Abstract:
Two machines, one linear type and one rotative type, rotate some eccentric masses to generate the centrifugal forces, then guide these centrifugal forces into a direction, linear or circular, to extract energy.

Description:
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       BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0004]    1. Field of the Invention 
         [0005]    The present invention relates to devices producing energy by using the centrifugal force. The centrifugal force is guided to a linear displacement or a circular displacement. 
         [0006]    2. Description of the Prior Art 
         [0007]    The Moller patent (U.S. Pat. No. 3,960,036) disclosed a torque converter using the centrifugal forces of some rotating masses to rotate an output shaft. 
         [0008]    The Makarov patent (U.S. Pat. No. 4,498,357) disclosed a power converter unit using the centrifugal forces of some rotating masses to rotate an output shaft. 
       BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0009]    The present invention discloses two types of device to extract energy from the centrifugal forces generated by the rotation of some rotors. 
         [0010]    The linear device guides the centrifugal forces to work in a linear movement. 
         [0011]    The rotative device guides the centrifugal forces to work in a circular movement. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING 
         [0012]      FIG. 1  is the top view of a typical eccentric rotor R. 
           [0013]      FIG. 2  is a side view of a typical eccentric rotor R. 
           [0014]      FIG. 3  is the top view of a typical pulley  26 . 
           [0015]      FIG. 4  is the section view  4 - 4  of the pulley  26 . 
           [0016]      FIG. 5  is the diagram of the centrifugal forces. 
           [0017]      FIG. 6  is a perspective view of a typical sliding plate. 
           [0018]      FIG. 7  is a perspective view of the sliding plate SP- 1  with its components. 
           [0019]      FIG. 8  is the front view of a typical output transmission shaft  31 . 
           [0020]      FIG. 9  is the front view of a typical input shaft  32 . 
           [0021]      FIG. 10  is the front view of the output shaft  33 . 
           [0022]      FIG. 11  is a perspective view of a typical geared clutch bearing  34 . 
           [0023]      FIG. 12  is a perspective view of the sliding plate SP- 1  with its mechanism. 
           [0024]      FIG. 13  is front view of a typical reversing gear  41 . 
           [0025]      FIG. 14  is a perspective view of a typical attach bar  42 . 
           [0026]      FIG. 15  is a perspective view of 4 sliding plates with their mechanism. 
           [0027]      FIG. 16  is a side view of the linear device. 
           [0028]      FIG. 17  is a side view of the linear device. 
           [0029]      FIG. 18  is a top view of the sliding plate SP- 1 . 
           [0030]      FIG. 19  is a top view of the sliding plate SP- 2 . 
           [0031]      FIG. 20  is a top view of the sliding plate SP- 3 . 
           [0032]      FIG. 21  is a top view of the sliding plate SP- 4 . 
           [0033]      FIG. 22  is a perspective view of the linear device. 
           [0034]      FIG. 23  is the front view of a typical double pulley  84 . 
           [0035]      FIG. 24  is a section view of the double pulley  84 . 
           [0036]      FIG. 25  is a view of the main output shaft  85 . 
           [0037]      FIG. 26  is a view of the secondary output shaft  86 . 
           [0038]      FIG. 27  is a view of the center shaft  87 . 
           [0039]      FIG. 28  is a perspective view of a typical rotating disk  80 . 
           [0040]      FIG. 29  is a perspective view of the first rotating disk  80 - 1  with its components and the related mechanism. 
           [0041]      FIG. 30  is a perspective view of the second rotating disk  80 - 2  with its components and the related mechanism. 
           [0042]      FIG. 31  is the top view of the rotative device without the frame. 
           [0043]      FIG. 32  is a perspective view of the rotative device. 
           [0044]      FIG. 33  is another perspective view of the rotative device. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
       [0045]    In order to be able to generate energy, the centrifugal force is guided to a determined direction. In the present invention, one linear type device and one rotative type device are described. 
         [0046]    Paragraph [0009] to paragraph [0032] describes the linear type device. Paragraph [0033] to paragraph [0041] describes the rotative type device. 
         [0047]    By rotating a mass eccentrically, a centrifugal force is generated. In  FIG. 5 : 2 identical eccentric rotors R-R and R-L are positioned and oriented symmetrically by the axis Y and rotate at the same rotation speed W but in reverse direction, clockwise and counter-clockwise. 
