Claims
- 1. A voltage converter, comprising;
- a primary electromagnetic circuit,
- said primary circuit including a primary magnetic core,
- a first secondary electromagnetic circuit,
- said first secondary circuit including a first secondary magnetic core,
- said primary core defining two arc segments supported within a housing, and
- said first secondary core lying within said housing,
- means for connecting said primary circuit to a supply of alternating current, and
- a first rectification circuit connected to said first secondary circuit, wherein
- when alternating current is connected to said primary circuit, a first magnetic field is established,
- said first secondary circuit being positioned such that said first magnetic field induces a current flow in said first secondary circuit.
- 2. The voltage converter of claim 1, further comprising;
- a second secondary electromagnetic circuit adjacent said first secondary circuit, within said housing, and
- a second rectification circuit connected to said second secondary circuit, wherein
- a current flow is induced in said second secondary circuit simultaneously with said current flow in said first secondary circuit.
- 3. The voltage converter of claim 2, wherein
- said first and second rectification circuits are connected in electrical series.
- 4. A voltage converter, comprising;
- a housing having a central axis,
- a first elongated pole element supported within said housing,
- a second elongated pole element supported within said housing opposite said first pole element, wherein
- the elongated axes of each of said poles extending parallel to the central axis of said housing,
- a plurality of core elements positioned within said housing between said poles and spaced along said housing axis,
- a drive coil wound about each of said poles,
- means for applying alternating current to said drive coil,
- an inductance coil surrounding each of said core elements, wherein
- said inductive coils are connected in series.
- 5. The voltage converter of claim 4, wherein
- each of said core elements is comprised of a pair of radial arms extending from said central axis along a common diameter of said housing toward said pole elements.
- 6. The voltage converter of claim 4, further comprising;
- a third elongated pole element wherein
- said pole elements are equally spaced about the perimeter of said housing, and
- each of said core elements is comprised of three radial arms extending from the central axis of said housing toward said pole elements.
- 7. The voltage converter of claim 4, or claim 6 wherein
- said drive coil and said poles create a magnetic field, and
- said core elements are exposed, in parallel, to said magnetic field.
- 8. The voltage converter of claim 5 or claim 6, wherein
- each of said pole elements has an essentially crescent shaped cross-section,
- each of said arms having a terminal portion adjacent one of said pole elements, and
- said terminal portions having an essentially crescent shaped cross-section, the surface of said terminal portion being consistently spaced from the surface of said pole element.
- 9. A voltage converter, comprising;
- a first cylindrical housing having an outer surface and an inner surface,
- at least two pole elements adjacent said inner surface,
- at least one core member located along the central axis of said housing and spaced from said pole elements by an isolating gap,
- a first cylindrical shield separating said pole elements from said isolating gap, and
- a second cylindrical shield separating said core member from said isolating gap.
- 10. A voltage converter according to claim 1 further comprising a primary coil and a secondary coil and where the first magnetic field induces a magnetic flux in said secondary core.
- 11. A voltage converter according to claim 2 further including n rectification circuits connected in series wherein 2.
- 12. A voltage converter according to claim 4 including a rectifier circuit interposed between each of the coils.
- 13. A voltage supply for alternating or direct current, comprising;
- a primary electromagnetic circuit,
- said primary circuit including a primary magnetic core;
- a first secondary electromagnetic circuit,
- said first secondary circuit including a first secondary magnetic core,
- said primary core defining two arc segments supported within a housing, and
- said first secondary core lying within said housing, and
- means for connecting said primary circuit to a supply of current, wherein
- when current supply is connected to said primary circuit, a first magnetic field is established,
- said first magnetic field inducing a current flow in said first secondary circuit.
- 14. The voltage supply of claim 13, further comprising;
- a second secondary electromagnetic circuit adjacent said first secondary circuit, within said housing, and
- wherein a current flow is induced in said second secondary circuit simultaneously with said current flow in said first secondary circuit.
- 15. The voltage supply of claim 14, wherein
- the voltages developed by said first and second circuits are connected in series.
- 16. The voltage supply of claim 14 wherein said currents are in phase
- 17. The voltage supply of claim 15 where said first and second circuits are rectification circuits for production of DC current.
- 18. A high voltage power supply including a primary coil and primary magnetic core defining two arc segments, a plurality of secondary coils and secondary cores contained within said arc segments and connected in parallel and
- means for providing a supply of current to said primary coil,
- where a magnetic field is induced from said primary core upon supplyigg current to said primary coil which induces a current flow in said secondary coils.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 142,695, filed Jan. 11, 1988, entitled "Magnetic Flux Coupled Voltage Multiplication Apparatus".
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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