Patent ID: 8390225

Claim:
A motor comprising: an alternating current electrical source; a light power circuitry that receives and converts the alternating current into a direct current and directs the direct current to a device that emits light from a specific, non-moving location; a stationary transcutaneous energy transmission coil receives the alternating current and transmits, across a gap, the alternating current to a rotatable transcutaneous energy transmission coil; a plurality of phototransistor arrays positioned on a rotatable platform and each phototransistor array corresponds to and rotates in conjunction with an armature winding used in the motor; each phototransistor array has a phototransistor and a MOSFET device, and each phototransistor array (i) receives the alternating current from the rotatable transcutaneous energy transmission coil, and (ii) allows (a) each armature winding to charge to a constant high voltage when the motor is operating and (b) each phototransistor/MOSFET power source to charge to a desired power level; each phototransistor is surrounded by a light shield having a wall, wherein each wall has a height that permits each phototransistor to receive light from the device that emits light only when the light device is positioned directly in front of the phototransistor; wherein when the light contacts the phototransistor, the phototransistor array associated with that phototransistor is turned on so the armature winding associated with that phototransistor generates an instantaneous maximum magnetic field; wherein when the light does not contact the phototransistor, the phototransistor array associated with that phototransistor is turned off and the corresponding armature winding is set at a constant high voltage when the motor is operating.