Patent Application
20090256443
1. Field of Invention
The present invention relates generally to low voltage permanent magnet electrical generators and more specifically to a hollow ring torus low voltage permanent magnet electrical generator.
2. Related art
It is well known that a high power permanent magnet, can be used in conjunction with insulated copper wire to produce electricity, by passing insulated copper wire through the magnetic field of a permanent magnet continuously leaving and reentering the magnetic field, this motion forces electrons along the copper wire, producing electricity to power low voltage electrical devices such as light emitting diodes or other electrical components that require low voltage.
However the problems with current low voltage permanent magnet generators is that they all incorporate and rely on the use of a center rotating axle with either insulated copper coil windings affixed to the axle which rotates between two permanent magnets;
Or magnets affixed to the axle which rotates past insulated copper coil windings, both of which move independent from one another which requires the generator to have two independent moving parts attached and requiring a bearing on said shaft or similar apparatus.
The problems with a linear motion electric power generator are as an example U.S. Pat. No. 5,818,132 that it can only be activated by movement in a linear motion by shaking side to side or up and down to force the magnet through the coils and therefore making its use limited to that motion. The linear generator will not push the magnet through the coils within a rotating or spinning device to generate low voltage power for light emitting diodes or other low voltage devices because the magnet would remain at one end of the tube while spinning.
The present invention solves the problem sited above of requiring a center axle/shaft that moves independently or the problems sited above with linear motion generators of only being activated by a shaking motion;
By incorporating the use of a spherical ball shaped magnet, which spins/revolves around the inside of a hollow ring torus housing which has insulated copper wire wound around the outer shell potion of said ring torus housing at two or more separate points. This motion forces electrons through said insulated copper coils as said spherical ball magnet spins through said copper coils within said hollow ring torus housing of which copper wire coils wind around. This motion will create enough voltage to power light emitting diodes or other low voltage devices.
It is the principle aim of this invention to solve the problem associated with rotary generators that rely on a central shaft, which rotates independent requiring bearings, and exterior-moving components at the end of the shaft to activate the generator or the limits a linear motion generator has with linear motion only to activate the generator.
The present invention solves the problems sited above of requiring a central shaft that moves independently, and the limits a linear generator has.
By using a ball/sphere shaped neodymium magnet spinning inside of a hollow ring torus shaped tube; constantly circling through insulated copper coils when said ring torus is spinning or rolled in a side-to-side motion. The insulated copper wire that is wound around said hollow ring torus would form coils at two or more points. These allow the sphere magnet to forces electrons through said copper coils/wires as the magnetic field from the spinning ball magnet passes through said copper coils: creating electricity to power said light emitting diodes or other devices that require low voltage. Broadly, the hollow ring torus magnet generator assembly comprises:
A first portion consisting: a hollow ring torus shaped housing of non-magnetic durable material (e.g., plastic, aluminum, hardened rubber) a hollow cavity within, that encapsulates a round/sphere shaped neodymium permanent magnet, which rolls around the inner hollow torus tube, continuously circling through insulated copper wire windings, which wind around the outer portion of said hollow torus tube, and connected to light emitting diodes, or devices which requires low voltage to activate.
These and other features and advantages of the present invention will be more fully understood from the following detailed description with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As will be described below, the generator is made up of four principal assemblies 10.a 10.b 10.c 10.d that form a hollow torus/doughnut shape with a center hole 38, two insulated copper coil windings 14, the insulated copper wire is wound around channels 30, to fill the space between two walls 16, said copper wire winding has two ends 28.A 28.B (see
As can be seen more clearly in
The assembly method above, is used for parts 10.C and 10.D, after which a sphere shaped neodymium permanent magnet 12, is placed into the internal hollow torus chambers 32, and then parts 10.A and 10.B along with 10.C and 10.D are connected together then fastened by pins 24, through holes 22, however, it will be understood that other forms of connections may be used, screws, clamps for example.
The sphere shaped neodymium magnet rolls inside of the hollow torus tube shaped chamber 32, in a circular direction 34, passing through two insulated copper wound coils 14, which in turn forces electrons through said copper wire creating electrical current to a low voltage electrical device mounted to said generator.
The hollow torus inner tube 32, has a contoured outer shell 26, (see
It is to be recognized that various alterations, modifications, and/or additions may be introduced into the constructions and arrangements of parts described above without departing from the spirit or ambit of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.
