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Improvements in or relating to levitation systems and methods

  • Christopher Shearwood (Inventor)
  • , Connel Brett Williams (Inventor)
  • , Robert Barret Yates (Inventor)
  • , Phillip Henry Mellor (Inventor)

    Research output: Patent

    Abstract

    PCT No. PCT/GB96/00835 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 14, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 14, 1997 PCT Filed Apr. 4, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96/31941 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 10, 1996A levitation system which comprises: (a) a high conductivity body member having a greatest dimension of less than 1500 mu m; (b) a force generator for producing a levitating force on the body member; and (c) a miniature system adapted for rotation which further comprises: a rotating magnetic field such that the body member is rotated in the applied field.
    Original languageEnglish
    Patent numberEP0819337B1
    Filing date4/04/96
    Publication statusPublished - 21 Mar 2001

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