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US 2020/0066470 A1Published application
Multi-functional multi-purpose magnetically operated electric switch
OwnerSoweto Abijah Mitchellinventor
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A device capable of operating as an electric switch and more particularly as an electric switch wherein the movable contacts of the switch are moved by magnetic fields and also where the switch contacts themselves are connected to the magnets, or are the magnets themselves, using electrically conductive contacts which may either be fastened to, but insulated from the magnets, or are directly attached to the magnets themselves and each contact attached to conductive wire. This switch device was originally designed for fast switching applications and to handle high voltage spikes and small current arcs in order to drive and provide timing for an Energy Efficient motor/fan and POV display where the LEDs for the display are powered solely by, traditionally wasted, high voltage back EMF energy. The scope of this invention, however, covers any motor, fan, engine or other apparatus which is capable of being driven by electrical current flowing through the electric switch device described herein.
A device capable of operating as an electric switch and more particularly as an electric switch wherein the movable contacts of the switch are moved by magnetic fields and also where the switch contacts themselves are connected to one or more magnets, or are the magnet(s) themselves, utilizing electrically conductive contacts which may either be fastened to, but insulated from the magnets, or are directly attached to the magnets themselves, or are placed in close enough proximity to be pushed or pulled to physically interact with the contact(s) when a Trigger Magnet traverses past or near the device and each electrical contact then attached to conductive wire or electromagnetic coil if wireless electrical connection is desired.
An electric switch device with electrical contacts fastened to magnets or which are magnets themselves, that may be utilized in more than one application or function including but not limited to fast switching applications, including acting as an electromagnetic trigger like a Reed switch, a press button/plunger or toggle switch, limit switch, electromagnetic sensor, as a fuse, even as a power generation device, simultaneously without changing the design or altering any of the components after manufacture and also where distance between contacts may be adjusted to easily control or affect sensitivity of the switch which may affect performance factors, including, but not limited to switching speed and electrical current allowed to flow through the switch.
An electric switch that is triggered by a magnetic/electromagnetic force and which harnesses electromagnetic energy from the passing trigger magnet/electromagnet and also from the movement of the magnet(s) within the switch itself, captured in a pickup coil or set of coils positioned around the switch enclosure, capturing energy which may then be stored or otherwise utilized in the system and where said pickup coil may also be utilized as the receiver of a wireless electrical connection if an electromagnetically matched coil is placed in close enough proximity to the switch device and serves as the wireless power inducer/transmitter.
A motor, engine, fan, generator or other device which utilizes electromagnetic coils with more than 2 separate windings for, but not limited to, the collection of electromagnetic flux energy from passing magnets and/or high voltage back EMF energy from a system where fast switching of the primary or any particular winding is employed.
A Persistence of Vision (POV) Display, especially a rotating POV display where LEDs are positioned radially along the path of trajectory or circumference around the path of trajectory of a mirrored moving or rotating mechanical member or fan blade which reflects the light from the LEDs and in so doing, remove the necessity for mounting the LEDs on the rotating member or fan blade itself.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.