US Patent Issued on May 12 for "Torque augmentation apparatus" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,211, issued on May 12.

"Torque augmentation apparatus" was invented by Robert Herrin (Tampa, Fla.) and Sean R. Khant (Tampa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The torque augmentation apparatus includes one or more plates fixed to a shaft. Adjacent to each plate, either on only one side of the rotor, or on both sides of the rotor, is placed a static spiral-shaped magnetic diversion plate. A collection of magnets is placed along the perimeter of the rotor on each side of the rotor that faces a static spiral-shaped magnetic diversion plate. The rotor is perpendicular to the shaft, with rotation of the rotor causing rotation of the shaf...