Patents by Inventor Victor John Christie

Victor John Christie 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).

  • System for controlling a rotary device
    Patent number: 6630806
    Abstract: A system for controlling a rotatable device, the system comprising a controller and a rotary device, which has a stator and rotor, wherein the controller is connected to the rotary device to control rotation of the rotary device, and wherein the controller is adapted to periodically energizes at least one energizing coil of the device to create a magnetic field of a polarity which induces the rotor to rotate in a single direction and wherein the controller is switched off so as to de-energize the energizing coil when other forces, being forces other than those resulting from the energized energizing coil, produce a resultant force which induces rotation of the rotor in the single direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Inventors: Ludwig Emma Brits, Victor John Christie