| US 7,545,065 B1 | ||
| Spin-stabilized magnetic levitation without vertical axis of rotation | ||
| Louis Romero, Albuquerque, N. Mex. (US); Todd Christenson, Albuquerque, N. Mex. (US); and Gene Aaronson, Albuquerque, N. Mex. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, N. Mex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 21, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/231,532. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/612593, filed on Sep. 22, 2004. | ||
| Int. Cl. H02K 7/09 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 310—90.5 | 24 Claims |
| 1. A method of levitating a rotor that is symmetric about a rotational axis thereof and carries thereon a magnet arrangement,
comprising:
rotating the rotor about the rotational axis; and
while the rotor is rotating about the rotational axis, using magnetic force and the rotation of the rotor to stabilize the
rotor with respect to perturbations acting on the rotor in a direction parallel to the rotational axis, wherein said stabilization
of the rotor is dependent upon the rotation of the rotor.
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