Patents by Inventor Edward Failing Ritz, Jr.

Edward Failing Ritz, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • SELF-STARTING ELECTROMOTOR
    Publication number: 20110285254
    Abstract: A self-starting electromotor having a stator and a rotor, the stator including at least one stator module of N toroid shaped electromagnets, the electromagnets arranged along an arc a predetermined distance apart defining a stator arc length. Each of the electromagnets has at least one gap. The rotor includes a disc adapted to pass through the at least one gap. The disc includes a plurality of permanent magnets spaced side by side about a periphery thereof and arranged so as to have alternating north-south polarities. The permanent magnets are sized and spaced such that within the stator arc length the ratio of permanent magnets to electromagnets is N+1 to N, to where N is the number of electrical excitation phases applied to the electromagnets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: APEX DRIVE LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: John E. Bales, Edward Failing Ritz, JR., Tommy Long, J. Lynn Saunders, Mohamed Sabri
  • Axial flux permanent magnet machines
    Patent number: 7863784
    Abstract: An electromechanical machine having a stator and a rotor, the stator including at least one stator module of N toroid shaped electromagnets, the electromagnets arranged along an arc a predetermined distance apart defining a stator arc length. Each of the electromagnets has at least one gap. The rotor includes a disc adapted to pass through the at least one gap. The disc includes a plurality of permanent magnets spaced side by side about a periphery thereof and arranged so as to have alternating north-south polarities. The permanent magnets are sized and spaced such that within the stator arc length the ratio of permanent magnets to electromagnets is N+1 to N, where N is the number of electrical excitation phases applied to the electromagnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Apex Drive Laboratories, Inc
    Inventors: Edward Failing Ritz, Jr., John E. Bales, Tommy Long, J. Lynn Saunders, Ray Nelke, Mohamed Sabri
  • BRUSHLESS ELECTROMECHANICAL MACHINE
    Publication number: 20090309463
    Abstract: An electromechanical machine having a stator and a rotor, the stator including at least one stator module of N toroid shaped electromagnets, the electromagnets arranged along an arc a predetermined distance apart defining a stator arc length. Each of the electromagnets has at least one gap. The rotor includes a disc adapted to pass through the at least one gap. The disc includes a plurality of permanent magnets spaced side by side about a periphery thereof and arranged so as to have alternating north-south polarities. The permanent magnets are sized and spaced such that within the stator arc length the ratio of permanent magnets to electromagnets is N+1 to N, where N is the number of electrical excitation phases applied to the electromagnets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: APEX DRIVE LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Edward Failing Ritz, JR., John E. Bales, Tommy Long, J. Lynn Saunders, Ray Nelke, Mohamed Sabri
  • Brushless electromechanical machine
    Patent number: 7432623
    Abstract: An electromechanical machine having a stator and a rotor, the stator including at least one stator module of N toroid shaped electromagnets, the electromagnets arranged along an arc a predetermined distance apart defining a stator arc length. Each of the electromagnets has at least one gap. The rotor includes a disc adapted to pass through the at least one gap. The disc includes a plurality of permanent magnets spaced side by side about a periphery thereof and arranged so as to have alternating north-south polarities. The permanent magnets are sized and spaced such that within the stator arc length the ratio of permanent magnets to electromagnets is N+1 to N, where N is the number of electrical excitation phases applied to the electromagnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Apex Drives Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Failing Ritz, Jr., John E. Bales