         [0048]    A centrifugal force F- 1  is generated for the rotor R-R, and a centrifugal force F- 2  is generated for the rotor R-L. The force F-total is the sum of the force F- 1  and F- 2 . 
         [0049]    Because the position and the rotation speed of the two eccentric rotors R-R and R-L are symmetrical by the axis Y, the force F-total is always parallel to axis Y and proportional to the sinus of the force [F- 1 +F- 2 ]. 
         [0050]    To guide the centrifugal forces of the eccentric rotors R-R and R-L, a sliding plate in  FIG. 6  is designed. The linear device may use many sliding plates. In the present invention, a linear device using 4 sliding plates is described. 
         [0051]    The eccentric rotor R in  FIG. 1  has an eccentric mass  1 , a pulley  2  and a rotating rod  3  in  FIG. 2 . 
         [0052]    In  FIG. 6 , a typical sliding plate has 2 holes  21  to fit 2 eccentric rotors R, a round post  24  to fit a pulley  26  shown in  FIG. 3 , an output gear rack  22 , 2 through holes  23  to fit 2 guiding rods  28 -R- 1  and  28 -R- 2  shown in  FIG. 7 , a reversing gear rack  25 . The reversing gear rack is mounted on top face of the sliding plates SP- 1  and SP- 3 , on the bottom face of the sliding plates SP- 2  and SP- 4 . 
         [0053]      FIG. 7  shows the sliding plate SP- 1  with its 2 eccentric rotors R-R- 1  and R-R- 2 , pulley  26 - 1 , 2 guiding rods  28 -R- 1  and  28 -L- 1 . When the 2 rotors R-R- 1  and R-L- 1  rotates by the way described in  FIG. 5 , the sliding plate SP- 1  moves in both directions A-B and B-A parallel to the 2 guiding rods  28 -R- 1  and  28 -L- 1 . 
         [0054]      FIG. 8  represents a typical output transmission shaft  31  which has a gear on top. 
         [0055]      FIG. 9  represents the input shaft  32  which has 4 pulleys  32 . 1 , 32 . 2 , 32 . 3 ,  32 . 4  having the same diameter, and a pulley  32 . 5 . The 4 pulleys  32 . 1 , 32 . 2 , 32 . 3 ,  32 . 4 , with their respective belt, are used to rotate the eccentric rotors on the sliding plates SP- 1 ,SP- 2 ,SP- 3 ,SP- 4  shown in  FIG. 15 . 
         [0056]      FIG. 10  represents the output shaft  33 . 
         [0057]      FIG. 11  represents a typical geared clutch bearing  34 . When the geared clutch bearing  34  rotates in direction W, it locks onto the output transmission shaft  31  and rotates the output transmission shaft  31 . When the geared clutch bearing rotates in reverse direction −W, it acts as a normal bearing. 
         [0058]    In  FIG. 12 , the frame of the linear device is omitted for clarity. An electrical motor  35  rotates the input shaft  32  by the belt  36  in direction RM. The input shaft  32  rotates the eccentric rotors, R-R- 1 ,R-L- 1  of the sliding plate SP- 1 , by the belt  37 . With the mounting of the belt  37 , the eccentric rotor R-L- 1  rotates at speed WR, and the eccentric rotor R-R- 1  rotates at the same speed but in reverse in direction −WR. The sliding plates SP- 1  moves in direction A-B, B-A, by the centrifugal forces of the eccentric rotors R-R- 1 , R-L- 1 , accordingly to the diagram in  FIG. 5 . The belt  37  is an extensible belt. 
         [0059]    When the sliding plate SP- 1  moves in direction B-A, the output gear rack  22 - 1  rotates the geared clutch bearing  34 -R- 1 , the geared clutch bearing  34 -R- 1  rotates the output transmission shaft  31 -R in direction W, the output transmission shaft  31 -R rotates the output shaft  33  in direction −W. The geared clutch bearing  34 -L- 1  acts as a normal bearing. 
