Abstract:
A magnet powered motor system is a motor powered by permanent magnets for inexpensively driving motorized apparatuses. The magnet bars have a triangular shaped cross-section and are adjacently mounted as a bar onto an inner and an outer carriage assembly. The inner carriage assembly may be stationary and the outer carriage assembly may rotate within a coil winding assembly having an outer housing which supports the coil, housing end plates, and bearings for the rotating element. The inner carriage assembly is rotationally locked to the cylindrical frame via a key and keyway but slides lengthwise on the cylindrical frame into and out of engagement with the outer carriage assembly to start and stop the motor. The facing inner and outer triangular shaped magnets comprise face angles that optimize magnetic force and have polarity arrangements that pull and simultaneously push the outer carriage assembly into rotation.

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     The present applications are related to and claims priority from prior provisional application Ser. No. 61/542,333 filed Oct. 3, 2011 which applications are incorporated herein by reference. 
    
    
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     The following includes information that may be useful in understanding the present invention(s). It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art, or material, to the presently described or claimed inventions, or that any publication or document that is specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art. 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates generally to the field of motors and more specifically relates to a magnet powered motors. 
     2. Description of the Related Art 
     A magnet is a material or object that produces a magnetic field. This magnetic field is invisible but is responsible for the most notable property of a magnet: a force that pulls on other ferromagnetic materials, such as iron, and attracts or repels other magnets. A permanent magnet is an object made from a material that is magnetized and creates its own persistent magnetic field. Permanent magnets are made from “hard” ferromagnetic materials such as alnico and ferrite that are subjected to special processing in a powerful magnetic field during manufacture, to align their internal microcrystalline structure, making them powerful and very hard to demagnetize. 
     It has long been desired to create an electricity generator using a magnetic field as its driving force, or the magnetic flux density of the magnets. Every magnet has a positive and a negative pole which can&#39;t be seen but the effects of it can be seen as it attracts other ferromagnetic materials or repels the like poles of other magnets. Like poles, (positive to positive or negative to negative) of different magnets repel each other while opposite poles attract. A set of magnets arranged at particular angles to each other in relation to the positive and negative poles of each magnet, may conceivably be use to create such a machine. Many individuals have tried to create an auto-rotating device to produce power. A mass produced highly developed permanent magnet electricity generator would usher in a new era in the modern world and possibly free the world a majority of the need for fossil fuels. Magnets can be made by just about anyone, even a home owner. Power and petroleum products used to drive motors are expensive, thus the status quo is not desirable. It is desirable to have an efficient motor able to run via magnetic power. 
     Various attempts have been made to solve the above-mentioned problems such as those found in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,768,407; 5,014,028; 7,965,010; 5,790,006; 6,252,330; and 5,483,116. This prior art is representative of magnetic motors. None of the above inventions and patents, taken either singly or in combination, is seen to describe the invention as claimed. 
     Ideally, a magnet powered motor should provide efficient power, and yet, would operate reliably and be manufactured at a modest expense. Thus, a need exists for a reliable magnet powered motor system to produce electricity and to avoid the above-mentioned problems. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known magnetic motor art, the present invention provides a novel magnet powered motor system. The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide decreased utility consumption. 
     In general terms, the magnet powered motor system is a motor powered by permanent magnets for inexpensively driving motorized apparatuses. The magnet bars have a triangular shaped cross-section and are adjacently mounted into an inner and an outer carriage assembly. The inner carriage assembly may be stationary and the outer carriage assembly may rotate within a coil winding assembly having an outer housing which supports the coil, housing end plates, and bearings for the rotating element. The inner carriage assembly is rotationally locked to the cylindrical frame via a key and keyway but slides lengthwise on the cylindrical frame into and out of engagement with the outer carriage assembly to start and stop the motor. The facing inner and outer triangular shaped magnets comprise face angles that optimize magnetic force, removing the guesswork for having to adjust and readjust magnet angles, having polarity arrangements that pull and simultaneously push the outer carriage assembly into rotation and help keep it in motion. 
