Claims
- 1. A linear magnetic harmonic motion converter apparatus comprising:
a frame member including a first side member disposed to rotate about a longitudinal axis, said frame member having first and second end members attached between opposed ends of said first side member; at least one perimeter magnet disposed on said first side member, said at least one perimeter magnet having first and second magnet ends defining respective north and south poles, said first and second magnet ends having a first magnetic field of sufficient strength to extend to said longitudinal axis of said frame member; an axial shaft having an axis of rotation disposed parallel with said longitudinal axis of said frame member, said axial shaft extended substantially parallel to said first side member; and at least one rotor magnet disposed on said axial shaft, said at least one rotor magnet rotates in unison with said axial shaft, said at least one rotor magnet having first and second magnet ends defining respective north and south poles, said first and second poles including a second magnetic field oriented in a circumferential path of rotation about said axial shaft, said second magnetic field directed substantially perpendicular to a radius from said axis of rotation of said axial shaft, said second magnetic field is alternately attracted to and repelled by said first magnetic field to induce rotation of said axial shaft when said frame member is reciprocated in relation to said axial shaft.
- 2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said axial shaft further includes a plurality of rotor magnets disposed in spaced apart orientation along said axial shaft, each rotor magnet having respective second magnetic fields oriented in a circumferential path of rotation about said axial shaft, each respective second magnetic field is alternately attracted to and repelled by said first magnetic field of said at least one perimeter magnet to induce rotation of said axial shaft when said first side member is reciprocated in relation to said axial shaft.
- 3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein said plurality of rotor magnets further includes a plurality of pairs of rotor magnets positioned in spaced apart configuration along said axial shaft, each pair of said plurality of pairs of rotor magnets are separated by an angle of separation in a range between about 180 degrees of separation to about 90 degrees of separation.
- 4. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein said frame member further includes a second side member disposed parallel to and opposed from said first side member, said frame member further includes said first end member and said second end members extended to connect between respective first and second ends of said first and second side members, said first and second end members are disposed substantially parallel to said axial shaft and are reciprocatingly moved substantially parallel to said axial shaft, said first and second ends of said first and second side members are pivotably connected to said first and second end members to form corner junctions having means for pivoting at each corner junction to allow reciprocation of said first and second side members in relation to said axial shaft, whereby said first and second side members are reciprocated by an externally provided reciprocating force, said first magnetic field is re-oriented in relation to said plurality of rotor magnets with each reciprocation of said first and second side members, each second magnetic field is alternately attracted to and repelled by said first magnetic field to induce rotation of said axial shaft with each reciprocation of said first and second side members.
- 5. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein said frame member further includes an enclosure shell formed by a first and second end bracket positioned to extend parallel to respective first and second end members, said first and second end brackets rigidly connect between respective first and second ends of said first and second side members, said first end bracket having a third magnet connected to an interior surface of said first end bracket, said second end bracket having a fourth magnet connected to an interior surface of said second end bracket, said enclosure shell is rotatable as a substantially rigid unit in relation to said axial shaft that is extended through first and second pivot brackets disposed through a mid-portion of respective first and second end brackets, said third and fourth magnets having respective third and fourth magnetic fields of sufficient strength to extend to said axial shaft, each second magnetic field of said plurality of rotor magnets is alternately attracted to and repelled by said first magnetic field, said third magnetic field and said fourth magnetic field to induce rotation of said axial shaft when said enclosure shell is rotated in relation to said axial shaft.
- 6. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein said first and second side members are connected by at least one cross-member that is slidably connected between said first and second side members, said at least one cross-member having at least two perimeter magnets disposed at opposed ends of said at least one cross-member, said at least two perimeter magnets having respective north and south poles associated with each magnet, each of said at least two perimeter magnets having a first magnetic field of sufficient strength to extend to said longitudinal axis of said frame member.
