| 摘要 |
<p>One or more permanent magnets, or one or more permanent magnet arrays are used to produce shear force levitation. A primary application of shear force levitators (100, 102, 106, 108) is a levitated ring energy storage device (90). Such a levitated ring energy storage device (90) includes a round support structure( 92) having a first magnetic levitator or levitator array (102, 106, 108) encircling its outer periphery, and a ring (94) encircling the support structure and having a second magnetic levitator or levitator (100) array encircling its inner periphery, such that the first and second magnetic levitators or levitator arrays (100, 102, 106, 108) interact to produce a vertical force that levitates the ring (94).</p> |