         [0060]    When the sliding plate SP- 1  moves in direction A-B, the output gear rack  22 - 1  rotates the geared clutch bearing  34 -L- 1 , the geared clutch bearing  34 -L- 1  rotates the output transmission shaft  31 -L in direction W, the output transmission shaft  31 -L rotates the output shaft  33  in direction −W. The geared clutch bearing  34 -R- 1  acts as a normal bearing. 
         [0061]    The same mechanism for sliding plate SP- 1  is applied for sliding plates SP- 2 ,SP- 3 ,SP- 4 . The position of the sliding plates is shown in  FIG. 15 . All the 4 sliding plates drive (rotate) the output shaft  33  in one direction all the time. 
         [0062]    In order to reduce the vibration generated by the movements of the sliding plates, the movements of the sliding plates are synchronized as below:
       The movement of the sliding plate SP- 1  is the same movement of the sliding plate SP- 4 .   The movement of the sliding plate SP- 2  is the same movement of the sliding plate SP- 3 .   The sliding plates SP- 1  and SP- 4  move in reverse direction of the sliding plates SP- 2  and SP- 3 .       
 
         [0066]    In  FIG. 15 , the sliding plate SP- 2  is attached to the sliding plate SP- 3  by the attach bars  42 -F and  42 -B shown in  FIG. 14 . The sliding plate SP- 2  moves the same way as the sliding plate SP- 3 . 
         [0067]    The movement of the sliding plate SP- 1  is opposite to the movement of the sliding plate SP- 2  by the reversing gear  41 - 12 . The movement of the sliding plate SP- 4  is opposite to the movement of the sliding plate SP- 3  by the reversing gear  41 - 34 . Because the sliding plates SP- 2  and SP- 3  are attached together, the sliding plate SP- 1  moves the same way as the sliding plate SP- 4 , and in opposite direction to the sliding plates SP- 2  and SP- 3 . 
         [0068]    In  FIG. 17 , as the reversing gears  41 - 12  and  41 - 34  fixed to the frame of the device, when the sliding plates SP- 1  and SP- 4  move in direction V, the sliding plates SP- 2  and SP- 3  move in direction −V. 
         [0069]    In  FIG. 16 , when the sliding plates SP- 1  and SP- 4  move in direction −V, the sliding plates SP- 2  and SP- 3  move in direction V. Because the 4 sliding plates have the same weight, they slide without vibration. 
         [0070]    To balance the movement of the eccentric rotors, the eccentric rotors of the sliding plates have to be in a balancing orientation. The  FIG. 18 ,  FIG. 19 ,  FIG. 20 ,  FIG. 21  show the orientations of the rotors of the sliding plates at a certain moment. The orientation of the rotors R-R- 1  and R-L- 1  of the sliding plate SP- 1  is the same as the orientation of the rotors R-R- 4  and R-L- 4  of the sliding plate SP- 4 . The orientation of the rotors R-R- 2  and R-L- 2  of the sliding plate SP- 2  is the same as the orientation of the rotors R-R- 3  and R-L- 3  of the sliding plate SP- 3 . The orientation of the rotors of the sliding plates SP- 2  and SP- 3  are 180 degrees off-phased from the orientation of the rotors of the sliding plates SP- 1  and SP- 4 . In this configuration, the movements of the eccentric rotors of the 4 sliding plates are balanced. 
         [0071]    Because the sliding plates SP- 2  and SP- 3  have the same position, the same speed, the same acceleration, they can be combined to form a single equivalent sliding plate. 
         [0072]    The  FIG. 22  shows the complete linear device. 
         [0073]    The energy generated by the centrifugal forces of the rotors is transmitted to the sliding plates. This energy can be used directly from the vibration of the sliding plates by using some kind of linear transformation of energy. 
         [0074]    In the rotative device, some rotating disks shown in  FIG. 28  are used to support the eccentric rotors and transmit the centrifugal energy generated to the main output shaft  85 . 
         [0000]    The rotative device may have plural rotating disks. In this invention, a rotative device with 2 rotating disks is described. 
         [0075]    In  FIG. 28 , a typical rotating disk  80  is shown. The rotating disk can have plural holes  83  to support the same amount of eccentric rotors. In this invention, a rotating disk with 4 holes  83  is described. A double pulley  84  is mounted on the round sleeve  82  and the rotating disk rotates around the center shaft  87  through the hole  81 . The double pulley  84  rotates independently to the rotating disk. 