     A magnet powered motor system, as disclosed herein, in a preferred embodiment may comprise: a magnetic motor assembly having an outer housing with an inner coil, an outer carriage assembly having a plurality of outer triangular permanent magnets, an inner carriage assembly having a cylindrical frame, and a plurality of inner triangular permanent magnets. The inner coil is at least one electrical winding evenly distributed and wound about an inner circumference of the outer housing to create at least one electrical circuit. The outer carriage assembly is concentrically spaced and located within an inner periphery of the inner coil. The outer periphery of the outer carriage assembly is spaced such that the outer carriage assembly is able to rotate within the inner coil. The plurality of outer triangular permanent magnets are removably affixed to the inner circumference of the outer carriage assembly so that the outer triangular permanent magnets are adjacently and evenly spaced in relation to each other about the inner circumference. 
     The cylindrical frame of the inner carriage assembly is concentrically located within the inner carriage assembly and may be in a stationary relationship with the inner coil and the outer housing. The plurality of inner triangular permanent magnets are mounted about the outer-periphery-surface of the inner carriage assembly such that the inner triangular permanent magnets are adjacently and evenly spaced in relation to each other having a uniform spacing that is constantly maintained between the plurality of inner triangular permanent magnets and the plurality of outer triangular permanent magnets while rotating. 
     The plurality of inner triangular permanent magnets comprise a negative pole located adjacent the inner carriage assembly at each base and a first positive pole located on a first face and a second positive pole located on a second face, both the first face and the second face approaching an apex (end tip). The plurality of outer triangular permanent magnets comprise a first negatively-charged-pole located adjacent the outer carriage assembly and a positively-charged-pole located on a left face and a second negatively-charged-pole located on a right face, both the left face and the right face approaching a pinnacle (end tip). 
     The plurality of first positive poles of the inner triangular permanent magnets are oriented parallel to the plurality of second negatively-charged-poles of the outer triangular permanent magnets and the plurality of second positive poles of the inner triangular permanent magnets are also disposed parallel to the plurality of positively-charged-poles of the outer triangular permanent magnets. This orientation is desirable such that a repelling force is caused by adjacent polarities which are alike between the left face(s) and the second face(s), the inner triangular permanent magnets and the outer triangular permanent magnets thereby causes a pushing action on one another. The polarities of the inner triangular permanent magnets and the outer triangular permanent magnets as related between the right face(s) and the first face(s) are such that the polarity is unlike causing an attracting force. The repelling force is followed by the attracting force in conjunction causing useful rotation for providing power with increased efficiency. 
     The left faces and the right faces of the plurality of outer triangular permanent magnets and the first faces and the second faces of the plurality of inner triangle permanent magnets each further have face angles such that during the rotation of the outer carriage assembly, the face angles of the outer triangular permanent magnets become momentarily adjacently parallel to the inner triangular permanent magnets. During the rotation of the outer carriage assembly, as the face angles of the outer triangular permanent magnets and the face angles of the plurality of inner triangular permanent magnets become adjacently parallel, wherein the repelling force is at the strongest condition. The plurality of outer triangular permanent magnets and the plurality of inner triangular permanent magnets each further comprise a bar having three longitudinal faces and two end faces. The outer triangular permanent magnets and the inner triangular permanent magnets are not interchangeable with each other and the outer magnets are greater in number than the inner so as to achieve proper desired positioning relative to each other. 
     The inner carriage assembly is able to slide longitudinally along the cylindrical frame such that the plurality of inner triangular permanent magnets are brought into a close adjacent relationship (to engage) and inversely out of the close adjacent relationship to the plurality of outer triangular permanent magnets (to disengage). The magnetic motor assembly is able to provide a rotational motion useable to power an electricity generator when the inner carriage assembly and the outer carriage assembly are in an engaged condition. When the plurality of inner triangular permanent magnets is slidably placed into a close adjacent relationship to the outer triangular permanent magnets, the magnetic motor assembly is thereby placed in an operating condition. When the plurality of inner triangular permanent magnets is slideably removed from the close adjacent relationship to the outer triangular permanent magnets, the magnetic motor assembly is thereby placed in a non-operating condition. In this way operation and non-operation can be controlled by an operator. 
