US-20260128201-A1 - METHOD & APPARATUS FOR An Reactionless Electromagnetic Engine

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Abstract

This invention is an Reactionless electromagnetic engine which produces thrust without propellant. It does so with one or more solenoid coils, one coil with a passive magnetic field applied to it and another coil which can be the same as the first coil with an active magnetic field. It generalizes reactionless thrusters where any free moving source of kinetic energy can be coupled to a magnet which is driven into another magnet of the opposite polarity fixed onto the system to transfer the thrust of the free moving component into the system as a whole, and where the component then must be returned to its original position to generate more kinetic energy to be transferred into the system in an additional cycle.

Inventors

Ite Ed Chen

Assignees

Ite Ed Chen

Dates

Publication Date: 20260507
Application Date: 20241101

Claims (14)

1 . A method for a reactionless electromagnetic engine comprising of: One or more solenoid electromagnetic coils arranged on the same horizontal central axis using a voltage that is applied between 0.00001V to 1*10{circumflex over ( )}12 V and the amperage is between 0.00001 A to 10000000000000000 1*10{circumflex over ( )}12 Amps; one wired to a standing invariant or smoothly varying magnetic field which may be produced by the application of a voltage into the solenoid or through an external standing magnet; the single solenoid or additional solenoids are wired to a power supply which feeds it sharp pulses of electricity and where the polarity of the two magnets are the same.
2 . The method of claim 1 wherein the center of the coil or coils has a free moving magnetic conductor core with a magnet of the same polarity as the electromagnets at the active end of the core which carries the momentum generated by the pulses of electricity acting on the free moving core and an impulse harness which is a spring or magnet of the opposite polarity as the electromagnets on the active end of the magnetic conductor which transmits the momentum into the system.
3 . The passive coil retracts the magnetic conductor back to its original position after firing and prevents the moving core from being ejected from the solenoid.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the coil or coils are a conductor or superconductor.
5 . The method of claim 1 wherein the momentum carrier core is a magnetic conducting solid metal such as Iron, Alnico, or Neodymium.
6 . The method of claim 1 wherein the power supply is controlled with a electric pulse generator controller to impart repeated pulses into the active coil.
7 . The Method of claim 1 wherein the passive coil must have the same polarity as the polarity of the conducting core recharging any depolarization that occurs and the same polarity as the active electromagnet.
8 . The method of claim 1 where an impulse harness is a spring or a magnet of the opposite polarity or another electromagnet which converts the momentum generated in the magnetic conductors into a thrust in the system by absorbing the impact of the magnetic conductor.
9 . The method of claim 1 where a magnet of opposite polarity as the momentum conducting core and the electromagnet acts as the impulse harness and converts the forward thrust of the momentum conductor into an impulse that is imparted onto the system.
10 . The method of claim 1 wherein the standing variable magnetic field is generated by an external magnet such as neodymium.
11 . The method of claim 1 wherein an electric current is run through the magnetic momentum conductor to increase its magnetic constant and susceptibility.
12 . A method where multiple reactionless drives are arranged on a spacecraft or satellite platform such as a cube satellite in a parallel array or serial array of repeating thrusting engines with a timer to control the firings to provide unlimited specific impulse and 6 axis-maneuverability controlled by a GNC algorithm connected to an IMU.
13 . The method of claim 12 wherein the reactionless drives are mounted on a gimble.
14 . A method for reactionless thrusters which generates reactionless thrust by harnessing momentum or kinetic energy wherein one magnet or magnetic field coupled to the source of the kinetic energy strikes another magnet or magnetic field of an opposite polarity wherein one magnet is coupled to a kinetic energy source such as a free moving solenoid core such as one fired from a rail gun or any other source of kinetic energy such as a bullet or a piston of an internal combustion engine while another harnesses the kinetic energy and conveys it to the system moving from the net thrust by colliding with the first magnet with an opposite polarity on the free moving kinetic energy source; And wherein the kinetic energy source is then returned to its original position by the reflection of the opposite polarity magnetic with or without an additional force such as a conveyor belt or an engine for an additional cycle of the engine.