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This invention relates to the field of electrical technology, and relates particularly to a method for the continuous transformation of electrical energy with its subsequent transmission from an initial source (transformer) to a consuming device, and also to an apparatus for the implementation of this method of transformation and the supplying of power to electrical devices through a transmission line which does not form a closed circuit, ie consists of a single conducting wire. This invention therefore provides a method and associated apparatus for supplying power to an electrical device(s), including generation and subsequent transmission thereof to a receiving device via a transmission line, the method being characterised by the transformation of the electrical energy which is generated into the energy of oscillation of a field of free electrical charges such as the displacement current or longitudinal wave of an electrical field, the density of which charges varies in time, and...

Inventors: Stanislav Avramenko, Konstantin Avramenko
Original Assignee: Uniline Limited
Primary Examiner: Kim Lockett
Current U.S. Classification: 307/149; 331/36.00C; 331/67
International Classification: H02J 120

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Citations

Cited PatentFiling dateIssue dateOriginal AssigneeTitle
US454622Apr 25, 1891Jun 23, 1891NIKOLA TESLA
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US6978537Jun 10, 2003Dec 27, 2005Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Method of transferring electric charge using a micrometer-scaled device

Claims

1. A method of supplying power to at least one receiving electrical device, comprising the steps of:

(a) generating electrical energy;
(b) transforming the electrical energy generated in said step (a) into the oscillation energy of a field of free electrical charges, the density of which varies in time;
(c) transmitting the electrical energy transformed in said step (b) to a receiving electrical device via a single-wire transmission line.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein in said step (b), the oscillation energy of a field of free electrical charges comprises a displacement current of an electrical field.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising the step of:

(d) following said step (b) and prior to said step (c), transforming the displacement current into a conduction current for use by an electrical device powered by conduction current.

4. Apparatus for supplying power to at least one electrical device, comprising:

an initial source of electrical energy,
a transformer operatively connected to said initial source to receive electrical energy therefrom; an alternating density generator for transforming the electrical energy from said transformer into an aggregate of free electrical charges, the density of which varies in time;
a single-wire transmission line, said transmission line including a conductor connecting the output of said alternating density generator to a receiving device; and
a conductive body electrically connected to the receiving device, said conductive body having a charge storage capacity of a magnitude adequate to ensure normal functioning of the receiving device.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, further comprising a blocking capacitor interposed between said transmission line and the receiving device.

6. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein said alternating density generator comprises a sequential resonance circuit including two interconnected inductors having inductance L1 and L2, and an equivalent inductance of said resonance circuit being provided by the resultant inductivity L1+L2.

7. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein said alternating density generator transforms the electrical energy from said generator into a displacement current.

8. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein said alternating density generator transforms the electrical energy from said generator into a longitudinal wave of an electrical field.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the electrical device operates on alternating current, and wherein said apparatus further comprises an accommodating device connected to said conductor of said transmission line, said accommodating device including a transformer circuit including at least first and second interconnected inductors, each of said inductors having first and second ends, said first and second ends of said first inductor being connected to the receiving device, said first end of said second inductor connecting said accommodating device to the output of said conductor of said transmission line, and said second end of said second inductor being connected to said conductive body.

10. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the electrical device operates on direct current, said apparatus further comprising first and second accommodating devices selectively connectable to said conductor of said transmission line, wherein:

said first accommodating device comprises a diode circuit including first and second diodes, said first diode having an anode and said second diode having a cathode which are commonly connected to the output of said conductor of said transmission line, said first diode having a cathode and said second diode having an anode defining outlets connected to the receiving device; and
said second accommodating device comprises a transformer circuit including first and second interconnected inductors and a rectifying circuit connecting one of said first and second inductors to the receiving device.

11. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein said first and second interconnected inductors comprise first and second inductively connected coils arranged in accordance with the scheme of a consecutive resonance contour, said second coil comprising a plurality of turns of isolated wire wound around a dielectric body.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein said diode circuit of said first accommodating device further includes a capacitor connected in parallel with said cathode of said first diode and said anode of said second diode.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein said first and second inductors have a ferromagnetic core.

14. Apparatus for supplying power to at least one electrical device, comprising:

an initial source of electrical energy;
an alternating density generator for transforming the electrical energy from said source into the oscillation energy of a field of free electrical charges, the density of which varies with time;
a single-wire transmission line, said transmission line including a conductor connecting the output of said alternating density generator to a receiving device; and
a conductive body electrically connected to the receiving device, said conductive body having a charge storage capacity of a magnitude adequate to ensure normal functioning of the receiving device.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, further comprising a blocking capacitor interposed between said transmission line and the receiving device.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein said alternating density generator comprises a sequential resonance circuit including two interconnected inductors having inductance L1 and L2, and an equivalent inductance of said resonance circuit being provided by the resultant inductivity L1+L2.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein said alternating density generator transforms the electrical energy from said generator into a displacement current.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein said alternating density generator transforms the electrical energy from said generator into a longitudinal wave of an electrical field.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the electrical device operates on alternating current, and wherein said apparatus further comprises an accommodating device connected to said conductor of said transmission line, said accommodating device including a transformer circuit including at least first and second interconnected inductors, each of said inductors having first and second ends, said first and second ends of said first inductor being connected to the receiving device, said first end of said second inductor connecting said accommodating device to the output of said conductor of said transmission line, and said second end of said second inductor being connected to said conductive body.

20. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the electrical device operates on direct current, said apparatus further comprising first and second accommodating devices selectively connectable to said conductor of said transmission line, wherein:

said first accommodating device comprises a diode circuit including first and second diodes, said first diode having an anode and said second diode having a cathode which are commonly connected to the output of said conductor of said transmission line, said first diode having a cathode and said second diode having an anode defining outlets connected to the receiving device; and
said second accommodating device comprises a transformer circuit including first and second interconnected inductors and a rectifying circuit connecting one of said first and second inductors to the receiving device.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein said diode circuit of said first accommodating device further includes a capacitor connected in parallel with said cathode of said first diode and said anode of said second diode.

22. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein said first and second interconnected inductors comprise first and second inductively connected coils arranged in accordance with the scheme of a consecutive resonance contour, said second coil comprising a plurality of turns of isolated wire wound around a dielectric body.

23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein said first and second inductors have a ferromagnetic core.

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