Electromagnetic motor and generator

A motor comprising:

• a frame structure;
• a shaft extending through at least a portion of the frame structure;
• a rotor connected to the shaft;
• a coil of wire disposed such that an end of the coil is positioned adjacent a side of the rotor;
• a power input connected to the coil;
• and
• a plurality of magnets (“magnets”) disposed in a circular pattern on the side of the rotor such that, upon rotation of the rotor, the magnets pass, successively, adjacent to the end of the coil, the magnets having respective north poles and corresponding respective south poles,
• wherein each of the magnets is oriented, respectively, in a plane that extends through each of the magnets from the north pole to the south pole thereof, the plane being parallel to or coplanar with the rotor, and
• wherein the magnets include at least a first magnet, a second magnet, and a third magnet, which are further oriented such that:
• the second magnet is laterally adjacent a first side of the first magnet and the third magnet is laterally adjacent a second side of the first magnet, and
• the north pole of the first magnet is spaced a predetermined distance from the south pole of the third magnet, and the south pole of the first magnet is spaced the predetermined distance from the north pole of the second magnet.

A motor comprising:

• a housing;
• an elongated coil of wire secured within the housing;
• one of a power input or a power output, connected to the coil;
• a first rotor including magnets disposed thereon in a circular pattern, the first rotor positioned so that the coil extends in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the first rotor;
• a second rotor including magnets disposed thereon in the circular pattern, the second rotor positioned so that the coil extends in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the second rotor, the second rotor disposed on a side of the coil opposite the first rotor so as to sandwich the coil therebetween;
• a shaft extending through respective central axes of the first rotor and the second rotor,
• wherein the magnets on the first rotor are oriented so that the respective north poles and south poles lie in a first plane,
• wherein the magnets on the second rotor are oriented so that the respective north poles and south poles lie in a second plane, the first plane and the second planes being parallel to or coplanar with the first rotor and the second rotor, respectively, and
• wherein any two adjacent magnets on the first rotor and any two adjacent magnets on the second rotor are positioned so that respective proximal ends of the two adjacent magnets differ in polarity.