     The inner carriage assembly preferably comprises a key and a keyway such that the inner carriage assembly is rotationally locked to the inner cylinder; the inner cylinder is thereby in a stationary relationship with the outer housing. The outer carriage assembly is able to rotate and the inner carriage assembly is stationary with the outer housing and coil in preferred embodiments. The inner carriage assembly is cylindrical and carried by at least one bearing. The outer carriage assembly is cylindrical and comprises a drum (shape) also carried by bearing(s). The cylindrical frame may comprise a shaft. The outer carriage assembly is rotationally supported via the bearing mounted to the cylindrical frame of the inner carriage assembly. 
     A method of use for the magnet powered motor system may include slideably engaging the plurality of outer triangular permanent magnets with the plurality of inner triangular permanent magnets to start the magnetic motor assembly, and slideably disengaging the plurality of outer triangular permanent magnets with the plurality of inner triangular permanent magnets to stop the magnetic motor assembly. 
     The present invention holds significant improvements and serves as a magnet powered motor system. For purposes of summarizing the invention, certain aspects, advantages, and novel features of the invention have been described herein. It is to be understood that not necessarily all such advantages may be achieved in accordance with any one particular embodiment of the invention. Thus, the invention may be embodied or carried out in a manner that achieves or optimizes one advantage or group of advantages as taught herein without necessarily achieving other advantages as may be taught or suggested herein. The features of the invention which are believed to be novel are particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of the specification. These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the following drawings and detailed description. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The figures which accompany the written portion of this specification illustrate embodiments and method(s) of use for the present invention; magnet powered motor system, constructed and operative according to the teachings of the present invention. 
         FIG. 1  shows a perspective view illustrating an in use condition of a magnet powered motor system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 2  is a perspective view illustrating an end view of the magnet powered motor system according to an embodiment of the present invention of  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 3  is a perspective view illustrating a cutaway view of the magnet powered motor system according to an embodiment of the present invention of  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 4  is a perspective view illustrating magnet arrangement and magnet polarity arrangements of the magnet powered motor system according to an embodiment of the present invention of  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 5  is a flowchart illustrating a method of use of the magnet powered motor system according to an embodiment of the present invention of  FIGS. 1-4 . 
     
    
    
     The various embodiments of the present invention will hereinafter be described in conjunction with the appended drawings, wherein like designations denote like elements. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     As discussed above, embodiments of the present invention relate to a motor device and more particularly to a magnet powered motor system as used to power rotating equipment and lower the cost of utility inputs. 
     In greater detail now, referring to the drawings by numerals of reference, there is shown in  FIG. 1 , a perspective view illustrating an in use condition of magnet powered motor system  100  according to an embodiment of the present invention. 
     Magnet powered motor system  100  may comprise magnetic motor assembly  105  comprising outer housing  110  having inner coil  115 , outer carriage assembly  120  having a plurality of outer triangular permanent magnets  170 , inner carriage assembly  130  having cylindrical frame  135 , and a plurality of inner triangular permanent magnets  140 . Inner coil  115  comprises at least one electrical winding evenly distributed and wound about inner circumference  112  of outer housing  110  to create at least one electrical circuit. 
     Outer carriage assembly  120  is concentrically spaced and located within inner periphery  117  of inner coil  115 , and outer periphery  122  of outer carriage assembly  120  is spaced such that outer carriage assembly  120  is able to rotate within inner coil  115 . The plurality of outer triangular permanent magnets  170  are removably affixed to inner circumference of carriage assembly such that outer triangular permanent magnets  170  are adjacently and evenly spaced in relation to each other about inner circumference  112 . Cylindrical frame  135  of inner carriage assembly  130  is concentrically mounted within inner carriage assembly  130  such that cylindrical frame  135  is in a stationary relationship with inner coil  115  and outer housing  110  as shown in the subsequent figures. 
