Electromagnetic propulsion system
First Claim
1. A propulsion system comprising:
- a. a parallel plate capacitor with the conductive plates separated by a vacuum or by a material with a low dielectric constant,b. a means to charge and discharge said capacitor,c. an electrical coil placed such that the magnetic flux that would be produced by said coil flows between the plates of said capacitor substantially in a uniform direction and parallel to said plates of said capacitor,d. a means to drive an alternating current through said coil, ande. a means to synchronize the charging of said capacitor with the alternating current in said coil so that the said charging and said alternating current are at the same frequency and that, when said capacitor is fully charged the current through said coil is substantially zero, whereby the force on the plates of said capacitor generated by the electric field arising from the change in the magnetic field of said coil and the force on said coil generated by the magnetic field from the change in the electric field of said capacitor results in a net force which is always in the same direction and said system is propelled in said direction.
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Abstract
A system for propelling craft which is applicable in any environment. It employs an alternating magnetic field supplied by a coil. A parallel plate capacitor is situated so that the flux of the magnetic field flows between the plates of the capacitor. The capacitor is charged and discharged in synchronization with the alternating magnetic field. The changing magnetic field creates an electric field that applies a force to the charge in the plates which is then transferred to the body of the device. Any induced reactive electric force on the coil affects equally the protons and electrons in the wires of the coil creating the magnetic field, thus the force is non-reactive. At the same time, the changing electric field in the capacitor creates a magnetic field. The current in the coils and/or the surface current in the ferromagnetic material (if present) experiences a force from the magnetic field. The magnetic field created by these currents, however, has no free charge between the plates of the capacitor with which to react, thus this force is also non-reactive. The two forces are in opposite directions, but are not the same magnitude, thus the device is propelled in a single direction.
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7 Claims
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1. A propulsion system comprising:
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a. a parallel plate capacitor with the conductive plates separated by a vacuum or by a material with a low dielectric constant, b. a means to charge and discharge said capacitor, c. an electrical coil placed such that the magnetic flux that would be produced by said coil flows between the plates of said capacitor substantially in a uniform direction and parallel to said plates of said capacitor, d. a means to drive an alternating current through said coil, and e. a means to synchronize the charging of said capacitor with the alternating current in said coil so that the said charging and said alternating current are at the same frequency and that, when said capacitor is fully charged the current through said coil is substantially zero, whereby the force on the plates of said capacitor generated by the electric field arising from the change in the magnetic field of said coil and the force on said coil generated by the magnetic field from the change in the electric field of said capacitor results in a net force which is always in the same direction and said system is propelled in said direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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