- 7. A linear magnetic harmonic motion converter apparatus comprising:
a frame member including first and second side members disposed to be supported in a stationary position, said frame member further including first and second end members attached between respective first and second side members, said frame member having a lengthwise axis extended between a first end and a second end of said frame member; said first and second side members are connected by at least two cross-members that are slidably connected between said first and second side members, said at least two cross-members having at least two perimeter magnets disposed at opposed ends of said at least two cross-members, said at least two perimeter magnets having respective north and south poles associated with each perimeter magnet, each of said at least two perimeter magnets having a first magnetic field of sufficient strength to extend to said lengthwise axis of said frame member, said at least two cross-members are reciprocatingly slid between said first end and said second end of said frame member; an axial shaft extended substantially parallel with said lengthwise axis of said frame member, said axial shaft extended substantially parallel to said first and second side members, said axial shaft is rotatable in relation to said frame member; and at least one rotor magnet disposed on said axial shaft, said at least one rotor magnet rotates in unison with said axial shaft, said at least one rotor magnet having first and second magnet ends defining respective north and south poles oriented in a circumferential path of rotation about said axial shaft with the net flux fields of the north and south poles directed substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of said axial shaft, said first and second magnet ends including a second magnetic field extended from said axial shaft, said second magnetic field is alternately attracted to and repelled from said first magnetic field to induce rotation of said axial shaft when said at least two cross-members having perimeter magnets thereon are slid between said first end and said second end of said frame member.
- 8. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein said at least one rotor magnet includes a plurality of pairs of rotor magnets positioned in spaced apart configuration along said axial shaft, each pair of said plurality of pairs are separated by an angle of separation of a range between about 180 degrees of separation to about 90 degrees of separation.
- 9. A linear magnetic harmonic motion converter apparatus comprising:
a cylindrical frame having first and second rotation brackets at opposed first and second ends of said cylindrical frame, said cylindrical frame having a pair of slots oriented through an exterior surface of said cylindrical frame, each of said slots extended along the lengthwise axis of said cylindrical frame, each slot being extended a spaced apart distance interior of said first end and said second end of said cylindrical frame; a cylindrical sleeve positioned around an exterior of said cylindrical frame, said cylindrical sleeve having two interior slide members spaced apart to fit into respective first and second slots, each of said two interior slide members having a first and second perimeter magnet disposed to project inwardly on each slide member, said first and second perimeter magnets producing a perimeter magnetic field oriented inwardly of said cylindrical sleeve, said cylindrical sleeve is reciprocatingly slidable between said first end and said second end of said cylindrical frame; an axial shaft extended through said first and second rotation brackets, said cylindrical frame is rotatable around said axial shaft; and a plurality of pairs of rotor magnets disposed in spaced apart orientation along a length of said axial shaft, each of said rotor magnets having respective north and south poles oriented in a circumferential path of rotation about said axial shaft with the net flux fields of the north and south poles directed substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of said cylindrical frame about said axial shaft, said plurality of pairs of rotor magnets producing a plurality of second magnetic fields extended outwardly from said axial shaft; whereby said perimeter magnetic field is re-oriented with each sliding movement of said cylindrical sleeve along the lengthwise axis of said cylindrical frame, said second magnetic fields are alternately attracted and repelled by said perimeter magnetic field to induce rotation of said axial shaft with each sliding movement of said cylindrical sleeve.
- 10. A linear magnetic harmonic motion converter apparatus for use in a body of water comprising:
a cylindrical frame having first and second rotation brackets at opposed first and second ends of said cylindrical frame, said cylindrical frame having a pair of slots oriented through an exterior surface of said cylindrical frame, each of said slots extended along the lengthwise axis of said cylindrical frame, each slot being extended a spaced apart distance interior of said first end and said second end of said cylindrical frame; a cylindrical sleeve positioned around an exterior of said cylindrical frame, said cylindrical sleeve having two interior slide members spaced apart to fit into respective first and second slots, each of said two interior slide members having a first and second perimeter magnet disposed to project inwardly on each slide member, said first and second perimeter magnets producing a perimeter magnetic field oriented inwardly of said cylindrical sleeve, said cylindrical sleeve is reciprocatingly slidable between said first end and said second end of said cylindrical frame; a bracket having a first end connected to said cylindrical sleeve, said bracket having a second end extended an sufficient length past said first end of said cylindrical frame, said second end connected to a device having buoyancy in water; an axial shaft extended through said first and second rotation brackets, said axial shaft is rotatable within said cylindrical frame; a plurality of pairs of rotor magnets disposed in spaced apart orientation along a length of said axial shaft, each of said rotor magnets having respective north and south poles oriented in a circumferential path of rotation about said axial shaft with the net flux fields of the north and south poles directed substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of said axial shaft, each of said rotor magnets producing a plurality of second magnetic fields extended outwardly from said axial shaft; and an extension member of said axial shaft, said extension member is extended from said second end of said cylindrical frame, said extension member having a lower end connected to an anchor device for extension toward the floor of the body of water; whereby said perimeter magnetic field is re-oriented with each sliding movement of said cylindrical sleeve in response to the device having buoyancy moving with wave motions of the body of water, said second magnetic fields are alternately attracted and repelled by said perimeter magnetic field to induce rotation of said axial shaft with each sliding movement of said cylindrical sleeve.
