Patent ID: 6924579

Claim:
An electrical machine comprising: a magnet, an electrical conductor arranged to form a loop, a plurality of flux conductors which direct magnetic flux from said magnet through said loop of electrical conductor, wherein a first set of said flux conductors directs said magnetic flux through said loop in a first direction and a second set of said flux conductors directs said magnetic flux through said loop in a second direction, wherein said flux conductors comprise a plurality of north flux conductors in magnetically conductive contact with a north pole of said magnet and a plurality of south flux conductors in magnetically conductive contact with a south pole of said magnet wherein said north flux conductors and said south flux conductors are spaced from each other to substantially prevent flux leakage between said north flux conductors and said south flux conductors, and a switch for alternately connecting and disconnecting said first and second sets of flux conductors.