     The plurality of inner triangular permanent magnets  140  are mounted about outer-periphery-surface  137  of inner carriage assembly  130  such that inner triangular permanent magnets  140  are adjacently and evenly spaced in relation to each other having a uniform spacing that is constantly maintained between the plurality of inner triangular permanent magnets  140  and the plurality of outer triangular permanent magnets  170  while rotating (as shown in  FIG. 2 ). The plurality of inner triangular permanent magnets  140  comprise negative poles  145  located adjacent inner carriage assembly  130  at base  142  and first positive pole  147  located on first face  149  and second positive pole  151  located on second face  153 , both first face  149  and second face  153  approaching an apex  155 . Apex  155  is located perpendicular to base  142 , base  142  mounted flat against inner carriage assembly  130  in preferred embodiments, as shown in  FIGS. 2 and 4 . 
     The plurality of outer triangular permanent magnets  170  comprise first negatively-charged-poles  172  (shown in  FIG. 4 ) located adjacent outer carriage assembly  120  and positively-charged-pole  174  located on left face  176  and second negatively-charged-pole  178  located on right face  180 ; both left face  176  and right face  180  approaching pinnacle  182 . The plurality of first positive pole(s)  147  of inner triangular permanent magnets  140  are oriented parallel to the plurality of second negatively-charged-pole(s)  178  of outer triangular permanent magnets  170  and the plurality of second positive pole(s)  151  of inner triangular permanent magnets  140  are also disposed parallel to the plurality of positively-charged-poles  174  of outer triangular permanent magnets  170  such that a repelling force is caused by adjacent polarities which are alike between left face(s)  176  and second face(s)  153 . In this way inner triangular permanent magnets  140  and outer triangular permanent magnets  170  thereby are able to cause a pushing action on one another. The polarities of inner triangular permanent magnets  140  and outer triangular permanent magnets  170  as related between right face(s)  180  and first face(s)  149  are such that the polarities are unlike, causing an attracting force and a repelling force that is followed by an attracting force in conjunction causing useful rotation for providing power with increased efficiency. 
     Referring now to  FIG. 2 , a perspective view illustrating an end view of (looking internally into) magnet powered motor system  100  according to an embodiment of the present invention of  FIG. 1 . 
     Left face(s)  176  and right face(s)  180  of the plurality of outer triangular permanent magnets  170 , first face(s)  149 , and second face(s)  153  of the plurality of inner triangular permanent magnets  140  each further comprise face angles such that during rotation of outer carriage assembly  120 , the face angles of outer triangular permanent magnets  170  become momentarily adjacently parallel to inner triangular permanent magnets  140 . Inner carriage assembly  130  may comprise key  190  and keyway  192  (shown in  FIG. 3 ) such that inner carriage assembly  130  is rotationally locked to cylindrical frame  135 , cylindrical frame  135  (which is preferably a shaft) thereby in a stationary relationship with outer housing  110 . Inner carriage assembly  130  inversely may be able to rotate and outer carriage assembly  120  may be stationary with outer housing  110  in certain embodiments. Outer carriage assembly  120  is able to rotate and inner carriage assembly  130  is stationary with outer housing  110  in a preferred embodiment. Outer carriage assembly  120  may be cylindrical and comprise a drum (shape) carried by at least one bearing  199 , also alluded to in  FIG. 3 . 
     Referring now to  FIG. 3 , a perspective view illustrating a cutaway view of magnet powered motor system  100  according to an embodiment of the present invention of  FIG. 1 . 
