Permanent Magnet Machines Patents (Class 310/152)
  • Patent number: 9653198
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a permanent magnet includes a composition represented by RpFeqMrCusCo100-p-q-r-s (R: rare earth element, M: at least one element selected from Zr, Ti and Hf, 10?p?13.5 atomic %, 28?q?40 atomic %, 0.88?r?7.2 atomic %, 4?s?13.5 atomic %), and a metallic structure in which a composition region having an Fe concentration of 28 mol % or more is a main phase. A Cu concentration in the main phase is 5 mol % or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yosuke Horiuchi, Shinya Sakurada, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Keiko Okamoto, Masaya Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 9583246
    Abstract: Fixtureless self-alignment and orientation of components during an assembly process, and self-aligning/self-orienting components for assembly. Self-alignment and self-orientation are provided by integrating complementary spatially-modulated magnetic arrays into components requiring alignment and/or orientation during an assembly process. In addition to providing self-alignment/self-orientation, the spatially-modulated magnetic arrays also provide selective component placement and/or assembly order. Final assembly can involve permanent mechanical or adhesive fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Roland J. Menassa, Nilesh D. Mankame
  • Patent number: 9584056
    Abstract: A polyphasic multi-coil generator includes a driveshaft, at least first and second rotors rigidly mounted on the driveshaft so as to simultaneously synchronously rotate with rotation of the driveshaft, and at least one stator sandwiched between the first and second rotors. The stator has an aperture through which the driveshaft is rotatably journalled. A stator array on the stator has an equally circumferentially spaced-apart array of electrically conductive coils mounted to the stator in a first angular orientation about the driveshaft. The rotors and the stator lie in substantially parallel planes. The first and second rotors have, respectively, first and second rotor arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: EXRO TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventor: Jonathan Ritchey
  • Patent number: 9577502
    Abstract: A transverse flux motor (10) includes a housing (20), a stator (50), and a rotor (30) external to the stator (50) and installed onto the housing. The stator (50) includes a stator sub-assembly including at least one pair of stator core elements (52), each having multiple stator pole teeth (56) circumferentially offset from pole teeth of the other stator core element in the pair. The rotor (30) includes a rotor body (32) made of a single piece part or multiple rotor body laminas (36). The rotor body (32) includes multiple magnetic flux retention features (40) for positioning first magnets (34). Two adjacent magnetic flux retention features (48) define a second magnet retention feature (47) for positioning a second magnet (45) that form a substantially U-shape together with two neighboring first magnets with the same magnetic poles facing each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: JOHNSON ELECTRIC S.A.
    Inventors: Yue Li, Jinyun Gan, Chuiyou Zhou, Yanfei Liao, Xiaomei Yuan
  • Patent number: 9577500
    Abstract: A rotary magnetic motor having a rotor configured to magnetically interact with a stator to obtain rotation of the rotor about its axis. The stator has a magnetic structure of a generally involute shape around the axis of rotation. The stator magnetic structure has a plurality of permanent magnets defining a first magnetic face of a first polarity. The rotor has a magnetic structure of a generally circular shape around the axis and inside the stator magnetic structure. The rotor has a plurality of permanent magnets defining a second magnetic face of a second polarity. The magnetic attraction and repulsing of the aligned magnetic faces with a progressively narrowing radial gap, resulting from the involute shape, rotate the rotor inside the stator. A magnetic pulse mechanism discharges a magnetic pulse of the first polarity to provide an additional pull to continue the rotation of the rotor through its full cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Inventor: Arnold Jones
  • Patent number: 9502165
    Abstract: A permanent magnet includes: a composition expressed by a composition formula: RpFeqMrCutCo100-p-q-r-t (R is at least one element selected from rare-earth elements, M is at least one element selected from Zr, Ti, and Hf, 10.5?p?12.5 at %, 23?q?40 at %, 0.88?r?4.5 at %, 4.5?t?10.7 at %); and a metal structure containing a Th2Zn17 crystal phase and a Cu-rich phase having a Cu concentration higher than that of the Th2Zn17 crystal phase. In a cross section including a c-axis of the Th2Zn17 crystal phase, a number of intersections of the Cu-rich phases existing in an area of 1 ?m square is 10 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yosuke Horiuchi, Shinya Sakurada, Keiko Okamoto, Masaya Hagiwara, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Masaki Endo, Tadahiko Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9502164
