US 6,745,980 B2Granted

Unbalanced gyroscopic apparatus for producing unidirectional thrust

AssigneeRupert T. Neff

InventorRupert Theodore Neff

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Abstract

An unbalanced gyroscopic apparatus is disclosed for producing unidirectional thrust without having to interact with an external gas, liquid, or solid mass. The technique is based on the controlled transitions of an unbalanced spinning mass between two stable unbalanced weight states resulting in a net unidirectional thrust at the spin axis. In one existing embodiment, an apparatus with an attached body can be propelled up a planar incline “sliding” uphill against terrestrial gravity. In another embodiment, multiple pairs of synchronized and mirror-image, unbalanced gyroscopic assemblies are combined as one apparatus and attached to a body with the potential to propel it in any direction, including defeating gravity completely without interaction with gas, liquid, or solid mass or without use of propellants.

Claims15

Dependent claims

An unbalanced gyroscopic apparatus for producing unidirectional thrust comprising:

a) A rotational motor element;
b) A spin axis element;
c) A spin-plane element comprising:
i) A circular plane attached to said spin axis element at 90 degrees;
and
ii) A radius defined as the distance from the center of said spin axis element to the rim of said spin-plane element;
d) A weight-pair element comprising:
i) Two equal weights attached slidably to two linear shafts parallel to the spin-plane diameter and fixed to said spin-plane element;
ii) A frame attaching the weights and linear shafts to said spin-plane element;
iii) A first stable unbalanced weight state with the two weights positioned to form a net weight unbalance on the first side of said spin axis element;
and
iv) A second stable unbalanced weight state with the two weights positioned to form a net weight unbalance on the second side of said spin axis element;
e) A change-state element comprising:
i) A change-state actuator to force the weights from the first stable unbalanced weight state to the second stable unbalance weight state every 180 degrees of rotation relative to a fixed frame of reference;
ii) The said change-state actuator to urge the weight pair slidably parallel to the spin-plane diameter from the first stable unbalanced weight state to the second stable unbalanced weight state;
and
iii) A bracket connected to said change-state actuator that can change the angle of said change-state element relative to a fixed frame of reference around said spin axis element;
f) A spin-plane frame element interconnecting said weight-pair element and said spin-plane element slidably wherein said weight-pair element movement is constrained to be parallel to a diameter of the attached said spin-plane element;
and
g) An assembly frame element interconnecting said rotational motor element, said spin axis element, and said change-state element.

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An unbalanced gyroscopic apparatus for producing unidirectional thrust comprising:

a) At least one rotational motor element;
b) A spin axis element;
c) At least one spin-plane element comprising:
i) A circular plane attached to said spin axis element at 90 degrees;
and
ii) A radius defined as the distance from the center of said spin axis element to the rim of said spin-plane element;
d) At least one weight-pair element comprising:
i) Two equal weights attached slidably to two linear shafts parallel to said spin-plane diameter and fixed to said spin-plane element;
ii) A frame attaching the weights and linear shafts to said spin-plane element;
iii) A first stable unbalanced weight state with the two weights positioned to form a net weight unbalance on the first side of said spin axis element;
and
iv) A second stable unbalanced weight state with the two weights positioned to form a net weight unbalance on the second side of said spin axis element;
e) At least one change-state element comprising:
i) A change-state actuator to force the weights from the first stable unbalanced weight state to the second stable unbalance weight state every 180 degrees of rotation relative to a fixed frame of reference;
ii) The said change-state actuator to urge the weight pair slidably parallel to said spin-plane element diameter from the first stable unbalanced weight state to the second stable unbalanced weight state;
and
iii) A bracket connected to said change-state actuator that can change the angle of said change-state element relative to a fixed frame of reference around said spin axis element;
f) At least one spin-plane frame element interconnecting each said weight-pair element and its said spin-plane element slidably wherein said weight-pair element movement is constrained to be parallel to a diameter of said spin-plane element;
and
g) An assembly frame element interconnecting said rotational motor elements, said spin axis elements, and said change-state elements.

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An unbalanced gyroscopic apparatus for producing unidirectional thrust comprising:

a) An even number of rotational motor elements;
b) An even number of spin axis elements each comprising:
i) A first spin axis element that is a mirror image and is counter rotating relative to a second spin axis element;
ii) The said first spin axis element interconnected with said second spin axis element wherein said first spin axis element is in the same plane as said second spin axis element;
and
iii) The said first spin axis element interconnected with said second spin axis element wherein all change-state events during counter rotations are synchronized;
c) An even number of spin-plane elements each comprising:
i) A first circular plane attached to said first spin axis element at 90 degrees;
ii) A second circular plane attached to said second spin axis element at 90 degrees;
and
iii) A radius on each circular plane defined as the distance from the center of the attached said spin axis element to the rim of said spin-plane element;
d) An even number of weight-pair elements each comprising:
i) Two equal weights attached slidably to two linear shafts parallel to the spin-plane diameter and fixed to said spin-plane element;
ii) A frame attaching the weights and linear shafts to said spin-plane element;
iii) A first stable unbalanced weight state with the two weights positioned to form a net weight unbalance on the first side of said spin axis element;
and
iv) A second stable unbalanced weight state with the two weights positioned to form a net weight unbalance on the second side of said spin axis element;
e) An even number of change-state elements each comprising:
i) A change-state actuator to force the weights from the first stable unbalanced weight state to the second stable unbalanced weight state every 180 degrees of rotation relative to a fixed frame of reference;
ii) The said change-state actuator to urge the weight pair slidably parallel to said spin-plane element diameter from the first stable unbalanced weight state to the second stable unbalanced weight state;
and
iii) A bracket connected to said change-state actuator that can change the angle of said change-state element relative to a fixed frame of reference around said spin axis element;
f) An even number of said spin-plane frame elements interconnecting said weight-pair elements and their respective said spin-plane elements;
and
g) An assembly frame element interconnecting said rotational motor elements, said spin axis elements, and said change-state elements.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 10/176,259Filed 20 Jun 2002
Published: US 2003/0234318 A125 Dec 2003
Granted: 8 Jun 2004
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Classification11 codes

B64C 39/001
Aircraft not otherwise provided for: flying saucers
B64C 29/0008
Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft: having its flight directional axis…
B64G 1/409
Arrangements or adaptations of propulsion systems: unconventional spacecraft propulsion systems
F03G 7/125
Alleged perpetua mobilia: creating a thrust by violating the principle of momentum conservation