Patents Assigned to Electromagnetic Launch Research, Inc.
  • Iron-free rotary disk electrical machine
    Patent number: 4691133
    Abstract: A rotary electrical machine having one or more rotor elements comprising non-magnetic conductors extending outwardly from the drive shaft axis and electrically coupled together at terminal portions, a device for producing excitation current through the rotor elements, and one or more stator elements, interleaved between the rotor elements, including elongated, non-magnetic electrical conductors extending outwardly with respect to the longitudinal axis of the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1987
    Assignee: Electromagnetic Launch Research, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter P. Mongeau