Patent ID: 6051902
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: H02K

Abstract:
An energy converter comprising:a propulsion magnetic field generator provided on a fixed member for generating a propulsion magnetic field in a specified working space;a mover member made of nonmagnetic material provided in said working space wherein said mover member is rotated by means of a propulsion magnetic field formed in said working space by said propulsion magnetic field generator;said propulsion magnetic field generator including a plurality of permanent magnets each having a free end set at intervals on said fixed member, and a plurality of magnetic flux control units made of electromagnets formed by winding a coil around a magnetic core set adjacent to the free end of each of said permanent magnets; anda control device having at least two states of operation for controlling a density of magnetic fluxes from the permanent magnets by controlling a current applied to each of said electromagnets such that in the first state of operation substantially all of the magnetic fluxes from the permanent magnets are shunted through the magnetic core and in the second state of operation substantially all of the magnetic fluxes are outputted from each of said permanent magnets to the working space.