Prime mover

Claim 1

Apparatus comprising, in combination: a rotor including a circular flywheel of generally planar two-sided configuration rotatable about a central axis and a plurality of permanent magnets affixed to said flywheel, said magnets spaced from said axis and closely adjacent to the outer periphery of said flywheel and projecting from both planar sides of said flywheel substantially parallel to the direction of said axis, and two stators coaxially positioned adjacent to said flywheel on opposite planar sides thereof and including a plurality of electromagnets positioned in selective registry with said rotor permanent magnets whereby periodic energization of said electromagnets will repel said permanent magnets and cause rotation of said rotor, each said stator additionally including a fluid-tight donut-shaped housing forming a channel accomodating said electromagnets and fluid coolant and a circular plate fixedly disposed over said channel in fluid-tight fashion to keep said fluid coolant away from said rotor; and means for securing said stators in spaced relationship to said rotor, said securing means including a spacer ring positioned between the stators about the periphery of said rotor and means for attaching said stators to said spacing ring.