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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2020
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Steven Ernest Franklin, Eindhoven, NL;
Lutz Christian Gerhardt, Eindhoven, NL;
Willem Potze, Geldrop, NL;
Hans Kroes, Olst, NL;
Mark Thomas Johnson, Arendonk, BE;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention provides an energy generation system comprising a generator having charged mutually rotating plate elements, and comprising an integrated drive mechanism for precisely controlling a separation distance between the plates. The drive mechanism provides a separation which varies as a function of the speed of rotation, hence assimilating separation control within the natural operation of the device. Embodiments provide plates comprising self-generating bearings, both hydrodynamic gas and fluid bearings and centrifugal regulator solid bearings, the bearings providing a supporting force between the plates of a magnitude which increases as the rotational speed of the plates increases. Methods of energy generation are also provided.