    Abstract: A permanent magnet includes: a composition expressed by a composition formula: RpFeqMrCutCo100-p-q-r-t (R is at least one element selected from rare-earth elements, M is at least one element selected from Zr, Ti, and Hf, 10.5?p?12.5 at %, 23?q?40 at %, 0.88?r?4.5 at %, 4.5?t?10.7 at %); and a metal structure containing a cell phase having a Th2Zn17 crystal phase, a cell wall phase, an M-rich platelet phase formed vertically to a c-axis of the Th2Zn17 crystal phase, and a Cu-rich platelet phase formed along the M-rich platelet phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yosuke Horiuchi, Shinya Sakurada, Keiko Okamoto, Masaya Hagiwara, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Masaki Endo, Tadahiko Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9490666
    Abstract: A magnetic energy converter is an apparatus using the repelling energy fields of magnets to provide continuous motion. The apparatus includes a first axis, a second axis, an at least one motion generating mechanism, an idler gear train, and a platform. Each motion generating mechanism is used to harness the repelling energy fields of magnets and includes a first disk, a first magnet, a second disk, and a second magnet. Each magnet is peripherally mounted onto their respective disk, which is axially mounted to their corresponding axis. The first magnet and the second magnet have synchronized orbits so that their repelling energy fields interact with each other to produce continuous motion. The platform is used as a base for the other components. The idler gear train transfers rotational motion from the first axis to the second axis at a 1:1 ratio and reverses the direction of the rotational motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Inventor: Thomas Alexander Zummo
  • Patent number: 9467013
    Abstract: Disclosed is a magnetic flux concentrated-type brushless motor performing field weakening control and reducing iron loss. The teeth of the stator are provided with a stator-side wide-width portion, and the rotor is provided with magnetic members having a rotor-side wide-width portion, and magnets disposed between the magnetic members. The motor is driven for a certain time in a low rate of rotation (LRR) section and a high rate of rotation (HRR) section. Field weakening control is performed in the HRR section. When the number of pairs of opposite poles of the rotor is P, a length of a radial line of the rotor-side wide-width portion R, a thickness of the stator-side wide-width portion Lt, a central angle of the stator-side wide-width portion ?t, a central angle the rotor-side wide-width portion ?r, and a central angle between any two neighboring magnets ?M, the motor is set such that ?r?2.85×?m?2.65×?t and (Lt×P)/(??×R)??t/?m?0.6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nakagawa Yukinori, Yasumasa Nagasaki
  • Patent number: 9431857
    Abstract: A permanent magnet rotor arrangement includes a rotor and a plurality of nonmagnetic, axially extending profiled tubes defining a closed channel and affixed circumferentially along the outer rim of the rotor. A plurality of permanent magnet pole pieces are arranged in the channels. A single pole piece is arranged in each channel. The cross-sectional profile of the pole piece does not correspond to the cross-sectional profile of the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Henrik Stiesdal
  • Patent number: 9413216
    Abstract: Provided are a magnetic rotation accelerator and a power generation system. The magnetic rotation accelerator includes: a shaft; a fixed plate through which the shaft penetrates and on which a plurality of first magnetic units are disposed; and a rotary plate through which the shaft penetrates, which faces the fixed plate and on which a plurality of second magnetic units are disposed, wherein a repulsive force is generated between the first magnetic units and the second magnetic units, the first magnetic units form a first row and a second row around the shaft, and the second magnetic units form a third row and a fourth row around the shaft, wherein central axes of the first magnetic units of the first row are in phase with central axes of the first magnetic units of the second row, and central axes of the second magnetic units of the third row are out of phase with central axes of the second magnetic units of the fourth row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Inventors: Se Myung Suk, Young Jun Suk
  • Patent number: 9377284
    Abstract: A metrology apparatus including a body and a first member rotatable relative to the body about a first axis of rotation, said first axis being defined by first bearing and a first motor for actuating rotation of the first member relative to the body about the first axis of rotation. A surface sensing device is attachable to the first member such that the surface sensing device can move with the first member, relative to the body. The first motor may include a first magnet and at least one metal coil spaced apart along the first axis and mounted such that the first magnet and the at least one metal coil are moveable relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: RENISHAW PLC
    Inventors: David Roberts McMurtry, Stephen Paul Hunter, Hugo George Derrick
