Patent ID: 8823233

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a rotor having an axis of rotation; a first magnet fixedly attached to said rotor; a second magnet fixedly attached to said rotor, wherein said first magnet is spaced apart from said second magnet; a first Halbach array attached to said rotor; a second Halbach array attached to said rotor, wherein said first Halbach array is spaced apart from said second Halbach array and wherein said first Halbach array and said second Halbach array are both located between said first magnet and said second magnet; a first bearing magnet fixedly mounted external to said rotor and configured to attract said first magnet; a second bearing magnet fixedly mounted external to said rotor and configured to repel said second magnet; and a conductor array fixedly mounted external to said rotor and positioned between said first Halbach array and said second Halbach array, wherein said conductor array comprises windings, wherein a first end of said windings terminates at a first termination and a second end of said windings terminates at a second termination.