Patent ID: 6946938
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: H01F,H02K

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for switching magnetic flux comprising: at least a first permanent magnet having a north pole and a south pole; a first magnetic flux conductor operably connected to the north pole and having at least a first and a second magnetic flux path end; a second magnetic flux conductor operably connected to the south pole and having at least a first and a second magnetic flux path end; a third magnetic flux conductor selectively operably positioned between the corresponding first ends of the first and the second magnetic flux conductors by a first pair of coil-less magnetoelectric flux switches; a fourth magnetic flux conductor selectively operably positioned between the corresponding second ends of the first and the second magnetic flux conductors by a second pair of coil-less magnetoelectric flux switches; and control circuitry operably connected to the first and the second pairs of coil-less magnetoelectric flux switches to alternately enable magnetic flux from the at least first permanent magnet to flow through the third magnetic flux conductor and then through the fourth magnetic flux conductor.