In our invention we incorporated permanents magnets and air core coils.

The rotating shaft holds one or more disk and the disks then may have one or more permanent magnets attached to it, those disks are positioned to rotate as close as possible to the fixed air core coils, when the air core coils are activated they will force the rotating disk with the permanent magnet to turn in a circular rotating motion.

One of the major benefit that our invention will bring to the user will be a drastic reduction of the normal repair costs associated to the presently used electric motors or generators, as our design being segmental, it will be easy to assemble, repair, and of course increase and reduce the size and property of the motor or generator, this has never been possible with the present electric motors and generators.

To simplify the demonstration and description of our invention we have illustrated in our drawings only three segments of rotating disks with four permanent magnets each affixed to it, and two segments of four fixed air core coils, between the rotating disks with the permanents magnets, and the fixed air core coils, there will be just a very thin air gap. From our testing the smaller the air gap the greater the torque or the electricity generated as the case maybe.

The air core coils when used on an electric DC motor they must be timely energised on or at about the time that the permanent magnets affixed to the rotating disk are entering in close proximity of the air core coil.

The timing controlling mechanism implemented to induce electricity to the air core coils at the appropriate time can either be electronically or mechanically operated.

When the motor operates as an AC or DC power generator then the air core coils do not need to be subjected to the timing mechanism, in our invention it is possible even in this illustrative embodiment to have part of the motor to operate as a electric generator (with-out the activated coil) and the remainder as an electric motor (with the air core coils being timely activated), this combination could easily be implemented by adopting the segmental properties of our invention.

Our inventive design also offers the possibility to replace or simply remove the air core coils with-out having to dismantle the rotor or any other segments of the motor, as the connecting wiring for the air core coils are external this will simplify the assembly, and maintenance of the motor.

This motor will have the ability to rotate in a clockwise or anticlockwise direction with out being a DC motor where the reversing polarity of the field or armature is normally required to change the rotation.

The impulse time required to activate the air core coil is far less than the conventional electric motor and due to the almost ferrite free construction then the normally associated resistance of the permanent magnets and iron found in conventional electric motors is greatly being reduced, even when used as a generator it will require less torque to operate due to the almost ferrite free construction of the electric generator.

Background to Technique Hereinbefore, many of the electric motors or generators were created with the idea that they would last forever, or that they would not require maintenance or just that they can be thrown away after a period of time, the repairs would cost more that a new electric motor or generator.

With this in mind we then decided to produce an efficient, reliable and easily reparable electric motor or generator, in this quest we also found a way that with our innovation it would be possible to increase or reduce the size and properties of an electric motor or generator, and to have the ability to use the same motor as an electric motor or generator or a combination of a electric motor and generator in the same configuration, by altering the wiring of the air core coils.

Summary of the Invention The primary intention of this invention was to provide a way to produce an efficient motrice power and produce electricity by eliminating as many parts as possible from the present electric generators and motors.

In one aspect, this invention provided by the segmented air core coil, electric motor or generator includes: A plurality of permanent magnets fixed the disk attached to the rotor shaft with each permanent magnet arranged on that disk in such a way that an axis passing through the poles of each magnet is substantially tangential to the nominal circumference of the air core coil and substantially transverse to a radius extending from the centre of the rotor shaft to the permanent magnet; and, that at least one air core coil arranged at the same radius as the permanents magnets attached to the disk affixed to the rotating shaft, to intermittently align a magnetically opposite pole face with the faces of the permanent magnets fixed to the disk attached to the rotor shaft; Such that upon urging or activating the stationary coil when the permanent magnets on the disk attached to the rotor shaft enter in close proximity it will be initially attracted and then repulsed by the magnetic flux emanated by the energised coil, the magnetic attraction and repulsive force is exerted upon the rotor shaft causing the shaft with the disk containing the embodied magnets to rotate.

Preferably, but not necessarily the permanent magnets fixed the disk attached to the rotor shaft are arranged in such way that the pole face of each magnet on each side of the disk will be have the same polarity, therefore one side of the disk the permanent magnets will be south oriented and on the other side of the disk will be north oriented, in the case of multiple sections the disks with permanents magnets attached on it they will all need to orient in the same direction to avoid the behaviour encountered when two of the similar polarity permanent magnets are in close proximity.

It is preferable that the air core coils when activated are magnetically similar to the permanent magnets, our testing has also proven that dissimilarity in size, strength between the permanent magnets fixed to the rotating rotor and the fixed coils had only a relative importance to the performance of the electric motor or generator. Repeated actuation and deactivation of the coils enables

the repeated application of a magnetic attractive and repulsive force between the reciprocating magnets attached to rotating disk and the air core coils thus causing continued rotation of the rotor shaft.

To best use the magnetic attraction and repulsion force between the air core coils and the permanent magnets fixed to the disk attached to the rotor shaft, the respective magnet flux should be preferably aligned in such way that when the air core coils are in close proximity with the permanent magnets fixed to the disk attached to rotor shaft a substantial portion of the surface area of the respective pole faces are brought into close proximity with each other. In addition, to best use the resultant magnetic attraction or repulsive forces acting upon the permanent magnets attached to the disk which is fixed to the rotor shaft, the attraction or repulsive force preferably to acts along a tangentially to the same circumference of the fixed air core coils.

In a particularly preferred embodiment, the rotor shaft to be substantially cylindrical and includes one or numerous disks with the permanent magnets fixed to this rotor shaft.

In this or other embodiment the number of magnets disposed about the rotor shaft could be even or uneven, the magnets could be spaced equidistantly or at any distance around the circumference.

Additionally, the plurality of reciprocating permanents magnets can be arranged about in the disks attached to the rotor shaft and activate the as in the case of the AC electric motor the air core coils only when the motor drops below the required speed, in this way electricity can be saved while operating our inventive motor, the air core coils actuating mechanism could easily be program to cater for that.

