EP0461179A4

EP0461179A4 - Magnetic motor.

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Publication number: EP0461179A4
Application number: EP19900904514
Authority: EP
Inventors: Troy G Reed
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1989-03-01
Filing date: 1990-02-27
Publication date: 1991-10-03
Also published as: WO1990010337A1; MY106095A; JPH05504041A; EP0461179A1

Abstract

A magnetic motor is driven by the repelling forces of fixed and rotating magnets. The rotating magnets (22, 32) are mounted equally spaced about the perimeter of a disk (20) which rotates as the flywheel of the motor. Stationary magnets (18, 28) are supported adjacent the rotating magnets (22, 32). There are four injector pins (76A, 76B, 76C, 76D), much like the common injector pins on ball point pens, which are set and released by an injector pad (48A, 48B, 48C, 48D) driven by the crankshaft (14) of the engine. The crankshaft (14) and flywheel are driven by the repulsive forces created by the fixed and rotary magnets (22, 32) with the injector pin system (34, 36, 38, 40) operating to kick the crankshaft (14) and the flywheel over center.

Description

MAGNETIC MOTOR BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to a magnetic motor for converting magnetic force into rotary motion. Reciprocating devices are well known in which a piston is slidably disposed within a similar chamber. A driving force is periodically generated in the cylinder chamber to drive the piston to reciprocating motion. Electromagnetic force has been utilized to provide the driving force in reciprocating engines or devices. In some such devices, a plurality of electrical coils surrounding the engine cylinder chambers are provided. Electrical coils are actuated by electrical current so that electromagnetic forces developed in the chamber could drive the piston to reciprocating motion. Normally, electromagnetic reciprocating devices are- very complex in structure and very elaborate control means must be incorporated in the structure to operate the device in a controlled and useful manner. Furthermore, in most prior magnetic motors a constant supply of large electrical current must be fed to the coils in order to develop a useful reciprocating motion. In U.S. Patent 3,811,058 to Kiniski the patentee states that he has discovered that the magnetic energy stored in permanent, magnetic material such as permanent magnets may be .utilized to provide the driving force necessary for reciprocating -device.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION This is a magnetic motor having a crankshaft mounted between two stationary disk-like magnetic holders. Preferably eight permanent magnets are positioned equally distance about the periphery of each disk. Fixed on the end of each shaft is a rotatable magnetic support wheel which has a similar number of magnets equally spaced about its periphery. The magnets on one such wheel are 22 1/2° out of alignment with themagnets on the other rotating wheel. Injector pins are mounted on a case above the crankshaft. Each such injector system has an injection drive pin which has intermittent contact with an injector pad driven up and down in the injector pin housing by rotation of the crankshaft. The pin injecting drive system includes the mechanism similar to that which is used to push out and retract the ball tip of ink writing pens. The magnets on each magnetic holder are 45° apart and the magnet on one fixed disk or stationary disk is in alignment with the permanent magnets of the permanent disk on the other end of the crankshaft. When the magnetic support wheel is rotated from the stop position the magnets will either attract or push and in the preferred embodiment they wil push or be repulsive, that is the magnets on the permanent disk have the same polarity as the polarity on the rotating magnets which come in close proximity to each: other, v Injectors, are. used to kick the crankshaft and the flywheel or the rotating magnetic support wheels over center so that the next propulsion force is created by the fixed rotary magnets will continue the rotational movement.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIGURE 1 illustrates a full face side view partly cut away of my magnetic motor.

FIGURE 2 is a right side elevation taken along the line 2-2 of FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 3 is a left side elevational view taken along the line 3-3 of FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 4 is a view taken along the line 4-4 of FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 5 is a view taken along the line 5-5 of FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 6 is a view mostly in section of the injector pin system of my magnetic motor.

FIGURE 7 is a view taken along the line 7-7 of FIGURE 6.

FIGURE 8 is a full faee vjewx f the inje.etor. rjin_.pf _the injector pin system of FIGURE 6.

FIGURE 9 is a full face view of the toothed spring holder head whose shaft is insertable into the injector sleeve head shown in FIGURE 8.

FIGURE 10 is a view taken along the line 10-10 of FIGURE 9.

FIGURE 11 is a view with the toothed head in a position just prior to falling to the cocked position of FIGURE 13.

FIGURE 12 is an internal view of the interior of the injector wall unrolled.

