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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2003
Orlo James Fiske, Goleta, CA (US);
Chen Chen, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Michael Richard Ricci, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Bradley Evan Paden, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Orlo James Fiske, Goleta, CA (US);
Chen Chen, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Michael Richard Ricci, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Bradley Evan Paden, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Magtube, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Abstract
One or more permanent magnets, or one or more permanent magnet arrays are used to produce shear force levitation. A primary application of shear force levitators is a levitated ring energy storage device. Such a levitated ring energy storage device includes a round support structure having a first magnetic levitator or levitator array encircling its outer periphery, and a ring encircling the support structure and having a second magnetic levitator or levitator array encircling its inner periphery, such that the first and second magnetic levitators (or levitator arrays) interact to produce a vertical force that levitates the ring.