Patent ID: 7145274

Claim:
A magnetoelectric generator comprising: a flywheel of a substantially bowl-like shape having a bottom portion formed with ventilation holes; a plurality of permanent magnets fixedly secured to an inner circumferential surface of said flywheel; a stator core disposed internally of said flywheel and having peripheral side surfaces facing in opposition to said permanent magnets; and an electricity generating coil assembly implemented by winding an electric conductor on said stator core, wherein electricity is generated under the effect of electromagnetic induction produced between said permanent magnets and said electricity generating coil assembly by rotating said flywheel, and wherein a peripheral edge portion of said ventilation hole is fixedly secured to a projection member, said projection member protruding toward said electricity generating coil assembly for producing turbulent flows of a fluid internally of said flywheel upon rotation of said flywheel, wherein said projection member is formed with collar portions provided at end portions of said projection member on opposite sides of said ventilation hole in an axial direction of said flywheel, and wherein each of said collar portions comprises a plurality of notched portions formed equidistantly around a circumferential edge of said end portions.