FIGURE 13 is a view partly in section of the injector pin in a cocked position.

FIGURE 14 is a view taken along the line 14-14 of FIGURE 13. FIGURE 15 represents the four injector pins in the relative position with the pin on the left being in top dead center.

FIGURE 16 is similar to FIGURE 15 except that the second pin from the left is in the top dead center position.

FIGURE 17 is similar to FIGURE 16 except that the third injector pin from the left is in the top dead center position.

FIGURE 18 is similar to FIGURE 17 except that the fourth injector pin is in the top dead center position.

FIGURES 19A and 19B show, respectively, the left hand and right hand magnet orientation on the rotating and non-rotating magnets when the first pin injector is in the top dead position as shown in FIGURE 15.

FIGURES 20A and 20B^"are similar to FIGURES 19A and 19B and show, respectively, the left hand and, right hand. agnet_:orientation when the seco d pin injector is in the top dead position as shown in FIGURE 16.

FIGURES 21 A AND-21B show, respectively, the left hand and right hand magnet orientation when the first pin injector is in the top dead position as shown in FIGURE 17.

FIGURES 22A AND 22B show, respectively, the left hand and right hand magnet orientation when the second pin injector is in the top dead position as shown in FIGURE 18. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Attention is first directed to FIGURES 1, 2, and 3. In FIGURE 1 there is shown a case block 10 with cavity 12 in which is mounted a crankshaft 14 supported from block 10 by bearings or bushings 15. On the right hand side is a stationary base magnet holder 16 on which is permanently fixed magnets 18.

As can clearly be seen in FIGURE 2 there are eight such permanent magnets

18. A magnet support wheel 20 is fixed to and supported by and rotated with crankshaft 14. The magnetic support wheel 20 supports eight rotating magnets

22 equally spaced. Gear 24 is secured to crankshaft 14 to serve as a power takeoff means.

On the left hand side of the device in FIGURE 1 is a stationary base magnet holder 26 having eight stationary magnets 28 which are aligned with magnets 18. There is also a rotating magnetic support wheel 30 having eight equally spaced rotating magnets 32 fixed thereto. The rotating magnets on one wheel are 22 1/2° out of alignment with those on the other rotating wheel.

As shown in FIGURE 1 there are four pin injector assemblies 34, 36, 38 and 40 which are mounted on top of case 10. As shown in the cutaway view of pin injector system 40 there .is_injeetor driver pin 42 which in the position shown for injector pin system 40 extends down .below housing 44 iήto^~eήlarged housing 46. Spaced within housing 46 is an injector pad 48 which is slidably mounted in that housing. The injector pad is connected by a connecting rod 50 to knuckle joint 52 which has a second connecting arm 54 which is pivotally connected to parallel crank arms 56 and 60 which are connected to the shaft 14. A pivot pin 58 connects the connecting rod 54 to the crank arms 56 and 60. The other three pin injector assemblies 34, 36 and 38 are similarly connected to the crankshaft 14, however, they are so positioned on the shaft that only one is in its top dead position at a time. They reach their top dead position ninety degrees apart for each rotation of the crankshaft 14.

Attention is now directed especially to FIGURES 2 and 3. It can be seen that they are similar but have a different orientation. Each side has magnet support wheel with eight magnets thereon which rotates with the wheel and eight magnets mounted on the stationary magnet holder. These magnets are all equally radially spaced and any two adjacent magnets are 45° apart. It can be seen from FIGURES 2 and 3 that the orientation of the magnets 28 in the permanent or stationary magnetic holder 26 are oriented or aligned directly with the magnets 18 of the stationary based magnetic holder 16. However, the rotating magnets 32 on rotating disk or wheel 30 are not oriented with the rotating magnets 22 of the rotating wheel 20. Rather, they are the orientation of the rotating disk 32 are 22 1/2 degrees different from the orientation of rotating shafts 22 with respect to the axis of shaft 14. In other words, when a rotating magnet 32 is directly under magnet 28 and pin injector assembly 34 as shown in FIGURES 3, then the rotating magnets 22 one each be halfway between two permanent magnets 18 in FIGURE 2. It is noted that the interior edge of magnets 18 and 28 are curved. This is to provide clearance for the inner rotating magnets. The injector pin system 40 is very similar in construction and operation to the pin on millions of ball point pens in which one push on the pin on top of the ballpoint pen will push the writing ball out and a second push on it will cause the ballpoint to retract. FIGURES 6 through 14 illustrate the main components of such an injector pin.

