Directional Motive Force Generation Device
OwnerRichard Lauchinventor
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Abstract
A motive force generation device for generating a net resultant propulsive force vector. The device includes a mechanical drive that rotates one or more counter-rotating mass pairs about a respective axis; decreases the radius about the axis without causing external torque on the system therefore increasing the energy level of the mass; continues to rotate mass at the higher energy level; then increases the radius about the axis to its original distance. The work required to rotate mass at a higher energy state is greater than the work to rotate mass at the original state, causing an unbalanced system resulting in the net propulsive force. This force is transferred to an object to which the device is attached, effecting movement.
Claims13
A directional motive force generation device, the device comprising:
- a drive gear (402) receiving rotational energy from an energetic drive means (430) to rotate around a first shaft (414, 1114);
- a drive mass (404, 1900);
- a drive mass actuator (406, 2106) affixed to the drive gear and affixed to the drive mass, the drive mass actuator adapted to moveably position the drive mass along a radius of the drive gear with respect to the drive gear axis of rotation;
- a driven gear (408) receiving rotational energy from the drive gear to synchronously counter-rotate around a second shaft (416, 1116);
- a driven mass (410, 1900);
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- a driven mass actuator (412, 2106) affixed to the driven gear and affixed to the driven mass, the driven mass actuator adapted to moveably position the driven mass along a radius of the driven gear with respect to the driven gear axis of rotation,
- wherein the drive gear and the driven gear form a counter-rotating mass pair assembly.
A method for generating a directional motive force, the method steps comprising:
- imparting rotational energy on a device comprising at least one pair of counter-rotating masses, each pair comprising a drive mass (404, 1902) rotating about a fixed point defined by a first shaft (414, 1114) and a driven mass (410, 1902) rotating about a fixed point defined by a second shaft (416, 1116) in a direction opposite that of the drive mass and in synchronization with the drive mass;
- synchronously altering the radius of rotation of the mass pair to increase the angular velocity of the counter-rotating mass pair during a portion of the rotational period;
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- creating a net resultant force for propulsion of the device by synchronously altering the radius of the rotation of the counter-rotating mass pair to decrease the angular velocity of the counter-rotating mass pair during the remaining portion of the rotational period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.