion and having the second polarity; a plurality of sixth magnet units provided on the supporter and having the first polarity; and a plurality of conductor units arranged between the first portion and the supporter and in which an induced current is generated. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The power generation apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the first magnet units to the fourth magnet units have unbalanced magnetic force vector waves; and the fifth magnet units and the sixth magnet units have balanced magnetic force vector waves. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The power generation apparatus of claim 2, wherein shapes of the fifth magnet units are different from shapes of the sixth magnet units. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The power generation apparatus of claim 3, wherein the fifth magnet units are trapezoidal and the sixth magnet units are rectangular. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The power generation apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of seventh magnet units provided on the first portion and having the first polarity. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The power generation apparatus of claim 5, wherein: the seventh magnet units have a trapezoidal shape; the fifth magnet units, the sixth magnet units, and the seventh magnet units have balanced magnetic force vector waves; and the fifth magnet units and the seventh magnet units are alternately arranged. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The power generation apparatus of claim 1, wherein: a groove is formed in the first portion; and a plurality of fifth magnet units are arranged in the groove. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The power generation apparatus of claim 1, wherein: a groove is formed in the supporter; a plurality of sixth magnet units are arranged in the groove; and a plurality of conductor units are fixed to the supporter. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The power generation apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the rotor is connected to a shaft; the first dent portion includes a first region and a second region, wherein the first region is closer to the shaft than the second region and a depth of the first region is greater than a depth of the second region; and the second dent portion includes a third region and a fourth region, wherein the third region is closer to the shaft than the fourth region and a depth of the third region is greater than a depth of the fourth region. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The power generation apparatus of claim 9, wherein: the shaft passes through the first non-rotor and the second non-rotor; the first protrusion includes a fifth region and a sixth region, wherein the fifth region is closer to the shaft than the sixth region and a height of the fifth region is greater than a height of the sixth region; and the second protrusion includes a seventh region and an eighth region, wherein the seventh region is closer to the shaft than the eighth region and a height of the seventh region is greater than a height of the eighth region. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The power generation apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the plurality of first magnet units are arranged to form a first column and a second column about a shaft; the plurality of second magnet units are arranged to form a third column and a fourth column about the shaft; at least a portion of the first column and at least a portion of the third column face each other; and at least a portion of the second column and at least a portion of the fourth column face each other. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The power generation apparatus of claim 11, wherein a distance from the shaft to the first column and a distance from the shaft to the third column are different from each other. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The power generation apparatus of claim 11, wherein the number of the plurality of first magnet units forming the second column and the number of the plurality of second magnet units forming the fourth column are different from each other. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The power generation apparatus of claim 13, wherein the number of the plurality of first magnet units forming the first column and the number of the plurality of second magnet units forming the third column are equal to each other. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The power generation apparatus of claim 14, wherein: the plurality of first magnet units are arranged to form the first column, the second column, and the fifth column about the shaft, and arranged in an order of the first column, the second column, and the fifth column; the plurality of second magnet units are arranged to form the third column, the fourth column, and the sixth column about the shaft, and arranged in an order of the third column, the fourth column, and the sixth column; at least a portion of the fifth column and at least a portion of the sixth column face each other; and the number of the plurality of first magnet units forming the fifth column and the number of the plurality of second magnet units forming the sixth column are different from each other. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The power generation apparatus of claim 15, wherein: the number of the plurality of first magnet units forming the second column is smaller than the number of the plurality of second magnet units forming the fourth column; and the number of the plurality of first magnet units forming the fifth column is greater than the number of the plurality of second magnet units forming the sixth column. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The power generation apparatus of claim 15, wherein the numbers of the plurality of second magnet units forming the third column, the fourth column, and the sixth column are not equal to each other, and have a greatest common divisor of 2 or higher. ### Claim 18 A power generation apparatus comprising: a rotor including a first portion, a second portion arranged at one side of the first portion, and a third portion arranged at the other side of the first portion; a supporter configured to face the first portion; a first non-rotor configured to face the second portion; a plurality of first magnet units provided on the first non-rotor; a plurality of second magnet units provided on the second portion; a plurality of fifth magnet units provided on the first portion; a plurality of sixth magnet units provided on the supporter; and a plurality of conductor units arranged between the first portion and the supporter and in which an induced current is generated, wherein a repulsive force is generated between the first magnet units and the second magnet units and an attractive force is generated between the fifth magnet units and the sixth magnet units, the first magnet units and the second magnet units have unbalanced magnetic force vector waves, central axes and magnetic field axes of the first magnet units have a phase difference, central axes and magnetic field axes of the second magnet units have a phase difference, and the fifth magnet units and the sixth magnet units have balanced magnetic force vector waves. ### Claim 19 A power generation apparatus comprising: a rotor connected to a shaft; a first non-rotor configured to face one surface of the rotor; a plurality of first magnet units provided on the rotor and having a first polarity; and a plurality of second magnet units provided on the first non-rotor and having the first polarity, wherein the plurality of first magnet units are arranged to form a first column, a second column, and a fifth column about the shaft, and arranged in an order of the first column, the second column, and the fifth column, the plurality of second magnet units are arranged to form a third column, a fourth column, and a sixth column about the shaft, and arranged in an order of the third column, the fourth column, and the sixth column, at least a portion of the first column and at least a portion of the third column face each other, at least a portion of the second column and at least a portion of the fourth column face each other, at least a portion of the fifth column and at least a portion of the sixth column face each other, each of the first magnet units and the second magnet units has an unbalanced magnetic force vector wave, central axes and magnetic field axes of the first magnet units have a phase difference, central axes and magnetic field axes of the second magnet units have a phase difference, and the numbers of the plurality of second magnet units forming the third column, the fourth column, and the sixth column are not equal to each other, and have a greatest common divisor of 2 or higher. ### Claim 20 A power generation apparatus comprising: a rotor connected to a shaft; a first non-rotor configured to face one surface of the rotor; a plurality of first magnet units provided on the rotor and having a first polarity; and a plurality of second magnet units provided on the first non-rotor and having the first polarity, wherein the plurality of first magnet units are arranged to form a first column, a second column, and a fifth column about the shaft, the plurality of second magnet units are arranged to form a third column, a fourth column, and a sixth column about the shaft, at least a portion of the first column and at least a portion of the third column face each other, at least a portion of the second column and at least a portion of the fourth column face each other, at least a portion of the fifth column and at least a portion of the sixth column face each other, each of the first magnet units and the second magnet units has an unbalanced magnetic force vector wave, central axes and magnetic field axes of the first magnet units have a phase difference, central axes and magnetic field axes of the second magnet units have a phase difference, the number of the plurality of first magnet units forming the first column and the number of the plurality of second magnet units forming the third column are equal to each other, the number of the plurality of first magnet units forming the second column is smaller than the number of the plurality of second magnet units forming the fourth column, and the number of the plurality of first magnet units forming the fifth column is greater than the number of the plurality of second magnet units forming the sixth column.