  • Patent number: 9350204
    Abstract: A compact, light permanent magnet motor with low torque pulsations is obtained by reducing a cogging torque resulting from variations at the end of a rotor, such as an error in attachment position and a variation in magnet characteristic of the permanent magnets. A permanent magnet rotating electrical machine includes a rotor and a stator, a stator core provided with slots in which to store an armature winding wire wound around the teeth, and supplemental grooves provided to the teeth in portions opposing the rotor in an axial direction of the stator core. The supplemental grooves are provided to the stator in a part in the axial direction of the stator core, and that let P be the number of the magnetic poles (the number of poles) and S be the number of the slots (the number of slots), then a relation, 0.75<S/P<1.5, is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masatsugu Nakano, Toshihiro Matsunaga, Kazuhisa Takashima, Satoru Akutsu, Yusuke Morita
  • Patent number: 9269556
    Abstract: Mass spectrometry cells include one or more interleaved magnetostatic and electrostatic lenses. In some examples, the electrostatic lenses are based on electrical potentials applied to magnetostatic lens pole pieces. In other alternatives, the electrostatic lenses can include conductive apertures. Applied voltages can be selected to trap or transport charged particles, and photon sources, gas sources, ion sources, and electron sources can be provided for various dissociation processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: THE STATE OF OREGON ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE STATE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON BEHALF OF OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Douglas F. Barofsky, Joseph S. Beckman, Max L. Deinzer, Valery G. Voinov
  • Patent number: 9160219
    Abstract: Disclosed is a brushless motor (1A) which is an axial gap type brushless motor (1A) wherein stators (3A, 4A) comprising a coil (41) and a rotor (2) comprising a permanent magnet (23) are arranged with a gap therebetween in the axial direction. The coil (41) is a band-like wire which is spirally wound such that the width direction of the band-like wire generally coincides with the direction of the magnetic flux that is generated by the permanent magnet (23) of the rotor (2). Consequently, the axial gap type brushless motor (1A) having the above-described structure can be further reduced in eddy current loss in comparison to conventional brushless motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Takamatsu, Koji Inoue, Kenichi Inoue, Takashi Hase, Osamu Ozaki, Chikara Ichihara, Masakatsu Maruyama, Yasushi Maeda, Hiroyuki Mitani
  • Publication number: 20150147228
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a permanent magnet has a composition represented by a composition formula: RpFeqMrCusCo100-p-q-r-s, where R is a rare earth element, M is at least one element selected from Zr, Ti, and Hf, p is 8.0 atomic % or more and 13.5 atomic % or less, q is 25 atomic % or more and 40 atomic % or less, r is 0.88 atomic % or more and 7.2 atomic % or less, and s is 3.5 atomic % or more and 13.5 atomic % or less, and a metallic structure including a cell phase having a Th2Zn17 crystal phase, a cell wall phase, and a platelet phase existing along a c plane of the Th2Zn17 crystal phase. An average thickness of the platelet phase is in a range of from 2.5 nm to 20 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Masaki Endo, Shinya Sakurada, Yosuke Horiuchi, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Keiko Okamoto, Masaya Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 9006914
    Abstract: An AC current generator for generating an CA current and method therefor and includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes an outer shell of non-magnetic material enclosing an evacuated chamber and having a distribution of a plurality of ferromagnets attached thereto. The rotor includes an inner core of non-magnetic material located at a stability location within said evacuated chamber and having a distribution of a plurality of diamagnets attached thereto. In addition, the AC current generator includes at least one magnetic flux detection unit located within at least one magnetic field generated by at least one group of ferromagnets of the plurality of ferromagnets. Displacing the rotor from the stability location towards the at least one group of ferromagnets generates a change in magnetic flux in the magnetic field thereby generating an AC current in the at least one magnetic flux detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Inventor: Uri Rapoport
  • Patent number: 8994319
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a magnet rotor which is placed with an air gap interposed between it and a stator and has a magnetic pole portion formed from a plastic magnet which swells by hydrogen bonds, an inverter circuit, a DC-voltage conversion portion, a driving logic control portion, a supply current value control portion, a current value designation portion, a reference current value designation portion, and a correlation designation portion, wherein the correlation designation portion determines an average current value by changing the average current value linearly or non-linearly with respect to a reference current value, and the magnetic pole portion absorbs moisture to swell, thereby making the air gap smaller, at higher humidity than a reference humidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayuki Takada
