Patent ID: 7400069

Claim:
A generator comprising: a drive motor having a first pair and a second pair of permanent rotating magnets, each pair including a first rotating magnet and a second rotating magnet spaced radially from a motor axis such that each pair of rotating magnets rotates about the axis along a path having an innermost circumferential perimeter, a permanent reciprocating magnet supported for movement toward and away from the first and second pairs of rotating magnets, the reciprocating magnet having reference poles facing laterally from the motor axis and said reference poles being positioned axially between and radially within the innermost circumferential perimeters of the rotating magnets, and an actuator for moving the reciprocating magnet cyclically toward and away from the first pair and second pair of rotating magnets to simultaneously create repulsion and attraction forces continuously diagonal to the motor axis, to induce cyclical rotation of the first and second pairs of rotating magnets relative to the reciprocating magnet; and a first permanent generator magnet driveably connected to the drive motor and including a reference pole facing in a first direction; a second permanent generator magnet driveably connected to the drive motor including a pole of opposite polarity from the reference pole located near the reference pole and facing in the first direction, the first and second generator magnets producing a magnetic field whose flux extends between the reference pole of the first magnet and opposite pole of the second magnet; and a stator comprising an electrical conductor winding located adjacent the first and second generator magnets such that the magnetic field of the generator magnets repetitively intersects the winding as the drive motor operates.