Patent ID: 8269378

Claim:
A linear switched reluctance motor/generator, comprising: at least two translators and at least one stator, wherein the stator is disposed between the two translators; two yokes with poles to which coils are attached so that magnetic flux created by the coils crosses the translators and the stator to close in itself; and several air gaps, wherein the magnetic flux only closes through the two yokes, defined by two outermost stators, or two outermost translators, the magnetic flux being mostly perpendicular to air gaps of intermediate ferromagnetic elements; the motor/generator is driven by a power electronic equipment configured to: close or open each phase at corresponding moments in which a reluctance variation is appropriate, increase a reluctance in a motor mode, and decrease the reluctance in a generator mode; and the at least one stator comprises poles, and a set of intermediate coils are attached to the poles and configured to create additional flux and guide the magnetic flux through interior portions of the coils.