  • Patent number: 8994238
    Abstract: [Problem] To allow for an increase in the output of an energy conversion device having a plurality of permanent magnets arranged in a ring shape. [Solution] A cover (3) is attached to a ring-shaped magnet holder (2) in which permanent magnets (1) are housed. An extended portion of the cover (3) is supported by a wheel (6). The wheel (6) is in contact with the extended portion of the cover (3) and the bottom surface of a case (5). Thereby, the magnet holder (2) can be rotated lightly even when the weight of the magnet holder (2) increases with the increase in the number of the permanent magnets (1) housed in the magnet holder (2). Thus, an energy conversion device (100) can produce more energy from the energy supplied, and thereby enhance the output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Inventor: Katsuyuki Kamibayashi
  • Publication number: 20150054370
    Abstract: Rotor formed by groups of materials (4) that orientate the magnetic field and magnets (2) in spiral lines, with the two magnetic poles of each magnet (2) facing the stator (3). Close to a magnetic pole of the end of the group, the material (4) that orientates the magnetic field protrudes towards the stator (3). This configuration enables to vary the field of each magnetic pole of the rotor which is projected to the stator; in this way, one end of the group of magnets (2) concentrates a very close magnetic pole in order to interact with the stator (3) and the opposite magnetic pole moves away gradually in order to decrease the interaction with the stator (3). The application is for magnetic motors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventor: Ramon FREIXAS VILA
  • Publication number: 20150028598
    Abstract: A magnetic power generating machine, including a central magnet, which is configured to traverse a path having first and second ends, and is connected by a linkage to rotate a shaft as the central magnet traverses the path, first and second side magnets, which are respectively disposed adjacent to the first and second ends of the path and are oriented to repel the central magnet, so that a magnetic force between the central magnet and the first and second side magnets causes the central magnet to oscillate between the ends of the path, thereby rotating the shaft and first and second shutter assemblies, each including at least one ferromagnetic shutter and a mechanism which is arranged to open the at least one ferromagnetic shutter as the central magnet approaches the shutter assembly, thereby modulating the magnetic force synchronously with oscillation of the central magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventor: Yaacov Kolcheh
  • Publication number: 20150001975
    Abstract: The rotating electric machine includes a stator and a rotor. The rotating electric machine includes a rotor iron core including a plurality of magnetic pole portions in a circumferential direction, a plurality of permanent magnets provided on the rotor iron core, and a stator iron core including a plurality of teeth around each of which coil winding is wound. The stator iron core is configured in such a manner that the tooth facing the magnetic pole portion in the radial direction is substantially magnetically saturated by the permanent magnet in a non-energized state of the stator winding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Kensuke NAKAZONO, Masanobu KAKIHARA, Jun KOJIMA, Yoshiaki KAMEI
  • Patent number: 8907513
    Abstract: A wave energy converter has a shell, a pendulum pivotally positioned in the shell and having either a magnet or a coil connected or interconnected thereto, a variable inductor for varying an inductive capacity and positioned in the shell, and a pendulum adjuster operatively connected to the pendulum so as to change a center of gravity of the pendulum. The variable inductor has either a magnet and a coil connected or interconnected thereto. At least one of the magnet and the coil oscillates relative to the magnet or the coil of the variable inductor. A shaft is connected to the pendulum so as to move in relation to the pivotal movement of the pendulum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Inventor: Miles Hobdy
  • Publication number: 20140354243
    Abstract: A generator is provided having a first array of magnets and a second array of magnets. The first array is typically disposed in a first elongated Halbach configuration and the second array of magnets is disposed in a second configuration. The first and second arrays are configured to manipulate a net flux field to form a figure eight flux field between the first and second arrays. At least one coil disposed between the first and second arrays, such that relative movement of the first and second arrays with respect to the first coil generates an electric current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: ReVair Inc.
