Primary force ring for magnetohydrodynamic propulsion system
OwnerMichael J. Sohnlyinventor
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Abstract
A Primary Force Ring for magnetohydrodynamic propulsion of a vehicle including: an endless closed loop vehicle housing; a plurality of spaced pairs of positive and negative electric field plates coupled to at least one voltage source and mounted in the housing for generating a plurality of discrete spaced electric fields within the housing; and, a plurality of electromagnetic field coils mounted in the housing with one field coil intermediate each pair of field plates for generating an endless segmented closed loop magnetic field contained within the housing and intersecting the discrete electric fields at substantially right angles.
Claims6
A Primary Force Ring for use with a magnetohydrodynamic propulsion system for a vehicle, said Primary Force Ring comprising, in combination:
- a) means defining an endless closed loop vehicle housing;
- b) means mounted on said vehicle housing for generating a plurality of discrete electric fields equally spaced apart about said endless closed loop vehicle housing;
- and,
- c) means mounted on said vehicle housing intermediate said discrete spaced apart electric field generating means for generating an endless closed loop segmented magnetic field essentially contained within said housing and intersecting said discrete spaced electric fields substantially at right angles with respect thereto.
A Primary Force Ring for use with a magnetohydrodynamic propulsion system, said Primary Force Ring comprising, in combination:
- a) means defining an endless closed loop housing having spaced apart inner and outer walls;
- b) a plurality of spaced apart electromagnetic field coils mounted within said housing for establishing an endless closed loop segmented magnetic field essentially contained within said housing;
- and,
- c) a plurality of pairs of parallel spaced apart positive and negative electric field plates mounted within said housing with said plates being generally parallel to said spaced apart inner and outer walls with one pair of positive and negative electric field plates being interposed between each adjacent pair of spaced apart electromagnetic field coils for establishing a plurality of spaced apart electric fields intersecting said endless closed loop segmented magnetic field substantially at right angles with respect thereto.
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