Peg-Style Electrostatic Rotating Machine Employing Dielectric Sleeves

摘要

An electrostatic rotating electrical machine employs axially extending electrically conductive pegs (for example, on a stator) interacting with the least one of a comparable set of overlapping axially extending pegs on a rotor or a dielectric sleeve which experiences an induced electrostatic charge electrostatically attracted to the stator pegs. A dielectric sleeve may also encase either one or both of the rotor pegs and stator pegs to provide improved electrostatic field shaping and reduced dielectric fluid usage and mechanical susceptibility.

主权项

1. An electrostatic machine comprising:
at least one stator clement providing a plurality of axially extending conductive stator pegs; and at least one rotor element rotatable with respect to the stator element and providing an axially extending tubular sleeve of dielectric material positioned circumferentially about the axis radially adjacent to the conductive stator pegs with rotation of the rotor.