Patent ID: 7982353

Claim:
A directed flux motor, comprising: a permanent magnet having opposite poles; first and second electrically conductive paths electrically connected to opposite poles of the permanent magnet, the electrically conductive first and second paths having first and second gaps, respectively, across which magnetic flux of the permanent magnet is transmittable; the first path including a first set of electromagnetic stator teeth on one side of the first gap and a first set of rotor teeth on the opposite side of the first gap, the rotor teeth on the opposite sides of the first gap being fixed to a first rotatable ring in sufficient close proximity to permit the flow of magnetic flux across the first gap; the second path including a second set of electromagnetic stator teeth on one side of the second gap and a second set of rotor teeth on the opposite side of the second gap, the rotor teeth on the opposite sides of the second gap being fixed to a second rotatable ring in sufficient close proximity to said stator teeth to permit the flow of magnetic flux across the second gap; first and second rotatable output shafts operatively connected to the first and second rotatable rings, respectively; and a control system for independently controlling operation of the first and second sets of electromagnetic stator teeth to selectively establish attractive and repulsive forces between the stator and rotor teeth on the opposite sides of the first gap and the second gap for selectively driving the first and second rotatable output shafts through said rotatable ring.