     The plurality of outer triangular permanent magnets  170  and the plurality of inner triangular permanent magnets  140  each further comprise a (pyramidal shaped) bar (shown in  FIG. 4 ) having three longitudinal faces  200  and two end faces  210 . Magnetic motor assembly  105  is able to provide a rotational motion that is able to be used to power an electricity generator when inner carriage assembly  130  and outer carriage assembly  120  is in an engaged condition. Inner carriage assembly  130  is able to slide longitudinally along cylindrical frame  135  such that the plurality of inner triangular permanent magnets  140  are brought into a close adjacent relationship and inversely out of a close adjacent relationship to the plurality of outer triangular permanent magnets  170 . The plurality of inner triangular permanent magnets  140  is slidably placed into a close adjacent relationship to outer triangular permanent magnets  170 ; magnetic motor assembly  105  is thereby placed in an operating condition. 
     The plurality of inner triangular permanent magnets  140  is slideably removable from a close adjacent relationship to outer triangular permanent magnets  170 ; magnetic motor assembly  105  is thereby placed in a non-operating condition. Inner carriage assembly  130  may comprise key  190  and keyway  192  such that inner carriage assembly  130  is rotationally locked to cylindrical frame  135 ; cylindrical frame  135  thereby is in a stationary relationship with outer housing  110 . Inner carriage assembly  130  may comprise an armature in some embodiments that is rotationally powered via a magnetic repulsion force able to generate electricity when inner carriage assembly  130  and outer carriage assembly  120  is in an engaged condition. Cylindrical frame  135  may comprise a solid shaft in some embodiments. Outer carriage assembly  120  is rotationally supported via bearing  199  mounted to cylindrical frame  135  of inner carriage assembly  130 . 
     Referring now to  FIG. 4 , a perspective view illustrating the preferred magnet arrangement and magnet polarity arrangements of magnet powered motor system  100  according to an embodiment of the present invention of  FIG. 1 . 
     Left face(s)  176  and right face(s)  180  of the plurality of outer triangular permanent magnets  170  and first face(s)  149  and second face(s)  153  of the plurality of inner triangular permanent magnets  140  each comprise face angles such that during a rotation of outer carriage assembly  120 , the face angles of outer triangular permanent magnets  170  become momentarily adjacently parallel to inner triangular permanent magnets  140 . During rotation of outer carriage assembly  120 , as the face angles of outer triangular permanent magnets  170  and the face angles of the plurality of inner triangular permanent magnets  140  become adjacently parallel, the repelling force is at the strongest condition. Outer triangular permanent magnets  170  and inner triangular permanent magnets  140  are not interchangeable with each other, as previously mentioned. Apex  155  is located perpendicular to base  142 , base  142  mounted flat against inner carriage assembly  130 . The present invention may comprise a powering means or a power assisting means (kinetic energy from external sources may be added in to start or maintain operation). 
     Referring now to  FIG. 5 , showing a flowchart illustrating method of use 500 for magnet powered motor system  100  according to an embodiment of the present invention of  FIGS. 1-4 . A method of use for magnet powered motor system  100  may comprise the steps of: step one  501 , slideably engaging the plurality of outer triangular permanent magnets  170  with the plurality of inner triangular permanent magnets  140  to start magnetic motor assembly  105 ; and step two  502 , slideably disengaging the plurality of outer triangular permanent magnets  170  with the plurality of inner triangular permanent magnets  140  to stop magnetic motor assembly  105 . 
     It should be noted that the steps described in the method of use can be carried out in many different orders according to user preference. Upon reading this specification, it should be appreciated that, under appropriate circumstances, considering such issues as design preference, user preferences, marketing preferences, cost, structural requirements, available materials, technological advances, etc., other methods of use arrangements such as, for example, different orders within above-mentioned list, elimination or addition of certain steps, including or excluding certain maintenance steps, etc., may be sufficient. 
     The embodiments of the invention described herein are exemplary and numerous modifications, variations and rearrangements can be readily envisioned to achieve substantially equivalent results, all of which are intended to be embraced within the spirit and scope of the invention. Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientist, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application.