Patent ID: 7732973

Claim:
An electromagnetic machine comprising: at least one tape electromagnet wound coil, a plurality of permanent magnets, and a support frame, the support frame coupling the tape electromagnet wound coil and permanent magnets in close proximity; the tape electromagnet wound coil having insulated, electrically conductive windings of a flat tape, and opposing side faces, wherein, at least one of said side faces has a plurality of spaced apart channels; the permanent magnets arranged in fixed spaced-apart positions in at least one common plane with each one of the permanent magnets presenting an opposing magnetic pole face to each adjacent one of the permanent magnets, a corresponding non-pole surface of each of the permanent magnets defining the at least one common plane, the at least one common plane positioned in mutual parallel close adjacency to the at least one of said opposing side faces, wherein with electric current flowing in the tape electromagnet wound coil, the opposing side faces of the tape electromagnet wound coil are established as opposing electromagnetic pole faces establishing electromotive forces on the permanent magnets causing relative motion between the channels of the tape electromagnet wound coil and the magnetic pole faces of the permanent magnets.