Patents by Inventor Jon Eric Harms

Jon Eric Harms 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).

  • Vertical axis wind turbine with cambered airfoil blades
    Patent number: 9041239
    Abstract: A wind turbine having blades that rotate in a horizontal plane about a vertical axis. A single output shaft is directly connected by one-way bearings to the driven shaft of a permanent magnet generator. This eliminates the need for a gearbox and also eliminates the need for inverters. Friction losses are further reduced by suspending the vertical shaft with magnetic bearings. Airfoils are positioned in a specific vertical design so that they cup the wind on a lower concave portion of the airfoil for self-starting capability. Stealth radar-absorbing mesh and faceted mounting structures reduce scrambling of radar returns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Inventors: Martin Epstein, Jon Eric Harms, William Stinson, Claudio Esposito
  • VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE WITH CAMBERED AIRFOIL BLADES
    Publication number: 20140077504
    Abstract: A wind turbine having blades that rotate in a horizontal plane about a vertical axis. A single output shaft is directly connected by one-way bearings to the driven shaft of a permanent magnet generator. This eliminates the need for a gearbox and also eliminates the need for inverters. Friction losses are further reduced by suspending the vertical shaft with magnetic bearings. Airfoils are positioned in a specific vertical design so that they cup the wind on a lower concave portion of the airfoil for self-starting capability. Stealth radar-absorbing mesh and faceted mounting structures reduce scrambling of radar returns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Martin Epstein, Jon Eric Harms, William Stinson, Claudio Esposito
  • Apparatus for generating an electric current in a varying magnetic field
    Patent number: 8664824
    Abstract: A Halbach array is radially disposed in an environment optimized for efficiency and controlled for efficient generation and use of power in order to generate, establish, and maintain a desired level of rotational energy with enhanced efficiency and in order to make the most efficient use of electromotive forces and magnetic fields which are either intentionally created for the operation of the apparatus or which result from the operation of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Maglev Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Epstein, Jon Eric Harms
  • Electro-motive machine using halbach array electrons trapped in electromagnetic coils and using hybrid coils to harvest back electromotive force
    Patent number: 8513849
    Abstract: A Halbach array is radially disposed in an environment optimized for efficiency and controlled for efficient generation and use of power in order to generate, establish, and maintain a desired level of rotational energy with enhanced efficiency and in order to make the most efficient use of electromotive forces and magnetic fields which are either intentionally created for the operation of the apparatus or which result from the operation of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Inventors: Martin Epstein, Jon Eric Harms
  • Electro-motive machine using halbach array electrons trapped in electromagnetic coils and using hybrid coils to harvest back electromotive force
    Publication number: 20130099703
    Abstract: A Halbach array is radially disposed in an environment optimized for efficiency and controlled for efficient generation and use of power in order to generate, establish, and maintain a desired level of rotational energy with enhanced efficiency and in order to make the most efficient use of electromotive forces and magnetic fields which are either intentionally created for the operation of the apparatus or which result from the operation of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Inventors: Martin Epstein, Jon Eric Harms
  • Electro-motive machine using Halbach array and electrons trapped in electromagnetic providing current
    Patent number: 8183731
    Abstract: A Halbach array is radially disposed in an environment optimized for efficiency and controlled for efficient generation and use of power in order to generate, establish, and maintain a desired level of rotational energy with enhanced efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Inventors: Martin Epstein, Jon Eric Harms
  • Electro-motive machine using halbach array and electrons trapped in electromagnetic providing current
    Publication number: 20110025239
    Abstract: A Halbach array is radially disposed in an environment optimized for efficiency and controlled for efficient generation and use of power in order to generate, establish, and maintain a desired level of rotational energy with enhanced efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Martin Epstein, Jon Eric Harms
  • Electro-motive machine using Halbach array
    Patent number: 7352096
    Abstract: A Halbach array is radially disposed in an environment optimized for efficiency and controlled for efficient generation and use of power in order to generate, establish, and maintain a desired level of rotational energy with enhanced efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Inventors: Tom Dunn, Richard McMasters, Martin Epstein, Jon Eric Harms