Intertial propulsion device

• US 20090183951A1
• Filed: 01/22/2008
• Published: 07/23/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Harvey Emanuel Fiala, John-Arthur Fiala, John Emil Fiala
• Original Assignee: Harvey Emanuel Fiala, John-Arthur Fiala, John Emil Fiala
• Inventors: Fiala, Harvey Emanuel, Fiala, John-Arthur, Fiala, John Emil
• Granted Patent: US 7,900,874 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 185/27
• CPC Class Codes: B64G 1/285 using momentum wheels
• CPC Class Codes: B64G 1/409 Unconventional spacecraft propulsion systems
• CPC Class Codes: F03G 7/10 Alleged perpetua mobilia using hydrostatic thrust F03B17/04
• CPC Class Codes: F03G 7/104 continuously converting gravity into usable power
• CPC Class Codes: F03G 7/115 harvesting energy from inertia forces
• CPC Class Codes: F03G 7/135 following unproven scientific theories; Theories about perpetual motion

Abstract

Inertial propulsion is a largely undeveloped field. Inertial propulsion is defined as propelling a vehicle without the use of a propellant such as rocket fuel or ions, or by the application of an external force.

Disclosed herein are two separate processes that do not require a propellant and do not produce an equal and opposite reaction against any external form of matter in the Local Inertial Reference Frame and do not violate Newton'"'"'s Laws in the Universal Reference Frame. The first process produces horizontal motion, relies on the earth'"'"'s gravitational field as an external force, and has been successfully tested. The second process produces vertical motion and relies only on the aether. It has been successfully tested considering the effect of the earth'"'"'s gravity. The two processes referenced above are examples of converting the rotary motion of a spinning rotor into unidirectional linear motion. Due to the law of conservation of angular momentum, the first process is normally considered not possible, but with the proper use of an external field (for example, gravity) and the phenomenon of precession, it becomes possible. A clear distinction is made between a simple rotor and a gyroscope which is a far more complex device.

Claims

1. A propulsion unit employing mass transfer to provide forward motion comprising:

a housing including means for attaching said propulsion unit to said housing, whereby said housing can be propelled;

at least one acceleratable mass;

a drive means for accelerating said acceleratable mass; and

a pivot point about which said acceleratable mass is free to precess horizontally and vertically.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein said acceleratable mass is connected to said pivot point by an axle.

3. The device of claim 2 wherein said drive means is an electric motor for spinning said acceleratable mass to affect velocity of said housing.

4. The device of claim 2 wherein said acceleratable mass is a spinning rotor.

5. The device of claim 2 wherein said acceleratable mass consists of said spinning rotor, said axle, and the rotor of said electric motor.

6. The device of claim 4 wherein said spinning rotor, being attached by said axle to said pivot point, precesses about said pivot point due to the earth'"'"'s gravitational field to provide angular movement of said spinning rotor in the horizontal plane with substantially less than normal inertia in the direction of precession.

7. The device of claim 4 including an arc-shaped support ring centered directly below said pivot point.

8. The device of claim 7 including an arc-shaped traction ring with its geometric center directly below said pivot point, said traction ring providing substantially positive traction to traction axle, whereby said traction axle will rapidly propel said rotor back to a reference position.

9. The device of claim 8 wherein said axle has a traction wheel for improved traction on said traction axle.

10. The device of claim 9 constituting a deck, wherein said housing may have multiple said decks to provide increased “

horsepower” and

more uniform motion to the vehicle containing said device.

11. The device of claim 9 wherein said traction wheel and traction ring are V-groove shaped for improved traction.

12. The device of claim 1 wherein said means for attachment of said base to said housing is resilient such that said that it smooths out velocity variations of said housing caused by said precess and said traction-propelled cycles.

13. The device of claim 6 wherein a semi-circular gimbal supports said rotor, said axle, said traction wheel, and an axle bearing.

14. The device of claim 12 wherein said traction wheel rides upon said traction ring to propel said rotor in a CCW direction.

15. The device of claim 13 wherein an uplift track and a down-track guide said axle at the extremes of its motion.

16. The device of claim 13 wherein said axle bearing guides said axle up uplift track and down said down-track without sliding friction.

17. The device of claim 8 wherein it is mounted on a base with wheels, said wheels having no drive means powering them, said wheel'"'"'s only purpose is to carry said device and also to steer the direction of movement of said housing.

