Patent Granted for Tesla's Perpetual Motion Device

Isn't this a bit like plugging the male end of an extension cord into one of the female output sockets of the same extension cord and then expecting the other devies that are plugged into the ouptut sockets of the same extension cord are somehow powered and operating?

Funny, I was never able to get that one to work . . .

Bret Cahill

Why, oh why, aren't I allowed to sue the patent office for gross negligence?

Apparently so:

"BACKGROUND INFORMATION

1. Field of Invention

This invention relates to a magnetic generator used to produce electrical power without moving parts, and, more particularly, to such a device having a capability, when operating, of producing electrical power without an external application of input power through input coils."

It was looking like nothing but a transformer with PM bias, until I got to this clause.

I laughed. ;-P

Cheers! Rich

What makes you think you're not? Look in the Yellow Pages - there will be

A little-known fact is that anybody can sue anybody they want for whatever reason they want to sue them. Making it stand up in court is kind of a different matter, however. :-)

Good Luck! Rich

They're saying that the power comes from forced demagnetization of the permanent magnets, which would eventually have to be replaced. Essentially this is a magnetic flux battery where the energy input is whatever was required to magnetize the material in the first place.

Whether a useful amount of energy can be stored in magnetic materials, and whether the losses in the coils would be prohibitive without superconductors, remains to be seen by whoever feels lucky enough to try it.

What damages have you suffered as a result of this patent being issued? If the answer is "none," then what is your basis for filing a law suit?

If you want to challenge the patent, you can file a petition for a reexamination with the USPTO.