Patent ID: 7579722

Claim:
A torque harnessing electric engine comprising: four drive mechanisms, each said drive mechanism comprising a metallic yoke electrically connected to one end of a ring-shaped magnet and a metallic hollow cylinder attached to a second of said ring-shaped magnet; four piston coil systems comprising a piston coil system for each said drive mechanism wherein each said piston coil system fires ninety degrees (90°) apart with respect to at least one other said piston coil system and causes a previously fired piston coil system to return to an original position, said piston coil systems each comprising a wire slab, a wire coil wrapped around and attached to said wire coil slab in a predetermined proportion to the length from said yoke and magnet attachment point to said the opposing end of said cylinder, a spatial area defined between said yoke and said ring shaped magnet, said wire coil slab being suspended over a portion of said yoke so as to slide freely in said spatial area and a means for receiving and directing electric power to said wire coil; and a crank system for each said drive system operatively coupled to a corresponding piston coil system; each said metallic hollow cylinder circumventing a portion of a corresponding piston coil system to allow movement of said corresponding piston coil system and mechanically coupled to said crank system with a non-metallic gasket.