    Inventor: Rudolph Oelofse
  • Publication number: 20140346992
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating electrical energy comprises driven permanent magnets mounted tangentially on a freely rotating disk attached to a relatively stationary platform, and driver permanent magnets mounted on the platform radially to the disk. As the disk rotates, as a driven magnet approaches a driver magnet, their respective opposite poles attract, accelerating the disk. After the driven magnet passes the driver magnet, their like poles repel, also accelerating the disk. When the two permanent magnets are in close proximity, such that repulsion between like poles would decelerate the disk, an electromagnet is engaged between the two permanent to counteract this counterproductive force. One or more coils generate electricity through electromagnetic induction when the driven magnet passes them. A portion of this electricity powers the electromagnet, and the balance is the net energy generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Lawrence Ashley Farwell
  • Patent number: 8890041
    Abstract: A device wherein food can be warmed by means of induction, said device comprising at least one secondary coil which is formed from a current conductor, whereon at least one heating element is connected. The invention also relates to a device which is used to transfer energy in a device in order to warm food by means of induction, said device comprising a primary coil which is connected to a voltage source and which is formed from a current conductor. According to the invention, the primary and secondary coil is cast into a coil body by casting means, and the insulating casting means exhibits a coefficient of thermal expansion which essentially corresponds to the coil body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Dan Neumayer, Wolfgang Schnell, Eckhard Wolfgang, Günter Zschau
  • Patent number: 8847452
    Abstract: The electric generator with rotating induction apparatus and centripetal motion operation locates all of the electromagnetic induction components on the rotating portion of the generator. This design removes the divided electromagnetic interaction of rotating and stationary elements. The rotating input shaft and connected rotor contain the elements experiencing any potential magnetic interaction. There are no magnetic or induction components located on the stationary portion of the generator. A magnetic field source contained within a rotor mounted pivoting housing is moved by centripetal motion through an inductor section of the housing to create electrical induction. The relative angle of rotation of a pivoting inductor assembly is alternately articulated by front and rear guides located within the main housing. The centripetal motion providing magnet movement is created during rotation of the input shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Inventor: Douglas James Belanger
  • Publication number: 20140268339
    Abstract: A multi-axis motor includes a first elongate magnet member disposed in a first orientation and a second elongate magnet member disposed in a second orientation orthogonal to the first orientation and mechanically coupled to the first elongate magnet member. The first elongate magnet member is operable to adjust a first axis of a fine axis structure. The second elongate magnet member is operable to adjust a second axis of the fine axis structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: DRS RSTA, INC.
    Inventors: Brian R. Pekarek, Milton A. Woodall, Jim Royalty
  • Patent number: 8823331
    Abstract: A permanent magnet generator having the unique feature of a speed proportionally adjusted air gap for self-regulation of coil output voltage over a wide range of operating rotational speed of a steam turbine to which the invention is coupled. The Permanent Magnet Generator rotor is supported by the turbine end shaft and the stator is supported by a bracket bolted to the turbine pedestal base or other rigid structure. The speed proportional air gap is accomplished through the use of a plurality of centrifugal flyweights in mechanical coupling to a spool piece under spring load and to corresponding rare earth magnets via linkage such that increasing rotor speed extends the flyweights outward from the rotor center of rotation and draws the rare earth magnets closer to the rotor center of rotation and thus increases the air gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Lovejoy Controls Corporation
    Inventor: Kim A. Lovejoy
  • Publication number: 20140232229
    Abstract: The device disclosed in this patent is a work generating device composed of magnetically transparent materials and permanent magnets, assembled to make a base, a rotor and a stator. The rotor is comprised of permanent magnet assemblies placed in a magnetically transparent material. The stator is an arrangement of permanent magnets, on one or more sides, adjacent to the linear potion of and parallel to the direction of travel of the rotor. The interaction of the rotor magnetic zone with the stator magnetic zone drives the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventor: Ronald Arthur Esmann, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20140225468
    Abstract: A remote power source/power-supply device and remote integrated electromagnetic/magnetic rotor or armature (17) and shaft (14) device or means (38) including mechanical means (motor) (36) and a cycle loop of transformer network (31) and a digital (24) distributor unit (25) is provided. The electro-magnetic-rotor or armature and fixed member (shaft) device or means and the mechanical means comprise at least two attractive adjacent magnetic or/and electromagnetic opposite (N; S) sign-poles (33) and two attractive adjacent same sign-poles (N; N) that are thereby able to focus-channel power; and also put out the effort to efficiently contract and repel the magnetic rotor or armature or magnetic mechanical means, for driving the motor or rotor or armature and (shaft) to potential; speeds as fast as an electronic pulse. The integrated system (37) further comprise a remote (SLF) or (ELF) channel (15) transceiver unit (16) for remotely communicating the power signals (20) through the power spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventor: Sonny Loyd Chambers
  • Publication number: 20140203766
