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2012
Transportation

Rare-Earth-Less Constant High Torque Traction Motor

Emerging electric vehicles require high starting torque smooth running high power tracking motors. Developing such motors is a technological challenge.

Currently, hybrid and electric vehicle use motors with rare-earth permanent magnets in the rotor. This eliminates providing current to the rotor which eliminates power loss, and decreases maintenance.

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Fred Etcheverry
Santa Cruz, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 5047
Transportation
Jun 1, 2012

Re-Thinking Automotive TPMS

I propose a new approach to implementing vehicular Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS) which is more economical and ecological than existing systems mass-deployed in the market to date, with significant advantages, the foremost being the passive non-electronic sending unit (inside the tire) thereby eliminating RF electronics, thermal compensation issues,

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Ivan Batinic
Neckarhausen, Germany
Votes: 0
Views: 13367
Transportation
Jul 2, 2012

Recuperator of Energy Effect Seebek for Internal Combustion Engines

In the process of internal combustion locomotion for most of the energy of the fuel is dissipated into heat energy.

The idea is to provide a radiator effect seebek that recovers part of the thermal energy dispersed into electrical energy to be conveyed, for example in hybrid vehicles, locomotion.

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Paolo Ferri
Ascoli Piceno, Italy
Votes: 0
Views: 4560
Transportation
Jun 13, 2012

Red Lights on Roads - Extra Signs to Save Kinetic Energy - Anticipate Red Wave - Green Wave

The main idea is to create some waiting file at low speed for cars when it is anticipated that they will have to stop in front of a red light.

There is a green wave where cars drive at high speed (within speed limit) where it is anticipated that the green wave will go through the green light.

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Philippe Jarrin
Saint Germain Du Corbéis, France
Votes: 0
Views: 4520
Transportation
Jun 23, 2012

Redesigning the Electric Motor

Electric car efficiency can be improved. Current designs use transmissions and differentials. Improved motor design with lower loss allows direct drive without transmissions and differentials. Cost and complexity are reduced and performance is increased.

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David Wilcox
Norman, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 4958
Transportation
Jun 28, 2012

Reducing the Cost of a Large Launch Vehicle

I propose the use of automobile tire grindings as an economical and eco-friendly additive to hybrid rocket motors. To bind the granules, I also propose the use of a low-viscosity,

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William Colburn
Hollister, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 4088
Transportation
Jun 28, 2012

Rotary-Hybrid Engine

Rotary-Hybrid Engine

FACT:

The monopoly of using all known internal combustion engines (ICE) has only reciprocators on the ground and gas-turbines (GTE) in the air.

PROBLEM:

Reciprocator’s drawback is high demand on properties and quality of fuel.

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Eugene Drachko
Kiev, Ukraine
Votes: 0
Views: 5225
Transportation
Jun 24, 2012

Self-Sizing Internal Combustion Engine

Imagine for a moment, a reasonably priced automobile with 5 or even 11 different sized engines in it, one for every driving situation from creeping along in traffic to safely towing a large boat or travel trailer up a mountain.

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James Ries
Grand Rapids, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 6711
Transportation
Jul 1, 2012

Should Future Airliners Lose Their Tails?

The future of air transportation is all about protecting the environment and responding to increasing energy costs in a balanced way. In the future, we will need airplanes that are quieter and more fuel efficient and we need to introduce these new technologies without impairing the convenience, safety and security of commercial air transportation.

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Alfredo Ramirez
Barranquilla, Colombia
Votes: 0
Views: 5932
Transportation
Mar 5, 2012

Simple Walking Mechanism

Walking Mechanical Mule

The Walking Mechanical Mule is a very simple, purely mechanical walking platform. It is based on a special form of unique "7 link mechanism." It is actuated by a simple rotating crank and it has NO additional controls!

The Walking Mechanical Mule presented here was built as a "Proof of Principle" prototype and extensively tested.

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Itamar Orian
Tel-aviv, Israel
Votes: 0
Views: 7050
Transportation
Mar 17, 2012

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