         [0076]    In  FIG. 29 , the mechanism for the rotating disk  80 - 1  is shown. The electrical motor  91  drives the double pulley  84 - 1  by the belt  92 . The double pulley  84 - 1  drives the 4 eccentric rotors R- 8011 , R- 8012 , R- 8013 ,R- 8014  by the belt  93 . The 4 eccentric rotors rotate in the same direction at the same speed. 
         [0077]    The centrifugal forces of the eccentric rotors on the rotating disk  80 - 1  vibrate the rotating disk  80 - 1  around the center shaft  87  in direction M-M. By the geared clutch bearings  34 - 801 R and  34 - 801 L (uni-direction bearing), the vibration of the rotating disk  80 - 1  rotates the main output shaft  85  in direction −N and the secondary output shaft  86  in direction N for the full cycle of vibration. Because the main output shaft  85  is geared to the secondary output shaft  86  by the gear  85 . 1  and the gear  86 . 1 , the rotating disk  80 - 1  drives (rotates) the main output shaft  85  in one direction all the time. 
         [0078]    In  FIG. 30 , the gear rack  94  is attached to the rotating disk  80 - 1  and the gear rack  96  is attached to the rotating disk  80 - 2 . A reversing gear  95  is used to synchronize the movement of the rotating disk  80 - 1  and the movement of rotating disk  80 - 2 . 
         [0079]      FIG. 30  shows the mechanism for the rotating disk  80 - 2 . The electrical motor  91  drives the double pulley  84 - 2  by the belt  101 . The double pulley  84 - 2  drives the 4 eccentric rotors R- 8021 , R- 8022 , R- 8023 , R- 8024  by the belt  102 . All the 8 eccentric rotors of the 2 rotating disks  80 - 1  and  80 - 2  rotate in the same direction at the same speed. Like the rotating disk  80 - 1 , the vibration of the rotating disk  80 - 2  drives the main output shaft  85  in direction −N, all the time, by the geared clutch bearing  34 - 802 R and  34 - 802 L. 
         [0080]    With the reversing gear  95  fixed to the frame of the rotative device and the gear racks  94  and  96 , the movement of the rotating disk  80 - 1  is the reverse movement of the rotating disk  80 - 2 . The movements of the 2 rotating disks are balanced. 
         [0081]      FIG. 31  shows the orientations of the eccentric rotors at a certain moment. The 4 rotors R- 8011 , R 8012 , R 8013 , R- 8014  of the rotating disk  80 - 1  are at the same orientation to the local references X-Y. The 4 rotors R- 8021 , R- 8022 , R- 8023 , R- 8024  of the rotating disk  80 - 2  are at the same orientation to the local references X-Y. The rotors of the rotating disk  80 - 1  are at 180 degrees off phase with the rotors of the rotative disk  80 - 2 . The sum of the centrifugal forces of all the eccentric rotors on a rotating disk is only a moment to rotate the rotating disk. The movements of the 8 rotors are balanced. 
         [0082]      FIG. 32  and  FIG. 33  show the complete rotative device at different views. 
         [0083]    In the linear device, the energy generated by the centrifugal forces of the rotors is transmitted to the output shaft  33 . In the rotative device, the energy generated by the centrifugal forces of the rotors is transmitted to the main output shaft  85 . 
         [0084]    If the mechanism of both the linear device and the rotative device is frictionless, the output energy generated by the centrifugal forces of the rotors is bigger than the energy input to the electrical motor. These devices produce a net output energy which is the difference of the energy generated by the centrifugal forces of the rotors and the electrical input energy to the motor. 
         [0085]    For the linear device, the ratio of [output energy/input energy] can be modified by changing the ratio of [the mass of the sliding plate/the mass of the eccentric rotors per sliding plate]. 
         [0086]    For the rotative device, the ratio of [output energy/input energy] can be modified by changing the ratio of [the moment of inertia of the rotating disk/the mass of the eccentric rotors per rotating disk]. 
         [0087]    The energy generated by the centrifugal forces of the rotors is transmitted to the rotating disks. This energy can be used directly from the vibration of the rotating disks by using some kind of rotative transformation of energy.