    Abstract: The present invention provides a permanent magnet electric apparatus which is designed to couple to a generator and/or turbine output shaft to create electricity. More particularly, the invention seeks to provide a permanent magnet electric apparatus which includes a rigid spherically shaped supporting outer structure and/or irregular shaped structure and/or enclosure that houses a permanent magnet electric apparatus which further includes a rotor structure, a stator structure, a magnet assembly, a plurality of such equally spaced recessed magnets, one or more support column, one or more support beam, a support base, a plurality of gears, an alternator device, a rechargeable battery, a control panel, an ON/OFF switch and/or button, a voltage and/or current regulator, a hydraulic breaking system including assembly and one or more flooring systems including supporting walls. Methods of using the magnetic electric turbine are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventor: Michael Charles Bertsch
  • Patent number: 8786153
    Abstract: The invention relates to a kinetic energy accumulator, comprising a plurality of rotatably mounted accumulator members (100, 198) positioned adjacent one another, an input drive mechanism (116) arranged to impart rotational drive to a first of the accumulator members, and velocity responsive coupling members (106, 192) arranged to provide for magnetic coupling of successive ones of the accumulator members when respective ones of the accumulator members are caused successively to rotate with an angular velocity equal to, or greater than, a predetermined velocity. The accumulator can store kinetic energy and thereby act as source of rotational drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Power 4 Country Pty Limited
    Inventor: Perry John Underwood
  • Patent number: 8766493
    Abstract: An electric device including: a stator assembly; and an actuator including a coil having an axis, wherein the stator assembly includes: a stator core arranged along a linear axis, the stator core made up of a plurality of magnets each characterized by a magnetic moment, the plurality of magnets arranged in a stack along the linear axis with the magnet moments of the plurality of magnets being co-linearly aligned parallel to the linear axis, wherein the plurality of magnets includes a first magnet and a second magnet positioned adjacent to each other in the stack separated by a gap and with their magnetic moments in opposition to each other, and wherein the actuator is arranged on the stator core with the coil of the actuator encircling the linear axis with the axis of the coil parallel to the linear axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Nucleus Scientific, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian W. Hunter, Timothy A. Fofonoff
  • Publication number: 20140152134
    Abstract: An energy harvesting device includes at least one first magnet configured to rotate along a first circular path in a first plane. The energy harvesting device includes at least one piezo-electric cantilever spaced apart from the first plane, the at least one piezo-electric cantilever being configured to bend in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first plane. The energy harvesting device also includes at least one second magnet coupled to the at least one cantilever and configured to overlap the at least one first magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-Suk HEO, Kyung Hoon CHO
  • Patent number: 8739581
    Abstract: A washing machine includes a water tub, an electric motor, and a control device. The motor comprises a stator including a stator coil, a rotor magnet arranged circumferentially with respect to the rotor, and a control device. The rotor magnet includes a permanent magnet. When the control device applies a first voltage to the stator coil in a wash step of the washing operation, the rotor magnet is magnetized so that a magnetic flux of the rotor magnet acting on the stator is increased without reversal of a direction of magnetization. When the control device applies a second voltage to the stator soil in a dehydration step of the washing operation, the rotor magnet is magnetized so that a magnetic flux of the rotor magnet acting on the stator is reduced without reversal of a direction of magnetization as compared with the magnetic flux in the wash step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Consumer Electronics Holdings Corporation, Toshiba Home Appliances
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Shiga, Isamu Nitta
  • Publication number: 20140116286
    Abstract: An electric machine that includes a rotor core made of magnetic steel; a stator configured with stationary windings therein; openings disposed within or on the rotor core; and a rotor circuit that is configured to introduce saliency based on an orientation of part of the rotor circuit in relationship to a pole location of the electric machine, where the rotor circuit is made of a conductive, non-magnetic material. A rotor component and various embodiments of electric machines are also disclosed. The present invention has been described in terms of specific embodiment(s), and it is recognized that equivalents, alternatives, and modifications, aside from those expressly stated, are possible and within the scope of the appending claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Kum Kang Huh, Patel Reddy, Ayman Mohamed Fawzi El-Refaie, Patrick Lee Jansen, Roy David Schultz, Lembit Salasoo
  • Publication number: 20140111049
    Abstract: Apparatus for coupling magnetic forces into motive force includes a spinner shaft on which a helical array of magnets is mounted and a magnetic power bed. The magnetic power bed includes first and second magnetic boost elements configured to interact magnetically with the helical array of magnets to cause the spinner shaft to rotate as the helical array of magnets passes between the first and second magnetic boost elements. the first magnetic boost element includes two magnets separated by a magnetically responsive material and the second magnetic boost element includes a single magnet, thereby defining a tri-field magnetic flux within the magnetic power bed. The magnetic power bed may further include an auxiliary power bed that interacts with the first and second magnetic boost elements and the helical array. The apparatus may include two or more magnetic power bed with one or more magnetic field shunt bridges extending between the magnetic power beds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: NEODYMIUM ENERGY LLc
    Inventor: Pieter Bootsma, JR.
