Unipolar motor and mechanical conversion system and method
AssigneeGenedyne Corp.
InventorSidney Abrahams
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Abstract
The electro-mechanical converter, that can be considered a unipolar motor, includes a rotatable rotor made of conductive but low permeability material having two axially spaced, radially protruding integral disks. The first disk is larger than the second disk, and two toroid magnets are disposed on either axial side of the first disk. The two magnets have opposing poles facing each other. The two magnets establish a circumferential, unidirectional magnetic field through the first disk over a radial mid-section of the disk. D.C. current is introduced at the edge of the disk, at a fixed location relative to the rotatable rotor via a mercury bath. The D.C. current is removed from the rotor assembly via the second disk and a second mercury bath.
Claims12
An electro-mechanical converter for generating mechanical power from a D.C. power source comprising:
- a rotatable rotor made of conductive but low permeable material;
- at least one disk having a center and a periphery integral with and made of similar material as said rotor;
- means for establishing a unidirectional and uniform magnetic field through a circumferential zone of said one disk between the center and said periphery over a substantially radial mid-section thereof;
- means for introducing current from said D.C. power source at a fixed location relative to said rotatable rotor and at the periphery of said one disk;
- circuit completing means connecting the center of the disk and the periphery of the disk in series and exteriorly of the disk, for current flow through the converter;
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- said means for establishing said field comprising magnet means on one side of said disk.
A method of converting D.C. electrical energy into mechanical energy comprising the steps of:
- establishing a unidirectional and uniform magnetic field through a conductive, magnetically low permeable, rotatable disk having a central zone and a periphery;
- conducting direct current through said rotatable disk between the center zone and the periphery;
- conducting said direct current axially with respect to said disk;
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- withdrawing said direct current at an axially spaced location away from said disk.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.