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS None. STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT Not applicable. BACKGROUND This section introduces information from the art that may be related to or provide context for some aspects of the technique described herein and/or claimed below. This information is background facilitating a better understanding of that which is disclosed herein. This is a discussion of “related” art. That such art is related in no way implies that it is also “prior” art. The related art may or may not be prior art. The discussion is to be read in this light, and not as admissions of prior art. Reactionless Drives and electromagnetic engines have not received any significant patents as none of them can be demonstrated to work. The state of the Art includes the NASA's EM Drive. US Patent US20100244590A1 is an electromagnetic engine which uses electromagnetic to vibrate the drive. It does not work in theory. It does not appear there are any patents granted for NASA's EM drive. Some capacitive discharge drives have received a patent: US20170264181A1. However, none of these methods utilize the Abraham Lorentz Force or contain the idea of a momentum harness to generate electron recoil and harness the force. None of the patents or open literature suggest the use of a solenoid plunger to generate free movement which is then transferred to the system using magnets with opposite polarity with the same polarity facing each other. SUMMARY This invention is an Reactionless electromagnetic engine which produces thrust without propellant. It does so with one or more solenoid coils, one coil with a passive magnetic field applied to it and the same coil or an additional coil with an actively pulsed magnetic field. The solenoid is coupled to a momentum harness to transfer the momentum generated in the core of the solenoid to the system. The coil or coils may be arranged in a geometric position which aligns with the axel of the coils, including in an overlapping manner, but preferably pressed against each other with a magnetic rod running through its axis. The magnetic rod is placed as the core of the coil or coils. The active coil receives an impulse of voltage which reflects off the passive magnetic field in the same coil or additional coils and likely induces an Abraham Lorentz force during the initial impulse due to the geometry of the parallel circuits which likely creates a recoil of the electrons in the system due to the emission of a net magnetic field in the opposite direction of the thrust in the direction of the active coil. A momentum conductor in the form of a solenoid plunger carries the momentum and strikes an impulse harness, which consists of a spring or an oppositely charged magnet, converting the momentum into thrust on the system. The passive magnetic field amplifies this thrust and returns the momentum conductor piston back into position for another cycle. This is history's first electromagnetic thruster which produces macroscopic amounts of thrust. It is efficient enough to compete with existing engine technology. Any system with a free moving body within a fixed system that can transfer its momentum to the system takes advantage of the basic principles of the thruster which consists of a free moving plunger within a solenoid actuated by a magnetic field and thrust into the spring or opposite polarity magnet or magnetic field. The above paragraph presents a simplified summary of the presently disclosed subject matter in order to provide a basic understanding of some aspects thereof. The summary is not an exhaustive overview, nor is it intended to identify key or critical elements to delineate the scope of the subject matter claimed below. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description set forth below. DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING The three drawings are labeled with the same corresponding numbers. Drawing 1 is an electrical diagram and labeled FIG. 1. Drawing 2 is a CAD rendering of the engine as seen from the most detailed 2-d side view and labeled FIG. 2. Drawing 3 is a CAD rendering of the engine as seen from its cross sectional and top view and labeled FIG. 3. The Reactionless drive has six main components as shown in these diagrams from different perspectives and styles with all corresponding numbers the same in FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 3. The first component “1” is a power supply which generates square pulses that power the solenoid electromagnet in “2.” This electromagnet is coupled to a second electromagnet “4” or alternatively it is a single solenoid with both the active and passive currents with a free moving magnetic conducting core which carries the momentum of the system via the magnetic conductor “3” which runs axially between the two solenoids. This core “3” can be an iron core with a magnet of the same polarity as the active and passive electromagnets attached at the active end of the iron core,