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US 9,543,818 B2Granted
Ferrofluid motor
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorShaun Detloff
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Abstract
A ferrofluid electric motor and methods are presented. A magnetic field is generated by an electromagnet, a flow of a ferrofluid is induced in response to the magnetic field, and a turbine is rotated by the flow of the ferrofluid.
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A method for operating a ferrofluid electrical motor, the method comprising:
- generating a rotating magnetic field by a plurality of electromagnets;
- inducing a flow of a ferrofluid in response to the rotating magnetic field, where the ferrofluid comprises a liquid which becomes magnetized in a presence of a magnetic field;
- and
- rotating a turbine by the flow of the ferrofluid.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.