- 11. A linear magnetic harmonic motion converter apparatus comprising:
a frame member including first and second side members disposed to rotate about a longitudinal axis, said frame member further including first and second end members attached between respective first and second side members; a plurality of electromagnets disposed in spaced apart orientation on said first and second side members, each of said plurality of electromagnets having an electrical control means powered by an electric power source connected thereto, said electrical control means provides electric power in a timed sequence to alternate the magnetic poles of each of said plurality of electromagnets with re-orientation of a first magnetic field for each electromagnet of sufficient strength to extend to said longitudinal axis of said frame member; an axial shaft extended along said longitudinal axis of said frame member, said axial shaft extended substantially parallel to said first and second side members; and at least one rotor magnet disposed on said axial shaft, said at least one rotor magnet rotates in unison with said axial shaft, said at least one rotor magnet having first and second magnet ends defining respective north and south poles oriented in a circumferential path of rotation about said axial shaft with the net flux fields of the north and south poles directed substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of said axial shaft, the net flux fields of the north and south poles provides a second magnetic field extended from said axial shaft, said second magnetic field is alternately attracted to and repelled from said first magnetic field for each electromagnet on said first and second side members to induce rotation of said axial shaft in relation to said frame member.
- 12. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein said at least one rotor magnet includes a plurality of pairs of rotor magnets positioned in spaced apart configuration along said axial shaft, each pair of said plurality of pairs of rotor magnets are separated by an angle of separation in a range between about 180 degrees of separation to about 90 degrees of separation.
- 13. A linear magnetic harmonic pump including a housing having a plurality of fluid channels therein, the plurality of fluid channels including at least one inlet fluid channel and at least one output fluid channel, comprising:
a plurality of stator magnets disposed in spaced-apart orientation along a perimeter of a housing, said plurality of stator magnets are reciprocatingly moved in a linear path relative to the perimeter of the housing, each stator magnet having a north and a south magnet pole having respective north and south magnetic fields; a plurality of rotor magnet units disposed within the housing, each rotor magnet unit including an axial shaft disposed within each one of a plurality of radially oriented fluid channels of the plurality of fluid channels, each radially oriented fluid channel is in fluid communication with at least one inlet fluid channel and with a centrally disposed output fluid channel within the housing, each rotor magnet unit further including:
a plurality of impeller fins interconnected at a base end of each impeller fin to rotate around said axial shaft, each impeller fin having distal ends rotating around said axial shaft for transfer of fluid through each respective radially oriented fluid channel; and at least one rotor magnet extended in a radial configuration interdisposed between said impeller fins, said at least one rotor magnet rotatable around said axial shaft in unison with said plurality of impeller fins, each rotor magnet including respective north and south poles oriented in a circumferential path of rotation about said axial shaft with the net flux fields of the north and south poles directed substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of said axial shaft; whereby rotation occurs for each rotor magnet unit about each respective axial shaft upon the influence on the net flux fields of the north and south poles of each respective rotor magnet by the movement of the magnet fields of each stator magnet disposed along the perimeter of the housing, with resulting pumping of fluids through each respective fluid channel from the at least one inlet fluid channel and toward the at least one output fluid channel of the pump.
