Hover engine for a hoverboard which generates magnetic lift to carry a person

摘要

A hoverboard is described. The hoverboard includes four hover engines each including a motor. The motor rotates an arrangement of magnets to induce eddy currents and generate magnetic lift which causes the hoverboard to hover in the air. The hoverboard can be tilted to propel it in a particular direction. The hover engines can each be coupled to a tilt mechanism which is coupled to a flexible rider platform. When rider platform is flexed via rider induced forces, the hover engines can be tilted individually to provide translational forces.

主权项

1. A hover engine comprising:
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;an electronic speed controller which controls a rotation rate of the electric motor;
a rotatable component, configured to receive a rotational torque from the electric motor which rotates the rotatable component, including a second set of permanent magnets and a second structure which holds the 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 allow the hover engine to hover and translate freely in any direction above the substrate; and a housing enclosing the electric motor and at least a top portion of the rotatable component; wherein the second set of permanent magnets include a top height and a bottom height and wherein at least a portion of the winding and a portion of the first set of permanent magnets is disposed between the top height and the bottom height.