# US 9,038,365 B2 · Thrust generator > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,038,365 B2 - Document ID: US9038365B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/000,726 - Filed: 2007-12-17 - Published: 2009-06-18 - Granted: 2015-05-26 - Earliest claimed: 2007-12-17 - Applicants: James Michael Fichera - Inventors: James Michael Fichera - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9038365B2 ## CPC - F03B 17/005: {Installations wherein the liquid circulates in a closed loop (F03B13/06 takes precedence); Alleged perpetua mobilia of this or similar kind (perpetua mobilia using hydrostatic thrust or buoyancy F03B17/04)} - B63H 19/00: Marine propulsion not otherwise provided for - Y02E 10/20: Hydro energy - F03B: MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS (positive-displacement engines for liquid F03C; machines for liquids and gases F01; positive-displacement machines for liquids F04, rotary fluid gearing of the hydrokinetic type F16H41/00) - B63H: MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING (propulsion of air-cushion vehicles B60V1/14; specially adapted for submarines, other than nuclear propulsion, B63G; specially adapted for torpedoes F42B19/00) - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract A method, system and apparatus for generating thrust. The method, system and apparatus can include a fuel that may be accelerated into one or more openings on a rotating wheel. The rotating wheel, which may be balanced, may then have a temporary increase in mass in one location on the wheel. Additionally, the fuel that is accelerated into one or more openings in the wheel may be decelerated and may exert an outward force on the wheel. This generation of force can be repeated and increased to provide thrust. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of generating thrust, comprising: forming at least one hole in a donut-shaped wheel, the at least one hole further comprising a plurality of passages that pass through the wheel and that have at least one angled turn therein; rotating the wheel in a balanced fashion; pushing matter into at least one hole in the wheel; refracting the matter in the at least one hole in the wheel off of the at least one angled turn in the plurality of passages in the at least one hole; producing thrust from the force of the matter refracting off of the at least one angled turn in the plurality of passages in the at least one hole; extracting the matter from the at least one hole in the wheel through a combination of centrifugal force and a magnet positioned substantially proximate an exterior portion of the wheel and the hole; and sending the matter from a position outside the at least one hole to a storage tank. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising mounting the wheel on magnetic bearings. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one hole is funnel shaped with a wide opening on an interior portion of the wheel and a narrow portion on an exterior portion of the wheel. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of passages are formed substantially between an opening of the at least one hole and an exit of the at least one hole. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising forming the plurality of passages with curves between about 30 degrees and about 90 degrees. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the matter is extracted from the wheel before the wheel rotates to about 40 degrees. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: pumping the matter through at least one of the passages having a distal end substantially proximate the at least one hole from the storage tank; sending an electric charge through a wire to a location proximate the at least one hole; discharging the electric charge at substantially the same time the pumped matter reaches the at least one hole in the storage tank; accelerating the matter into the at least one of the passages through a reaction between the matter and the electric charge. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, further comprising timing the electric charge that is sent through the wire through the use of a laser switching device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising forming the wheel out of a material with low thermal expansion, low conductivity, high tensile strength and low magnetivity. ### Claim 10 A system for producing thrust, comprising: a balanced wheel having a plurality of holes formed therethrough, the plurality of holes comprising: a funnel-shaped opening; and a plurality of curved tubes disposed inside the at least one hole and extending from an interior portion of the wheel to an exterior portion of the wheel, the plurality of tubes further having diameters that are less than a diameter of the at least one hole; a pump that pumps matter from a storage tank through an input tube, the input tube for depositing matter substantially proximate an interior portion of the at least one hole; a wire that discharges an electric charge substantially proximate an interior portion of the at least one hole to accelerate the matter deposited substantially proximate the interior portion of the at least one hole into the at least one hole, increase the mass of the wheel at the location of the at least one hole and generate force on the wheel; a magnet that extracts the matter from the wheel; and a vacuum that pulls the matter extracted from the wheel into the storage tank. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the force generated on the wheel causes the wheel to rotate. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the matter is completely extracted from the wheel before the wheel rotates about 40 degrees. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the magnet is an electromagnet. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, further comprising a laser switching device that repeatedly discharges an electric charge to react with matter that is repeatedly deposited substantially proximate an interior portion of the at least one hole. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the wire is disposed in an interior portion of the input tube. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the plurality of curved tubes each have a curve of about 30 degrees to about 90 degrees.