rick@tekfdi.UUCP (Rick Wilson) (03/21/85)
First, let's stop calling this subject "perpetual motion." No one, including the inventor ever said it was. I looked up the references I guessed at in my previous article. The Pemanent magnet motor is written up in the Spring, 1980 issue of Science & Mechanics magazine. A patent was issued to Howard Johnson [sic] of Grass Lake, Mich. April 24, 1979. The patent number is 4,151,431. The patent abstract follows: The invention is directed to the method of utilizing the unpaired electron spins in ferro magnetic and other materials as a source of magnetic fields for producing power without any electron flow as occurs in normal conductors, and to permanent magnet motors for utilizing this method to produce a power source. In the practice of the invention the unpaired electron spins occurring within permanent magnets are utilized to produce a motive power source solely through the superconducting characteristics of a permanent magnet and the magnetic flux created by the magnets are controlled and concentrated to orient the magnetic forces generated in such a manner to do useful continuous work, such as the displacement of a rotor with respect to a stator. The timing and orientation of magnetic forces at the rotor and stator components produced by permanent magnets to produce a motor is accomplished with the proper geometrical relationship of the components. There it is folks. Can the magnet off the back off a refrigerator lady bug produce power? I know people who are convinced it can, and people who know it can't, as a matter of principle. I've never seen it work, but the U.S Patent office was convinced. Rick Wilson Beaverton, Oregon tektronix!tekfdi!rick