In the second patent, tesla modified the basic design so it would work as a turbine. Instead of using windpowered blades to rotate a shaft and generator, the tesla inspired design consists of an. And you may think that all of these invention would be held in the part of electrical. Design and fabrication of cmscale tesla turbines by vedavalli gomatam krishnan doctor of philosophy in electrical engineering and computer science university of california, berkeley professor michel martin maharbiz, chair this dissertation discusses the design and scaling characteristics of tesla. Source ancient code by ivan, august 2016 have you ever wanted to go through all of nikola tesla s patents. The original patent has been cleaned up and enhanced to create an attractive display piece for your home or office. Colorado spring notes 18991900 open tesla research. Another related patent that describes a gas burning version of the disk turbine was issued in 1920 under the title valvular conduit. The flat plates use the principles of adhesion and viscosity in order to turn the shaft. Nikola tesla free energy concept was patented in 1901 as an apparatus for the utilization of radiant energy. We will help you with the entire patent process teslas helicopterairplane is an ingenious device. In the same year kenneth hicks 11 published a patent with an. It is simple in design and can be easy to construct from the us patent itself. Barriers to tesla turbine commercialization howstuffworks.
The lowtech turbine, by nikola tesla who also loved cheap, and was shut down and marginalized for wanting to give the world low cost free energy, drawn from the quantum vacuum flux in the fabric of space time, which is well proven to contain abundance of energy. The complete patents of nikola tesla edited by jim glenn. Design and computational analysis of 1 kw tesla turbine. Jun 12, 2014 our true competition is not the small trickle of nontesla electric cars being produced, but rather the enormous flood of gasoline cars pouring out of the worlds factories every day. The tesla turbine is a bladeless centripetal flow turbine patented by nikola tesla in 19. Make a tesla turbine blade out of compact disks or dvd for free energy devices. The tesla turbine is also known as the boundarylayer turbine, cohesiontype turbine, and prandtllayer turbine after ludwig prandtl because it uses the boundarylayer effect and not a fluid impinging upon the blades as in a conventional turbine. Around the year 1900 nikola tesla, the inventor of the alternating current motor, developed a different kind of steam turbine.
Be it known that i, n ikola t esla, a citizen of the united states, residing at new york, in the county and state of new york, have invented certain new and useful improvements in rotary engines and turbines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description in the practical application of mechanical power, based on the use of fluids as the vehicle of. Tesla steam engine patent print 1894 tesla invention, tesla patent, nikola tesla, patent print, st search results for tesla can you patent a website this is where you can add new products to your store. The following list contains the patent applications for which there exists at least the information about the filing date and the application number under which the patent application was filed with the us patent office, irrespective of whether the title of invention, its description andor sketches and drawings were preserved. A tesla turbine is made of a set of parallel discs with nozzles, through. Elon musk clarifies that teslas patents really are free. The bladeless wind turbine is completely enclosed in a relatively small compact unit.
On june 12th an amazingly intelligent and caring billionaire ceo, elon musk, announced that he and tesla motors had come to a decision of making all of their electric car patents open source. So all we can offer you at this time is the tesla turbine us patent. Tesla steam engine patent print 1894 tesla invention, tesla patent, nikola tesla, patent print, steampunk decor, tesla art, geek gift. The basis of the theory is the navierstokes equations simplified by a systematic order of magnitude analysis. Nikola tesla was born the 10th of july 1856 in a serbian village of the austrian empire in todays croatiaanddiedthe7th ofjanuary1943intheunitedstates1. Experiments with alternate currents patents collection tesla. In a british patent, number 24,001 of 1910, i have described a bladeless turbine having a rotor consisting of discs with openings in the central portions and separating starwashers, these parts when assembled being riveted together into a single, solid structure and keyed to the shaft. After careful reading tesla s articles and patent application.
Patents which covered the pump and the engine were issued in 19 under the titles fluid propulsion and turbine dr. If you like this instructable please vote for it in the epilog challenge coming up. Teslas patents state that the device was intended for the use of fluids as motive agents, as distinguished from the application of the same for the. Original patent of the tesla turbine as patented in 19 by the u. This is a print of the patent drawing for a nikola tesla turbine patent in this is a patent print for a tesla fluid propulsion. Download all of nikola teslas patents here ancient code. In the first patent, tesla introduced his basic bladeless design configured as a pump or compressor.
Tesla turbine patent print tesla wall art tesla print etsy. Sign in here to access free tools such as favourites and alerts, or to access personal subscriptions. In the present article, a mathematical theory for the flow field within a tesla disc turbine has been formulated in the appropriate cylindrical coordinate system. Pdf nikola teslas free electricity electronic circuit. Previous work tesla turbine was patented by nikola tesla in 1903. There are a minimum of 278 patents issued to tesla in 26 countries that have been accounted for.
Instead of using windpowered blades to rotate a shaft and generator, the tesla inspired design. Proceedings of the institution of mechanical engineers. United states us1,061,142 fluid propulsion, april 29, 19 us1,061,206 turbine, may 6, 19 us1,1,716 fountain, october, 1914 us1,209,359 speed indicator, december 19, 1916. Tesla turbine boundary layer sheartorque bladeless test rig.
Pdf nikola teslas patents sixth international symposium. This, more than anything, prevented the tesla turbine from becoming more widely used. The tesla turbine us patent and plans sp500 generator. How the tesla turbine works page 2 of 2 green energy jubilation nikola tesla held 272 patents in 25 countries.