18. The device of claim 5 wherein said rotor has a small diameter equal to the diameter of said axle so that said axle and said rotor are one and the same, the width of said rotor being equal to the length of said axle, said rotor being termed the Rolling Pin Rotor.

19. The device of claim 18 wherein said rolling pin rotors are fabricated using carbon nano-tubes with ratios of length to radius substantially close to 100 to 1, resulting in the second power of the ratio approaching 10,000., said velocity being proportional to said second power of said ratio.

20. The device of claim 8 wherein all elements are replaced by their electronic analogs such that the resulting said propulsion unit will be a totally solid state device producing Motion by Charge Transfer (MCT).

38. The device of claim 8 wherein a cylindrical shaped magnet attached to a space vehicle uses magnetic lines of flux to replace said gravitational field for in-orbit and deep space vehicle attitude adjustments.

39. The device of claim 17 wherein a pitch gimbal and a roll bearing are attached to said device to allow said support ring and said traction ring to always remain horizontal thus allowing said precession to always continue in the horizontal plane, said precession now not being affected by roll or pitch maneuvers of said vehicle.

21. A propulsion unit employing mass transfer to provide vertical motion comprising:

a housing including means for attaching said propulsion unit to said housing, whereby said housing can be propelled;

at least one acceleratable mass;

a drive means for accelerating said acceleratable mass; and

a pivot point about which said acceleratable mass is free to precess horizontally and vertically.

22. The device of claim 21 wherein said acceleratable mass is connected to said pivot point by an axle.

23. The device of claim 22 wherein said drive means is an electric motor for spinning said acceleratable mass to affect velocity of said housing.

24. The device of claim 22 wherein said acceleratable mass is a spinning rotor.

25. The device of claim 24 wherein a second electrical motor applies a forcing torque to rotate a central column to cause said spinning rotor to precess in a direction initially parallel to said forcing torque vector while pivoting about a hinge point within said central column, such that the said rotor, while precessing upward, exhibits substantially reduced inertia, resulting in a substantially reduced reaction to said central column, said base, and hence to said housing.

26. The device of claim 25 wherein a reset means is connected to said central column and to said axle such that it can be used to reposition said axle and said rotor back to their reference starting position, the combination of preceding elements comprising a basic element.

27. The device of claim 23 wherein said acceleratable mass consists of said spinning rotor, said axle, and the rotor of said electric motor.

28. The device of claim 26 wherein a second said axle, said rotor, and said reset mechanism are implemented on the opposite side of said central column in order to exactly balance any lateral torques on said central column as a result of said precession and said reset strokes, said second rotor acting in synchronism with said first rotor.

29. The device of claim 28 wherein an identical device is connected to said housing and to its own said second central column and is placed in proximity to said first device, said forcing torque applied to said second central column is in the opposite direction, said second rotor spinning in the opposite direction to that of said first rotor, whereby both said rotors precess in the same upward direction, said second forcing torque canceling out the torque applied to said base by said first forcing torque, resulting in two said devices moving in the same upward direction, the particular combination of two said devices constituting a Basic Unit.

30. The device of claim 29 including a second said basic unit with said rotors that are resetting while said rotors on the first said basic unit are precessing and vice-versa, resulting in more uniform motion, the particular combination of two said basic units constituting a single platform.

31. The device of claim 30 wherein multiple platforms could be used to provide increased “

horsepower” and

more uniform motion.

32. The device of claim 21 wherein said means for attachment of said base to said housing is resilient such that said that it smooths out velocity variations of said housing caused by said precess and reset cycles.

33. The device of claim 24 wherein said rotor has a small diameter equal to the diameter of said axle so that said axle and said rotor are one and the same, the width of said rotor being equal to the length of said axle, said rotor being termed the Rolling Pin Rotor.

34. The device of claim 33 wherein said basic element uses said rolling pin rotors fabricated using carbon nano-tubes with ratios of length to radius substantially close to 100 to 1, resulting in the second power of the ratio approaching 10,000, said velocity being proportional to said second power of said ratio.

35. The device of claim 25 wherein said forcing torque is not constant but rather a torque that increases as a function of time so as to produce a constant acceleration of said housing during each cycle, whereas a constant forcing torque produces only a constant velocity.

36. The device of claim 29 wherein all elements are replaced by their electronic analogs such that the resulting said propulsion unit will be essentially a totally solid state device producing Motion by Charge Transfer (MCT).

37. The device of claim 29 wherein said reset means produces a waveform that results in a constant said housing velocity as said rotor is reset from said upper limit to said lower limit in said basic unit.