US008487484B1
(12) United States Patent (10) Patent N0.: US 8,487,484 B1
Miller, Jr. et al. (45) Date of Patent: Jul. 16, 2013
(54) PERMANENT MAGNET DRIVE APPARATUS 4,082,969 A 4/1978 Kelly
AND OPERATIONAL METHOD 4,151,431 A 4/1979 Johnson
4,167,684 A 9/1979 Kelly
_ . . 4,179,633 A 12/1979 Kelly
(75) Inventors. Harold L. Miller, Jr., St. Augustme, FL 4,196,365 A * 4/l980 Presley “““““““““““““ “ 310/23
(US);AI1dreWE-C0lS0I1, Jr-,WaICh11ng, 4,267,647 A * 5/1981 Anderson etal. ........... .. 434/301
N] (US) 4,359,673 A 11/1982 Bross, Jr. et a1.
4,371,798 A 2/1983 Kuroda
(73) Assignee: Torque Multipliers, LLC, Watchung, (Continued)
NJ US
( ) FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
(*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this CA 2595229 A1 8/2006
patent is extended or adjusted under 35 CN 1082264 A 2/ 1994
U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days. (Continued)
(21) App1.No.: 13/421,219 OTHER PUBLICATIONS
_ _ J.H w la, “AmaZin *3 Ma g net-PoWeredMotor”, Science&Mechanics,
(22) F1led. Mar. 15, 2012 Spring 1980, 9 pages‘
(51) ggéék?/oz 2006 01 Primary Examiner * Thanh Lam
(52) U 5 Cl ( ' ) (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm * Walter W. Duft
USPC ...................... .. 310/12.14; 310/12.15; 310/15 (57) ABSTRACT
(58) Field of Classi?cation Search . . .
USPC ................ .. 310/121441215, 13415, 103, 80 A magnenc ‘1.1m apparatus Includes ?rst and Second magnet
See application ?le for Complete Search history‘ carr1ers carrymg ?rst and second permanent magnet arrange
ments. An intermediate magnet carrier disposed between the
(56) References Cited ?rst and second magnet carriers carries a third permanent
magnet arrangement. The magnet carriers are arranged for
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS rotation relative to each other such that the magnet arrange
ments produce magnetic interactions that result in poWer
322,296 A 7/1885 Knabe, Jr.
1,724,446 A 8/1929 Worthington stroke forces causing the magnet carriers to undergo relative
2,790,095 A * 4/1957 Peeketal. .................. .. 310/103 reciprocation in ?rst and second stroke directions during
2,943,216 A * 6/1960 Spodig ........................ .. 310/103 poWer Zone portions of the relative rotation. The magnetic
3,328,615 A 6/1967 Bakkeretal. interactions impart substantially no poWer stroke forces dur
3,331,973 A 7/1967 McClure ing dead Zone portions of the relative rotation. The dead Zones
3,470,403 A 9/1969 Bey
3,484,629 A 12/1969 Kunz include magnet carrier relative rotation positions Wherein
3,609,425 A 9/1971 Sheridan opposing magnetic poles are mutually coaxially aligned but
3,636,391 A 1/1972 Horner et al. produce a substantially equal balance of push and pull mag
3,703,653 A 11/1972 Tracy et a1. netic forces. The apparatus may be synchronized so that the
3,811,058 A 5/1974 Kiniski
3,899,703 A * 8/1975 Kinnison .................... .. 310/103
dead Zones coincide With top dead center and bottom dead
3,967,146 A * 6/1976 Howard 310/80 center relative reciprocation positions.
4,011,477 A * 3/1977 Scholin ......................... .. 310/80
4,019,103 A 4/1977 Davis et a1. 25 Claims, 18 Drawing Sheets
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2004/0183387 A1* 9/2004 Moe ............................ .. 310/152 * clted by examlner
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DEAD ZONE
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ROTATION ROTATION
MAG. CARRIER 4 - MAG. CARRIER 12 MAG. CARRIER B - MAG. CARRIER 12
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ROTATION ROTATION
MAG. CARRIER 4 - MAG. CARRIER 12 MAG. CARRIER B - MAG. CARRIER 12
RECIPROCATION
DEAD 0 NE
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FIG. 10A
FIG. 10C
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FIG. 10D
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Sm“6H1
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FIG . 13A
FIG . 135
FIG . 136
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FIG . 13H
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FIG. 15
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FIG. 17
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