Device for transporting energy by partial influence through a dielectric medium
First Claim
1. An electricity-transport system for transporting electrical energy from an energy-producer device to an energy-consumer device, the system comprising:
- the energy-producer device having a first active electrode, a first passive electrode, and a generator connected on a first side thereof to the first active electrode and on a second side thereof to the first passive electrode; and
the energy-consumer device having a second active electrode, a second passive electrode, and a load connected on a first side thereof to said second active electrode and on a second side thereof to said second passive electrode;
whereinthe second active electrode interacts with the first active electrode by a Coulomb interaction, forming a direct capacitive coupling between the first active electrode and the second active electrode;
the first passive electrode is coupled to the second passive electrode of the energy-consumer device by capacitive coupling;
at least one of the passive electrodes is not connected to a ground potential; and
the first active electrode and first passive electrode are asymmetrical, the first passive electrode being either larger in size than the first active electrode or a ground, and an electric field produced between the first passive electrode and the second passive electrode is weaker than an electric field produced between the first active electrode and the second active electrode.
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Abstract
The invention proposes a means for transporting electrical energy and/or information from a distance by using, at a slowly varying regime, the Coulomb field which surrounds any set of charged conductors. The device according to the invention is composed of energy production and consumption devices situated a short distance apart, it uses neither the propagation of electromagnetic waves nor induction and cannot be reduced to a simple arrangement of electrical capacitors. The device is modeled in the form of an interaction between oscillating asymmetric electric dipoles, consisting of a high-frequency high-voltage generator (1) or of a high-frequency high-voltage load (5) placed between two electrodes. The dipoles exert a mutual influence on one another. The devices according to the invention are suitable for powering industrial and domestic electrical apparatus, they are especially suitable for powering low-power devices moving in a limited environment and for short-distance non-radiating transmission of information.
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10 Claims
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1. An electricity-transport system for transporting electrical energy from an energy-producer device to an energy-consumer device, the system comprising:
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the energy-producer device having a first active electrode, a first passive electrode, and a generator connected on a first side thereof to the first active electrode and on a second side thereof to the first passive electrode; and the energy-consumer device having a second active electrode, a second passive electrode, and a load connected on a first side thereof to said second active electrode and on a second side thereof to said second passive electrode;
whereinthe second active electrode interacts with the first active electrode by a Coulomb interaction, forming a direct capacitive coupling between the first active electrode and the second active electrode; the first passive electrode is coupled to the second passive electrode of the energy-consumer device by capacitive coupling; at least one of the passive electrodes is not connected to a ground potential; and the first active electrode and first passive electrode are asymmetrical, the first passive electrode being either larger in size than the first active electrode or a ground, and an electric field produced between the first passive electrode and the second passive electrode is weaker than an electric field produced between the first active electrode and the second active electrode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An electricity-transport system for transporting electrical energy from an energy-producer device to an energy-consumer device, the system comprising:
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the energy-producer device having a first active electrode, a first passive electrode, and a generator connected on a first side thereof to the first active electrode and on a second side thereof to the first passive electrode; and the energy-consumer device having a second active electrode, a second passive electrode, and a load connected on a first side thereof to said second active electrode and on a second side thereof to said second passive electrode;
whereinthe second active electrode interacts with the first active electrode by a Coulomb interaction, forming a direct capacitive coupling between the first active electrode and the second active electrode; the first passive electrode is coupled to the second passive electrode of the energy-consumer device by capacitive coupling; and the first active electrode and first passive electrode are asymmetrical, the first passive electrode being either larger in size than the first active electrode or a ground, and an electric field produced between the first passive electrode and the second passive electrode is weaker than an electric field produced between the first active electrode and the second active electrode, wherein; the generator of the energy-producer device comprises a second generator and a plurality of transformers remote from said second generator and connected thereto by coaxial cables; and the energy-producer device comprises a plurality of first active electrodes, connected to respective ones of said plurality of transformers, whereby electricity can be transported to the energy-consumer device, remote from said second generator relative to any of said plurality of first active electrodes.
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