- 14. A linear magnetic harmonic pump including a housing having a plurality of fluid channels therein, the plurality of fluid channels including at least one inlet fluid channel and at least one output fluid channel, comprising:
a plurality of stator magnets disposed in spaced-apart orientation along a perimeter of a housing, said plurality of stator magnets are reciprocatingly moved in a linear path relative to the perimeter of the housing, each stator magnet having a north and a south magnet pole having respective north and south magnetic fields; a plurality of rotor magnet units disposed within the housing, each rotor magnet unit including an axial shaft disposed within each one of a plurality of radially oriented fluid channels of the plurality of fluid channels, each radially oriented fluid channel is in fluid communication with at least one inlet fluid channel and with a centrally disposed output fluid channel within the housing, each rotor magnet unit further including:
a plurality of impeller fins interconnected at a base end of each impeller fin to rotate around said axial shaft, each impeller fin having distal ends rotating around said axial shaft for transfer of fluid through each respective radially oriented fluid channel; at least one rotor magnet extended in a radial configuration interdisposed between said impeller fins, said at least one rotor magnet rotatable around said axial shaft in unison with said plurality of impeller fins, each rotor magnet including respective north and south poles oriented in a circumferential path of rotation about said axial shaft with the net flux fields of the north and south poles directed substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of said axial shaft; and a plurality of electromagnets disposed in spaced apart orientation within said housing, each electromagnet is interdisposed between each rotor magnet unit, each electromagnet connected to an electric power source and a control means providing electric power in a timed sequence to each electromagnet to alternate the magnetic poles of each electromagnet; whereby rotation occurs for each rotor magnet unit about each respective axial shaft upon the influence on the net flux fields of the north and south poles of each respective rotor magnet by the movement of the magnet fields of each stator magnet disposed along the perimeter of the housing and the alternation of the magnetic poles of each electromagnet, with resulting pumping of fluids through each respective fluid channel from the at least one inlet fluid channel and toward the at least one output fluid channel of the pump.
- 15. A linear magnetic harmonic electric generator including a housing having a plurality of channels therein, said electric generator including electromagnetic induction elements interdisposed between the plurality of channels and circuitry interconnected with the electromagnetic induction elements, said electric generator comprising:
a plurality of stator magnets disposed in spaced-apart orientation along a perimeter of a housing, said plurality of stator magnets are reciprocatingly moved in a linear path relative to the perimeter of the housing, each stator magnet having a north and a south magnet pole having respective north and south magnetic fields; and a plurality of rotor magnet units disposed within the housing, each rotor magnet unit including an axial shaft disposed within each one of a plurality of radially oriented channels of the plurality of channels, each radially oriented channel is adjacent at least one of the electromagnetic induction elements, each rotor magnet unit further including:
at least one rotor magnet rotatable around said axial shaft, each rotor magnet including respective north and south poles oriented in a circumferential path of rotation about said axial shaft with the net flux fields of the north and south poles directed substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of said axial shaft; whereby rotation occurs for each rotor magnet unit about each respective axial shaft upon the influence on the net flux fields of the north and south poles of each respective rotor magnet by the movement of the magnet fields of each stator magnet disposed along the perimeter of the housing, and the alternation of the magnetic poles of each electromagnet, the rotation of each rotor magnet unit produces a magnetic flux field within each rotor magnet unit that activates circuitry for the production of electricity.
- 16. A linear magnetic harmonic electric generator including a housing having a plurality of channels therein, said electric generator including magnetic induction elements interdisposed between the plurality of channels and circuitry interconnected with the magnetic induction elements, said electric generator comprising:
a plurality of stator magnets disposed in spaced-apart orientation along a perimeter of a housing, said plurality of stator magnets are reciprocatingly moved in a linear path relative to the perimeter of the housing, each stator magnet having a north and a south magnet pole having respective north and south magnetic fields; and a plurality of rotor magnet units disposed within the housing, each rotor magnet unit including an axial shaft disposed within each one of a plurality of radially oriented channels of the plurality of channels, each radially oriented channel is adjacent at least one of the magnetic induction elements, each rotor magnet unit further including:
at least one rotor magnet rotatable around said axial shaft, each rotor magnet including respective north and south poles oriented in a circumferential path of rotation about said axial shaft with the net flux fields of the north and south poles directed substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of said axial shaft; whereby rotation occurs for each rotor magnet unit about each respective axial shaft upon the influence on the net flux fields of the north and south poles of each respective rotor magnet by the movement of the magnet fields of each stator magnet disposed along the perimeter of the housing, the rotation of each rotor magnet unit produces a magnetic flux field within each rotor magnet unit that activates circuitry attached to each magnetic induction element for the production of electricity.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/289,871, filed May 9, 2001.
Provisional Applications (1)
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