Electromagnetically powered hydraulic engine

A hydraulic engine apparatus as recited in clam 5, wherein said apparatus further comprises:

• a hydraulic valve coupled to said stabilizer means for directing said fluid to said hydraulic motor;
• a bypass hydraulic valve also coupled to said stabilizer means for effecting an idle state operation of said engine apparatus;
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• a fluid reservoir hydraulically coupled to each of said input ports and to said bypass hydraulic valve and said hydraulic motor.

A vehicular apparatus having a drivetrain, axle and wheels for effecting propulsion, said apparatus comprising:

• an electrical energy source means for powering said apparatus;
• a hydraulic motor having an output drive shaft coupled to said drivetrain to produce propulsion;
• at least one electromagnet means electrically coupled and responsive to said energy source means for producing controlled magnetic fields, said electromagnet means comprising a coil member and a fixedly and centrally located magnetic core member with respect to said coil member;
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• at least one piston-permanent magnet means disposed within a cylinder in a magnetically coupling relationship with said core member, said cylinder having suitably disposed input and output ports at each end of said cylinder for alternately receiving and delivering a fluid under pressure, said output port being in a hydraulically coupled relationship with said hydraulic motor,
• said cylinder and said at least one piston-permanent magnet means being a bank of at least two similar ones of said cylinder and said at least one piston-permanent magnet means,
• said at least two similar ones of said cylinder and said at least one piston-permanent magnet means being spaced apart by a mechanical interface that couples one cylinder and piston-permanent magnet means to the other cylinder and piston-permanent magnet means, said mechanical interface including a movable, non-magnetic shaft connecting one piston-permanent magnet means with the other piston-permanent magnet means to form a shaft-connected piston-permanent magnet means to effect synchronized reciprocating action of both piston-permanent magnet means;
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• said at least one electromagnet means comprises a first, second and third electromagnet means, said first and second electromagnet means being arranged in mechanical alignment at opposite ends of said bank, said third electromagnet means being arranged within said mechanical interface,
• each of said first, second, and third electromagnet means having a coil member comprised of at least one winding for alternately receiving electrical energy from said energy source for producing a predetermined first and second magnetic polarity on a respective core member to facilitate reciprocating movement of said shaft-connected piston-permanent magnet means.

A hydraulic pump apparatus, said apparatus comprising:

• an electrical energy source means for powering said apparatus;
• at least one electromagnet means electrically coupled and responsive to said energy source means for producing controlled magnetic fields, said electromagnet means comprising a coil member and a fixedly and centrally located magnetic core member with respect to said coil member;
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• at least one piston-permanent magnet means disposed within a cylinder in a magnetically coupling relationship with said core member, said cylinder having suitably disposed input and output ports at each end of said cylinder for alternately receiving and delivering a fluid under pressure,
• said core member having a central bore portion, and said at least one piston-permanent magnet means further comprising an end-connected shaft member for magnetically coacting with said central bore portion and producing increased magnetic pull.

A method of producing propulsion using hydraulic means, said method comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing an engine apparatus, said engine apparatus comprising:
• an electrical energy source means for powering said apparatus,
• a hydraulic motor having an output drive shaft,
• at least one electromagnet means electrically coupled and responsive to said energy source means for producing controlled magnetic fields, said electromagnet means comprising a coil member and a fixedly and centrally located magnetic core member with respect to said coil member, and
• at least one piston-permanent magnet means disposed within a cylinder in a magnetically coupling relationship with said core member, said cylinder having suitably disposed input and output ports at each end of said cylinder for alternately receiving and delivering a fluid under pressure, said output ports being in a hydraulically coupled relationship with said hydraulic motor, said core member having a central bore portion, and said at least one piston-permanent magnet means further comprising an end-connected shaft member for magnetically coacting with said central bore portion and producing increased magnetic pull;
• (b) providing a fluid source, said fluid source being hydraulically coupled to said input ports of said cylinder;
• (c) coupling said output driveshaft to a drivetrain of a vehicle;
• (d) synchronously energizing and de-energizing said coil member from said energy source means and producing power states that result in producing alternating polarity magnetic fields;
• (e) repelling said piston-permanent magnet means during a first polarity state;
• (f) receiving fluid from said fluid source through one of said input ports into a vacant chamber portion of said cylinder and concurrently pumping fluid from a previously filled chamber portion of said cylinder through one of said output ports during said repelling step;
• (g) attracting said piston-permanent magnet means to said core member during a second polarity state;
• (h) increasing the magnetic influence of said at least one electromagnet means on said piston-permanent magnet means by further attracting said end-connected shaft member into said central bore portion to produce enhanced fluid pressures;
• (i) receiving fluid from said fluid source through another one of said input port into a step (f) vacated chamber portion and pumping fluid from a step (f) filled chamber portion through another one of said output ports during said attracting steps g and h;
• (j) repeating said steps (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) and producing reciprocating action of said piston-permanent magnet means and corresponding repeated pumping of said fluid;
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• (k) hydraulically driving said hydraulic motor and turning said output drive shaft coupled to said drivetrain to produce propulsion of said vehicle.

A hydraulic engine apparatus, said apparatus comprising:

• an electrical energy source means for powering said apparatus;
• a first, second and third electromagnetic means electrically coupled and responsive to said energy source means for producing controlled magnetic fields;
• at least one shaft-connected piston-permanent magnet means co-acting with said first, second, and third electromagnetic means for producing synchronized reciprocating action and delivering a fluid, said at least one shaft-connected piston-permanent magnet means being disposed within a ported enclosure;
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• a hydraulic motor hydraulically coupled to said enclosure, said hydraulic motor having an output drive shaft to effect conversion of electrical energy from said electrical energy source to work.