Thrust Producing Electric Motor with Static Shaft

An electric motor comprising:

• a rotor including a central opening and an outer peripheral extent, a series of magnets secured within the peripheral extent of the rotor, with immediately adjacent magnets having an opposite polarity;
• a stator positioned about the rotor, the stator having an inner peripheral extent, the inner peripheral extent housing a series of electromagnets, whereby the electromagnets of the stator and the magnets of the rotor interact to rotate the rotor;
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• wherein the rotor and stator are not in physical contact and are separated by an airgap.

A levitating electric motor comprising:

• upper and lower housings positioned to form a chamber, the upper housing having a series of downwardly facing permanent magnets, and the lower housing have a series of upwardly facing permanent magnets;
• a stator positioned within the chamber, the stator having upwardly facing permanent magnets that interact with the downwardly facing permanent magnets of the upper housing, the stator also having downwardly facing permanent magnets that interact with the upwardly facing permanent magnets of the lower housing, the upwardly and downwardly facing permanent magnets functioning to vertically balance that stator within the chamber, the stator also including an inner peripheral extent, the inner peripheral extent housing a series of electromagnets and a hall effect sensor, the series of electromagnets and the hall effect sensor being coupled to a current source;
• a rotor positioned within the chamber, a series of permanent magnets secured within a peripheral extent of the rotor, with immediately adjacent permanent magnets having an opposite polarity;
• whereby the electromagnets of the stator interact with the permanent magnets of the rotor to impart rotational motion to the rotor, and wherein the hall effect sensor measures the distance between the stator and the rotor with the measured distance being adjustable by altering the current to the electromagnets.