This is a print of the patent drawing for a nikola tesla turbine patent in 19. Be it known that i, n ikola t esla, a citizen of the united states, residing at new york, in the county and state of new york, have invented certain new and useful improvements in rotary engines and turbines. Featured in phoenix turbine builders club articles, this industrialquality turbine is great for learning principles of boundary layer turbines in the classroom or workshop. Design and operation of tesla turbo machine a state of the. After a sevenyear break tesla recommenced applying for patents, but this time in the field of turbines, pumps, fluids, lightning protectors, flowmeters and speed indicators. Complete patents of nikola tesla in 1884, a poor serbian immigrant named nikola tesla arrived in the united states at that time the land of the free though he was poor in this worlds goods, he was rich in ideas that would eventually light up the united states and the entire world. The free energy secrets of cold electricity peter a. The tesla turbine is a simple device invented and patented by nikola tesla that uses flat plates instead of buckets or vanes on the rotors. We believe that tesla, other companies making electric cars, and the world would all benefit from a common, rapidlyevolving technology platform. Download all of nikola teslas patents pdf stillness.
Sarboh, dopuna liste patenata nikole tesle registrovanih u drugim zemljama osim sad addition to the list of nikola tesla s patents registered in other countries than the united states. Yesterday, there was a wall of tesla patents in the lobby of our palo alto headquarters. The compressed air should be at room temperature and oil free if. May 07, 2010 the bladeless wind turbine is completely enclosed in a relatively small compact unit.
And finally, with the third patent, he made the changes necessary to operate the turbine as an internal combustion engine. The us patent 1061206 was granted on the 6th may 19, although historical documents suggest that that. We will help you with the entire patent process tesla s helicopterairplane is an ingenious device. History of tesla turbines a tesla turbine is a quite unique technology. This is a great way to put your interests and hobbies on display. Complete patents of nikola tesla in 1884, a poor serbian immigrant named nikola tesla arrived in the united states at that time the land of the free though he was poor in this worlds goods, he was. Tesla s patents state that the device was intended for the use of fluids as motive agents, as distinguished from the application of the same for the propulsion or compression of fluids though the device can be used for those purposes as well. The inventions that tesla protected in the largest number of countries were his pump and turbine us patents 1,061,142 and 1,061,206, for which he was granted 23 patents in 22 countries. The majority of these patents were applied for in 1916. Another related patent that describes a gas burning version of the disk turbine.
Complete patents of nikola tesla electrical engineering portal. It is simple in design and can be easy to construct from the us patent. Tesla s arrival in colorado springs was reported in the press. Among one of tesla s most controversial patents, which not many people are aware of is his. We have built, designed and tested a more simple version of nikola tesla s turbine motor but have not yet had the time to write step by step plans for it. Before anyone else, nikola tesla envisioned the world where mankind has access to limitless and free energy.
I accomplish this by causing the propelling fluid to move in natural paths or stream lines of least resistance, free from constraint and disturbance such as. I have spent alot of time and effort trying to make this easy to understand and easy for anyone out there to do. Pdf the most important part of the nikola teslas works are his inventions, that are protected by numerous patents granted to him. Feb 18, 2015 weve written a few times about elon musk and tesla s decision to open up all of tesla s patents, with a promise not to sue anyone for using them. This invention relates to improvements in the construction of the tesla turbine, british patent no. The design of a 1 kw tesla turbine was carried using iterative process for head and discharge for main dimensions of the turbine. Pdf development of tesla turbine for green energy applications. Patent 7695242 was issued in 2010 for wind turbine intended for generation of electric. Appendix d complete list of nikola teslas 112 united states. Design, simulation of fluid flow and optimization of.
You can build this working tesla turbine for experimentation using compressed air or steam. Design patents, patent patents, pregrant publications, reissues, and statutory invention registrations are all included. In the spirit of upholding the concept of open source, weve decided to show you where and how you can find these patents for yourself. Design and operation of tesla turbo machine a state of. According to the philadelphia engineering mechanics tesla arrived on the 18th of may 1899 according to 68 he left to new york on 11th may 1899, with the intention of carrying out intensive research in wireless telegraphy and properties of the upper atmosphere.
Some of tesla s patents are not accounted for, and various sources have discovered some that have lain hidden in patent archives. The patent refers to the sun, as well as other sources of radiant energy, like cosmic rays, that the device works at night is explained in terms of the nighttime availability of cosmic rays. Discs have to be as thin as possible, to preventturbulenceatdiscedges. It was invented by nikola tesla and it was issued on may 19 by the united states patent and trademark office. Nikola tesla was an inventor who obtained around 300 patents worldwide for his inventions. It had no blades or buckets but only smooth disk closely spaced on the rotor shaft. It is not an exaggeration to say he was a visionary who changed the world. His notes, letters, and patent filings bespeak a genius at work through his seventies, but a genius whose. Treatment of a bladeless turbine designed by nikola tesla is given. Nikola tesla on the 21st october 1909 at the untied states patent office from experiments. Tesla was the first one to propose a turbine on a turbine. Among one of teslas most controversial patents, which not many people are aware of is his antielectromagnetic field drive or space drive which basically allowed the formation of what we today call ufos.
This is your opportunity to immerse yourself in the world and mind of nikola tesla and go through all of his patents. Weve written a few times about elon musk and tesla s decision to open up all of tesla s patents, with a promise not to sue anyone for using them. A theory of tesla disc turbines sayantan sengupta, abhijit. In the same year kenneth hicks 11 published a patent.
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