Patent ID: 9627780
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H01R,H02J,H02K,Y02E

Claim:
1. An electrical system operable as a motor or a generator, including a first region in which a low pressure environment is sustainable relative to a higher ambient pressure, the system comprising: a first member and one or more second members, the first member rotatable with respect to the one or more second members in the presence of a magnetic field, the first member including a first electrode, the one or more second members including a second electrode which remains stationary while the first member rotates, the first and second electrodes configured to provide a first gap between the first and second electrodes and positioned within the first region, wherein said magnetized field is characterized as having field lines having a normal orientation to a surface of said first member, and said first member is located within said field lines; wherein, when the low pressure environment is sustained in the first region and a plasma is generated in a portion of the gap between the first and second electrodes, a current path is formed between the first and second electrodes so that when the system operates as a motor or as a generator current flows across the gap from the first electrode to the second electrode or from the second electrode to the first electrode, said current flowing through a portion of said first member across the magnetic field lines.