Further it is possible to actuate only some of the air coils in some of the segments, as an example in this embodiment where it shows four air core coils, two air core coils could be energised, and the other two air core coils because they are not being energised when the permanent magnets enter into close proximity of the air core coils, then the two coils not being energised will produce electric energy, this electric energy can be used to reduce the demand required to activate the two other air core coils.

As the rotor shaft may rotate at different speeds, the timing means need to be able to account for the speed management of the rotating shaft to ensure that while it operates as an electric motor the actuation of the air core coils is timely related to the alignment with the permanent magnet face and the face of the

energised air core coil at an appropriate time and preferably for a sufficient period of time to enable the greatest magnetic attractive and repulsive force to be applied to the rotor shaft.

The timing means to activate the air core coils could also be a cam attached to the rotor shaft, and it may even comprise of a proximity detector or a timing device that determines the location of the permanent magnets attached to the rotating disk as they travel about attached to the rotor shaft and actuates the air core coils at an appropriate time.

In this embodiment of the invention, a rotor shaft has a plurality of disks disposed on the shaft with one or more permanents magnets.

In this embodiment, it is preferable that the permanent magnets fixed to the various rotor bodies be aligned along a longitudinal axis of the rotor bodies so as to spread over time the application of rotational forces resulting from the pulling or urging of the activated air core coils to bring the permanent magnets affixed to the disk attached to the rotor shaft firstly into close proximity then in line and being pushed away from the influence of the activated air core coils.

Brief Description of the Drawings The embodiment of this invention is herewith described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which : Figure 1/5 is a sectional view of the motor or generator Figure 2/5 details of the air core coils positioning to the external segmental section Figure 3/5 rotor with the permanents magnets and a segment with the air core coils Figure 4/5 wiring diagram with the air core coils and permanents magnets in the maximum point of deactivation Figure 5/5 sectional view where it demonstrate the segmental property of this invention Best Mode of the Invention With reference to Figure 1/5 the sectional view of the rotating disks 5 with the attached six permanents magnets 2, the disk is strategically fixed to the rotating shaft 1.

The segment 12 with the four air core coils 3 protruding inside of the motor and having the fixing on the outer part of the segment to facilitate the removal or maintenances

The four bolts 1i used in this embodiment to secure in its correct position the various segments of our Invention.

The rotating shaft 1 has the ability to rotate inside of the bushes or bearings 4.

The segment 6 being the back section of the motor and the segment 7 being the front section of the motor, those segments were designed in this embodiment in a way that they could not be intermingled or exchanged, but there is no reason why the design in other embodiments could not be changed in a way that the front and back covers are identical.

In the example of Figure 1/5, the permanent magnets and the air core coils are in the middle of the active position, this is when flux influence of the DC motor will be switching from attraction to repulsion force.

In this embodiment of Figure 2/5 the side elevation of the coil assembly 3 where 13 being the outer surface of the coil assembly and the wire to activate the coils or to transfer the generated electricity 8.

The ring 9 is just to hold in position the various segments forming part of this embodiment by mean of a tying bolts 11.

The shell 12 that forma part of the segmental structure and has the slots where it neatly fits the air core coils 3 and are held in place by either a very accurate wedge or bayonet fittings or by bolting the cover 13 to the shell 12 Similarly, in Figure 3/5, the four permanent magnets 2 are inserted and held in position in away where the north polarity will be facing one side of the disk and the south polarity the other side of the disk, as with the air core coils 3 there is no need to have the activating wire 8 connected in any particular fashion, the air core coils will emanate the appropriate polarity when ever activated, as in the case of the DC motor, or when the permanent magnets flux is entering the air core coil emanated flux. Also in this drawing it shows the four holding rings 9 for the four segmental holding bolts 11 and the outer casing 12 of this segment In figure 4/5 the wiring diagram to activate the coils 3 in the case of the DC electric motor or to transfer the generated electricity in the case of the electric AC or DC generator.

The four permanent magnets in this drawing are in the resting position, this is between the fixed air core coils 3, at this point of time there is no activation of the air core coils nor there is any noticeable amount of electric energy being produced, the disk 5 is holding the permanent magnets with the same polarity facing the viewer.

The outer ring 12 of the segmental section holding the air core coils 3 and the position where the holding in place bolts 11 and the rings 6 where the bolts are inserted, the shaft 1 that has the rotating disk 5 held firmly affixed to.

Figure 5/5 it clearly show the implementation in this invention by of the segmental application, for demonstration purposes we have adopted the tan an grove 10 approach to join and hold the various segments in its appropriate place and then the bolts m will tie and keep the all assembly in permanent position, it must be appreciated that there are many other ways to illustrate our invention for simplicity and illustrative purposes we decided this simple way, it could had also been done by creating a different interlocking system, eg. as a wedging system where one segmental part fit insides the other or by clasping one segment to the others, the way to anchor the segments in different way should not have any bearing to our invention, our aim was to design a simple modular system where an electric motor or generator could be increased or decreased is size, easily repaired, serviced, and we believe that we have achieved in our quest.

It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art, that numerous variations and or modifications may be made to the invention as shown in the specific embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as broadly described. The present embodiments are, therefore, to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive.

In this embodiment this electric motor or generator was illustrated to be externally round, there is no reason why the motor can not be produced in other shapes, eg rectangular, square or any other geometrical forms also the motor may consist to more than one rotors with in the same design, for simplicity and illustrative purpose it was decided to show a limited number of parts, including a singular rotor, plurality of rotor should not alter the scope of this invention as its main aim is relating to the sectionalism of our Invention and the ability to service the motor, plus the added benefit of almost ferrite less construction.