US 12,273,050 B2
Electrostatic motor
Justin Kyle Reed, Madison, WI (US); Ryan Knippel, Madison, WI (US); William D. Butrymowicz, Madison, WI (US); Graham T. Reitz, Madison, WI (US); Baoyun Ge, Madison, WI (US); Daniel Colin Ludois, Middleton, WI (US); Aditya Nandakumar Ghule, Madison, WI (US); and Serge Kuro, Madison, WI (US)
Assigned to C-MOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Middleton, WI (US)
Filed by C-Motive Technologies, Inc., Middleton, WI (US)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/234,530.
Application 17/234,530 is a continuation of application No. 17/141,145, filed on Jan. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/956,821, filed on Jan. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/956,830, filed on Jan. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0257930 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. H02N 1/00 (2006.01); H02N 2/12 (2006.01); H02N 2/14 (2006.01)
CPC H02N 1/006 (2013.01) [H02N 1/002 (2013.01); H02N 1/004 (2013.01); H02N 2/12 (2013.01); H02N 2/14 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49009 (2015.01); Y10T 29/5313 (2015.01)] 34 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrostatic machine, comprising:
a rotor stack comprising a plurality of rotor plates, each comprising:
a plurality of rotor electrodes positioned on each side of the rotor plate; and
at least one rotor via comprising an electrical connection between the plurality of rotor electrodes on a first side of the rotor plate and the plurality of rotor electrodes on a second side of the rotor plate; and
a stator stack comprising a plurality of stator plates, each comprising:
a plurality of stator electrodes positioned on each side of the stator plate; and
at least one stator via comprising an electrical connection between the plurality of stator electrodes on a first side of the stator plate and the plurality of stator electrodes on a second side of the stator plate;
wherein the plurality of rotor plates of the rotor stack are positioned to alternate with the plurality of stator plates of the stator stack; and
a separation assembly between at least one of the plurality of rotor plates and at least one of the plurality of stator plates, the separation assembly including a rolling element structured to maintain a gap between the at least one of the plurality of rotor plates and the at least one of the plurality of stator plates.