UNIPOLAR ELECTRIC MOTOR Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: systems related to operation in sea water. SUBSTANCE: unipolar electric motor has inductor 1 and armature manufactured in the form of pair of discs 4 and 5 put on shaft between poles of inductor. One disc 4 is coated with layer of anode material, other disc 5 - with layer of cathode material and surfaces of inductor corresponding to them are coated with layers of anode and cathode materials. Cathode and anode surface of inductor and surfaces of discs are connected electrically and cavities of inductor 1 where discs 4, 5 are installed communicate with outer medium. With submersion into electrolyte vapors of adjacent layers of cathode and anode materials form two water-active chemical sources of electric energy connected in series into closed circuit. Current creating torque of on direction in working gaps of magnetic system and rotating discs 4, 5 together with shaft 3 emerges as result of electrochemical reaction. EFFECT: increased operational reliability of unipolar electric motor. 1 dwg