  • Publication number: 20140077647
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device characterised in that said device is made of the assembly of a plurality of microgenerators, each including a magnetic circuit as a loop of segments for the insertion of a winding of turns of copper wire (3) and the application thereof against the inclined planes (7) of magnet segments (F, G) with axial magnetisation and segments made of a material with good magnetic conductivity, such as soft iron, combined to create said magnetic loop circuit expressed by the magnetic field inside said segments (D, F, G), and in which the magnetic field lines act on said winding in order to create an electric voltage at the ends of said copper wire, the segments (D, F, G) being enclosed in a frame (8), such that each microgenerator is unitary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventor: Harry Vivier
  • Publication number: 20140077648
    Abstract: A winding is provided for electric energy converters, such as electric machines, like electric motors, generators or transformers, and a respective machine. The winding has conductor paths applied to a flexible carrier material by means of a printing process, in particular screen printing process. The conductor path preferably includes an electrically conductive paste. The conductor paths are printed one above the other in layers, and an insulating layer is applied between individual layers of the conductor paths. The conductor paths are arranged such that the conductor paths of superimposed winding layers preferably are transversely shifted against each other in a pre-finished, rolled up state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Patrick BRÄUER, Johannes RUDOLPH
  • Publication number: 20140070652
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a turbine with an electric generator which can be driven by magnetic rotor/s in order to output electric power to an electricity consumer, storage or an electricity network. The invention also relates to a turbine with magnetic rotor/s and an electric generator coupled to the rotor/s in order to output electric power to an electricity consumer, storage and an electricity network. The invention also relates to a turbine with magnetic rotor/s coupled with a battery powered R/C or manual controlled stabilizer system that allows users of the turbine to control the start stop and restart functions. The invention also relates to a turbine with magnetic rotor/s and an electricity generator where the generator is coupled with a thermo coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventor: Alibin Shah Emir Jahr Drayton
  • Publication number: 20140062095
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a magnetic motor including a drive magnet, a motion magnet, and an acceleration field. The drive magnet includes magnetic shielding, typically on a portion thereof, altering the magnetic field of the drive magnet. In some embodiments, the motion magnet has a cross-section that is generally in the shape of a ‘V’ or ‘A’. The acceleration field is created by the interaction between the drive magnet and the motion magnet as the motion magnet is passed through the altered magnetic field of the drive magnet. The altered magnetic field of the drive magnet may often be near a first end of the drive magnet. In further embodiments, the motion magnet can be operably coupled to an output shaft and rotate around the central axis of the output shaft. The present disclosure, also relates to a device, including the magnetic motor, for generating energy from a turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Future Force, Inc.