Attention is next directed to FIGURE 6 which shows an injector housing 62 screwed into a cylinder head 64. Housing 62 is hollow with an internal passage 66 having the shoulder 68 toward the lower end. The upper end of the housing is enclosed by cap 70. The reduced diameter passage portion 72 of passage 66 has a lowered tapered. shoulder 74....Shown . in -FIGURE. 8 is. the injector pin 76. -The part 76 shown in_FIGURE 8 corresponds to the push pin or rod on top of the aforementioned ballpoint pin. The injector pin 76 has an injector head 78 which has a passage 80 therein. A tooth spring holder head 82 shown in FIGURE 9 fits into the space 80 as shown in FIGURE 6. The upper end of injector head 78 has locking teeth 83 which can mesh with locking teeth 84 of tooth spring holder head 82. The top of tooth spring holder head 82 has a spring receiving shoulder 86 for holding spring 88 as shown in FIGURE 6. Spring holding head 90 has four major interlock gears 92 and four minor interlocking gears 94 equally spaced between the interlock gears 92 which have a smaller diameter than the lock gears 92 as clearly shown in FIGURE 7.

The interior wall of housing 62 has a series of locking pads 96 with smaller shoulder 98 as clearly shown in FIGURES 7 and 12 with channel 100 therebetween. FIGURE 10 is a view on the line 10-10 of FIGURE 9 and shows the interlock gears 19 which are spaced at ninety degrees and the interlock teeth 104 which are between the interlock gear 92. FIGURE 12 is helpful in understanding the internal view of the interior of the injector wall unrolled showing the pattern of the locking pads 96 and locking shoulder 98. Attention is briefly directed back to FIGURE 4 which shows the injector pin 76 mounted above injector pad 108. It will be understood that as crankshaft 14 rotates that injector pad 108 moves up and down within housing 52. In FIGURE 11 the injector pad 108 has been moved upwardly by the rotation of the crankshaft where it contacts the injector pin 76 which causes it to move upwardly and in the position shown in FIGURE 11 the injector sleeve head 82 is free to rotate due to the action between the sloped teeth 84 of head 82 and by the upwardly facing sloped teeth 83 of the sleeve injector head 78 and causes the holder head 82 to rotate by continued upward force until it reaches the position shown in FIGURE 13 which injector pin is in its cocked position. At the next contact of the pin 76 by pad 108 the holder head 82 will rotate and be free to fall with the force of the spring 82 driving it downwardly. This downward force is transmitted to the pad 108 which force is then transmitted to the form of rotational force to the crankshaft causing it to be driven in a rotating position. Thus, one rotating position of the crankshaft will cause the pad 108 to drive the injector pin 76 upwardly till it is cocked and the next rotation of the crankshaft will cause the upward movement of the pin 76 (which fell to its lower position) and the upward movement will cause the holder head 82 to rotate to an unlocked position whereby the spring 88 will drive it and the pin 76 downwardly. Attention is next directed toward the ^" operation of this magnetic motor. Attention is first directed to FIGURES 19A AND 19B. It will be noted that FIGURES 19A, 20A, 21A AND 22A represent the left hand magnet orientation of those orientations shown in FIGURE 3 whereas FIGURES 19B, 20B, 21B AND 22B are right hand magnet orientations or the orientations of those magnets as shown in FIGURE 2. When in this position as shown in

FIGURE 19A, magnets 28 and 32 are nearly aligned but there is a magnetic force in the direction of the solid line arrow. The dashed arrows show the direction of rotation of the rotating wheel. FIGURE 19B as indicated the north pole of the magnet 28 is adjacent the north pole of magnet 32 so that there is a repulsive action. This is true of all the other pair of magnets on both the left hand magnet orientation and the right hand magnets. In FIGURE 19B the rotating magnet 22 is being rapidly propelled from a position adjacent magnet 18 by the force represented by the solid line arrow and in the direction indicated. Attention is now directed to FIGURE 15 to visualize the position of the crankshaft and the injector pads 48. In injector pin assembly 44 the pad

