US 2022/0017240 A1 · EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS FOR A MAGNETIC FIELD PROPULSION DRIVE

Abstract

A magnetic field propulsion unit includes a first magnetic field generating device (“FMFGD”) generating a magnetic field; a second magnetic field generating device (“SMFGD”) generating a magnetic field; an energy supply unit providing the FMFGD and the SMFGD with electrical energy; and a control unit controlling the energy supply unit in accordance with a predefined switching scheme. The SMFGD is a rod-like antenna that lies in a plane in which also the FMFGD lies. The control unit is: supplying the SMFGD with electrical energy so that a second magnetic field surrounding the SMFGD is generated; supplying the FMFGD with electrical energy so that a first magnetic field surrounding the FMFGD is generated. The FMFGD is supplied with electrical energy a predetermined period of time after the SMFGD is supplied with electrical energy.

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Dependent claims

1-15. (canceled)

A magnetic field propulsion unit, comprising:

a first magnetic field generating device configured to generate a magnetic field;
a second magnetic field generating device configured to generate a magnetic field;
an energy supply unit configured to provide the first magnetic field generating device and the second magnetic field generating device with electrical energy;
and
a control unit configured to control the energy supply unit in accordance with a predefined switching scheme;
wherein the second magnetic field generating device is a rod-like antenna that lies in a plane in which also the first magnetic field generating device lies;
wherein the control unit is configured to:
supply the second magnetic field generating device with electrical energy so that a second magnetic field surrounding the second magnetic field generating device is generated;
and
supply the first magnetic field generating device with electrical energy so that a first magnetic field surrounding the first magnetic field generating device is generated;
and
wherein the first magnetic field generating device is supplied with electrical energy a predetermined period of time after the second magnetic field generating device is supplied with electrical energy.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/309,728Filed 21 Dec 2018

Published

20 Jan 2022

Term ends

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Classification10 codes

H02J 50/001
Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power: energy harvesting or scavenging
B64G 1/40
Parts of, or equipment specially adapted for fitting in or to, cosmonautic vehicles: arrangements or adaptations of propulsion systems
F03H 99/00
Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
H02K 41/00
Propulsion systems in which a rigid body is moved along a path

Efficiency improvements for a magnetic field propulsion drive

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Efficiency improvements for a magnetic field propulsion drive

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Abstract

Claims16