Novel electromagnetic propulsion and levitation technology
OwnerMicah Skidmoreinventor
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Abstract
An electromagnetically-propelled vehicle includes a charged-particle accelerator and a magnetic-field generator. Charged particles are accelerated to a velocity v and are directed through the magnetic field B generated by the magnetic-field generator. The interaction between the accelerated charged particles and the magnetic field generates a force between the particles and the magnetic-field generator that may be used to propel or levitate the vehicle.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- (a) a chassis;
- (b) a charged-particle accelerator configured to accelerate a charged particle to a velocity v;
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- (c) a magnetic-field generator attached to the chassis and configured to generate a magnetic field B;
- (d) wherein the charged-particle accelerator is positioned relative to the magnetic-field generator so that a charged particle accelerated to velocity v by the charged-particle accelerator passes through a magnetic field B generated by the magnetic field generator;
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- (e) wherein the velocity v and the generated magnetic field B have a non-zero cross product (v×B≠0).
An electromagnetic propulsion system comprising:
- (a) a chassis;
- (b) a magnetic-field generator attached to the chassis and configured to generate a magnetic field;
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- (c) a means for providing a stream of charged particles adjacent to the magnetic-field generator such that the particles of the stream of charged particles are directed, on average, other than parallel or antiparallel to the magnetic field.
A method of providing a force to a vehicle comprising a chassis and a magnetic-field generator attached to the chassis, the method comprising:
- (a) generating a magnetic field using the magnetic-field generator;
- (b) accelerating a stream of charged particles;
- (c) directing the stream of accelerated charged particles through the magnetic field such that the direction of the stream is not parallel or antiparallel to the direction of the magnetic field.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.