Patents by Inventor Maurice Schroeder

Maurice Schroeder 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).

  • Pendulum apparatus having a sustained swing
    Patent number: 9627952
    Abstract: An apparatus (100), including: a pendulum (102) having a pendulum magnet arrangement; a stationary magnet (118, 122) positioned such that a magnetic field of the stationary magnet repels the pendulum magnet as it approaches the stationary magnet; a magnetic shielding apparatus (126, 128) configured to intermittently shield the stationary magnet from the pendulum magnet; and a power source configured to supply power to the magnetic shielding apparatus. The magnetic shielding apparatus is configured to shield the stationary magnet from the pendulum magnet as the pendulum magnet approaches an apex position (16, 42) of a cycle. As the pendulum, magnet arrangement recedes from the apex position a repulsion associated with an interaction of a fully unshielded magnetic field of the stationary magnet and a magnetic field of the pendulum magnet arrangement is effective to accelerate the pendulum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Inventor: Maurice Schroeder
  • PENDULUM APPARATUS HAVING A SUSTAINED SWING
    Publication number: 20140300215
    Abstract: An apparatus (100), including: a pendulum (102) having a pendulum magnet arrangement; a stationary magnet (118, 122) positioned such that a magnetic field of the stationary magnet repels the pendulum magnet as it approaches the stationary magnet; and a magnetic shielding apparatus (126, 128) configured to intermittently shield the stationary magnet from the pendulum magnet. The magnetic shielding apparatus is configured to shield the stationary magnet from the pendulum magnet as the pendulum magnet approaches an apex position (16, 42) of a cycle. As the pendulum, magnet arrangement recedes from the apex position a repulsion associated with an interaction of a fully unshielded magnetic field of the stationary magnet and a magnetic field of the pendulum magnet arrangement is effective to accelerate the pendulum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventor: Maurice Schroeder