    Inventor: Mike Tkadlec
  • Patent number: 8664816
    Abstract: A permanent magnet is rotated about an axis extending between opposing north and south poles. The magnetic field of the rotated permanent magnet interacts with magnetic fields of permanent magnets carried by a shuttle for repelling and attracting the fixed permanent magnets, and providing a linear reciprocating movement of the shuttle responsive to the favorable rotary motion of the rotated permanent magnet where the force of the linear motion is captured by an energy storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Magnamotor, LLC
    Inventors: John W. Edwards, Robert M. Herrin, Johnny M. Tharpe, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20140049128
    Abstract: The invention is the permanent magnet electrical machinery that does not need any other energy and can be used as an electromotor or a generator. It consists of a shell that installed with iron cores, coils, principal axis, switches and a control circuit. The 3 coils are circled in the middle, top and bottom part of the stator core separately. The rotor core has leafs and each leaf has a shape of c, it is made by soft magnetism material and is embed with the magnet on each leaf. When the turning rotor core is entering into the position to face with stator core, electric current is produced in the coil in the middle of stator core. The electric current be exported and passed to the coil on the top and bottom of the next stator core. Its magnetic force of electric current repulses the next rotor core, so the rotor core turns and the machine export electricity continually. The gravitation between the end of the previous leaf of the rotor core and the end of the previous stator core still exists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventor: Minghua Zang
  • Patent number: 8643453
    Abstract: A cylindrical bonded magnet is provided which is multipolar-magnetized in the axial direction and can be produced with high productivity. The cylindrical bonded magnet includes magnetic powder and resin. The cylindrical bond magnet is an integrally formed member. The cylindrical bond magnet is magnetized so that a plurality of N and S poles are alternately provided in the axial direction. In the cylindrical bonded magnet, a totally even number of at least four N and S poles are alternately provided. The surface magnetic flux density distribution has a substantially sinusoidal wave with the both ends of the sinusoidal wave corresponding to nodes when the surface magnetic flux of the cylindrical bonded magnet is measured as viewed from the side surface of the cylindrical bond magnet along the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Nichia Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei Ihara, Michiya Kume, Muneo Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20140001765
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for extracting electrical and mechanical energy from stored magnetic energy. The apparatus includes an axial flow turbine defined by a body having an increased magnetic density from a first exterior edge along a surface of the body to a second exterior edge. Also included is a magnetic element rotatably operable about the body of the axial flow turbine. The magnetic element is configured to cause increasingly level of the magnetic attraction from the first exterior edge to that of the second exterior edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventor: Michael Kramer
  • Publication number: 20130270949
    Abstract: A permanent magnet electric machine (2), in which permanent magnets (7) are arranged on a stator (13) and/or a rotor (15). In this case, a permanent magnet (7) has at least one first macroscopic permanent magnet element and one second macroscopic permanent magnet element (21, 23), wherein the permanent magnet elements (21, 23) are formed from different materials, which have different magnetic coercitivities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Mercedes Herranz Gracia, Armin Ploeger, Tilman Miehle, Karsten Kirchhoff, Johannes Horn
  • Publication number: 20130264903
    Abstract: An alloy material for an R-T-B system rare earth permanent magnet having a high orientation rate and high coercivity (Hcj), and a method for producing an R-T-B system rare earth permanent magnet using the alloy material. The alloy material includes a plurality of R-T-B system alloys having different compositions and a metal powder. The respective R-T-B system alloys are formed of R which is composed of two or more kinds selected from rare earth elements, T which is composed of a transition metal essentially containing Fe, B, and unavoidable impurities. A first alloy having the greatest Dy content contains 17 mass % or greater of Dy, and a Dy concentration difference between the first alloy and a second alloy having the smallest Dy concentration difference with respect to the first alloy among the plurality of R-T-B system alloys is 5 mass % or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Nakajima, Takashi Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20130257209
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a permanent magnet includes a magnet main body and a surface portion provided on a surface of the magnet main body. The magnet main body has a composition expressed by a composition formula 1: R(Fep1Mq1Cur1Co1-p1-q1-r1)z1. The surface portion has a composition expressed by a composition formula 2: R(Fep2Mq2Cur2Co1-p2-q2-r2)z2. In the composition formulas 1 and 2, R is at least one element selected from rare earth elements, M is at least one element selected from Ti, Zr and Hf, p1 and p2 are 0.25 to 0.45, q1 and q2 are 0.01 to 0.05, r1 and r2 are 0.01 to 0.1, z1 is 6 to 9, and z2 satisfies 0.8?z2/z1?0.995.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Shinya Sakurada, Yosuke Horiuchi, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Keiko Okamoto, Masaya Hagiwara, Makoto Matsushita, Masaki Endo
  • Publication number: 20130241333
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a permanent magnet includes a composition represented by a composition formula: R(FepMqCur(Co1-sAs)1-p-q-r)z, where, R is at least one element selected from rare earth elements, M is at least one element selected from Ti, Zr, and Hf, A is at least one element selected from Ni, V, Cr, Mn, Al, Si, Ga, Nb, Ta, and W, 0.05?p?0.6, 0.005?q?0.1, 0.01?r?0.15, 0?s?0.2, and 4?z?9, and a two-phase structure of a Th2Zn17 crystal phase and a copper-rich phase. In a cross-section of the permanent magnet containing a crystal c axis of the Th2Zn17 crystal phase, an average distance between the copper-rich phases is 120 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yosuke HORIUCHI, Shinya SAKURADA, Keiko OKAMOTO, Masaya HAGIWARA