Patent ID: 9559616
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: G01R,G01V,H02N

Claim:
1. A generator for producing an electric field comprising: a casing; a non-conducting and triboelectrically neutral rotation shaft having a first end and a second end; a rotational bearing support provided at the first end of the shaft, the rotational bearing support is mounted to the casing; a drive system provided at the second end of the shaft, the drive system is mounted to the casing and is capable of rotating the shaft; an electrostatic dipole element having a negative electrode and a positive electrode; and a non-conducting support sleeve for mounting the negative electrode of the dipole element to the shaft and for mounting the positive electrode of the dipole element to the shaft, wherein the shaft and the support sleeve are configured to prohibit current flow directly between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, and wherein the generator works in a quasi-static range, the quasi-static range being associated with repeated generation of static fields at a rate less than a predefined quasi-static frequency threshold such that an instantaneous measurement of the electric field represents a static field.