ROTATIONAL COUPLING USING MAGNETICALLY GENERATED LIFT AND CONTROL OF MAGNETICALLY LIFTED VEHICLES

摘要

Electromechanical systems using magnetic fields to induce eddy currents and generate lift and/or thrust are described. Magnet configurations which can be employed in the systems are illustrated. The magnet configuration, rotation, and/or tilt can be used to generate lift and/or thrust. Arrangements of hover engines, which can employ the magnet configurations, are described. Further, vehicles, which employ the hover engines and associated hover engines are described.

主权项

1. A hover vehicle comprising:
a plurality of hover engines, each hover engine having,
an electric motor including a winding, a first set of permanent magnets and a first structure which holds the first permanent magnets wherein an electric current is applied to the winding to cause one of the winding or the first set of permanent magnets to rotate; anda second structure, configured to receive a rotational torque from the electric motor to rotate the second structure,
the second structure holding a second set of permanent magnets wherein the second set of permanent magnets are rotated to induce eddy currents in a substrate such that the induced eddy currents and the second set of permanent magnets interact to generate forces which cause the vehicle to hover above and/or translate from location to location along the substrate; one or more controllers coupled to the hover engines for individually controlling a tilt of each of the hover engines, wherein the hover engines are arranged with respect to one another and the tilt of each hover engine are selectable so as to cause the vehicle to move in a particular direction; an on-board electric power source that supplies the electric current to the hover engines via the one or more controllers; and a rider platform including a front end, a back end and an upper surface.