48A has pushed the injector drive pin 76A upwardly into the housing 34 much like indicated in FIGURE 11. One revolution of the crankshaft cocks the injector pin assembly in the next revolution of the crankshaft 14 injector pad fires the injector pin. The position of the crankshaft and injector pad 48B, 48 C and 48 are also indicated. Continued rotation of the crankshaft will cause the injector pin assemblies to take the position shown ing FIGURE 16 whereas the injector pin assembly 36 is in its top dead center position. The rotation of the rotating wheel 20 and 30 are indicated by the broken line arrows. When the injector pin assembly is in the kick mode, it operates to kick the crankshaft and the flywheel over center once the rotational motion has been instigated. As can be seen the pin and spring whieh when the crank arm strikes the injector pin will force the crank arm and rotating magnetic wheel over center. The output for the motor is -then directed through gear 24 for appropriate power takeoff connections. Once it is kicked off center the propulsion force causes the wheel to rotate. FIGURES 20A and 20B show the position of the magnets when pin injector assembly 36 is at its top dead center position as indicated in FIGURE 16. FIGURES 21A and 21B show the position when pin injector assembly 38 is at top dead position as indicated in FIGURE 17. FIGURE 18 shows the pin injector assembly 40 at its top dead center position when the magnets are in the position shown in FIGURES 22A and 22B.

This motor is designed to obtain power by push and pull motion of the magnets. The magnets shown have a tendency to push inasmuch as they are like poles coming into proximity with each other. The magnets can be reversed so that the magnets will have a tendency to attract each other. The engine as described has four cylinders with thirty-two magnets, sixteen magnets to each end. On each end there are eight rotating magnets and eight stationary magnets. This magnetic motor has injectors that push on the crankshaft to drive the motor over the point of magnetic pull. The particular motor whieh I have built is a small engine made out of aluminum, brass and stainless steel with no steel parts.

_.There is no limit to the size of the motor which I can build with the dimensions to the magnetic motor depending upon what size magnets that you use. The magnets can be molded into a plastic with a shaped top across the magnet and the crankshaft be made out of ceramics. The body could also be made of plastic.

While the invention has been described with a certain degree of particularity, it is manifest that many changes may be made in the details of construction and the arrangement of components without departing from the spirit and scope of this disclosure. It is understood that the invention is not limited to the embodiments set forth herein for purposes of exemplification, but is to be limited only by the scope of the attached claim or claims, including the full range of equivalency to which each element thereof is entitled.

Claims

WHAT IS CLAIMED IS: 1. A magnetic motor which comprises: a housing; a crankshaft rotatably supported from said housing; a disk on each end of and fixed to said crankshaft; a plurality of permanent magnets mounted on each said magnet holder - disk equally spaced about the perimeter thereof, the magnets on one disk being out of alignment with the magnets on the other disk; a stationary magnet holder on each end of said housing; a plurality of equally spaced magnets secured to each said 0 stationary magnet holder, said magnets are aligned with the corresponding 1 magnets on each said stationary magnetic holder; 2 a plurality of injector pin assemblies mounted on said housing; 3 means connecting said crankshaft to each said injector pin 4 assembly such that the movements of each said injector pad is ninety degrees 5 from each other.

2. A magnetic motor as defined in claim 1 in which there are eight permanent magnets on each said rotating disk and eight permanent magnets each said stationary magnetic holder.

3. A magnetic motor which comprises: two stationary disk-like magnetic holders;

3 a crankshaft rotatably mounted between and supported by said

4 stationary disk-like magnetic holders;

5 eight permanent magnets positioned equally about the periphery of

6 each said magnetic holder, the permanent magnets on one disk being aligned

7 with the permanent magnets on the other disk;

8 a magnetic support wheel mounted on each end of said crankshaft;

9 eight rotating equally spaced permanent magnets on each said

I o magnetic support wheel, the magnets on one support wheel being aligned with

I I the center radial point between two magnets on the other support wheel;

12 a housing supporting said stationary disk-like magnetic holders;

13 four pin injector assemblies each having a spring loaded drive

14 mechanism mounted on top of said housing, each having a downwardly pointing 5 magnetic drive pin which when driven to its upper position cocks the spring loaded drive mechanism and on alternate times of being driven up releases the cocked spring; an injector pad for each said injector pin assembly, each said pad connected to said crankshaft such that each pad reaches its top position ninety degrees from the immediate past pad reaching its top position and thus pushes the drive pin up.

4. A magnetic motor as defined in claim 3 including a power take-off connected to said crankshaft.