Thane C. Heins Ottawa ON thaneh@potentialdifference.ca 613.293.1131

1. Patents by Inventor Thane C. Heins
Thane C. Heins has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing
includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been
granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
 Generator and improved coil therefor having electrodynamic properties
Patent number: 10103591
Abstract: The present invention relates to electrical generators and, in particular, to
improvements to efficiency in electromechanical energy conversion in electrical generators and
electric motors. The regenerative acceleration generator coil according to the present invention
takes advantage of the structure of a high impedance multiple-loop salient pole winding or low
impedance bi-filar windings to create a positive armature (accelerative) reaction rather than a
negative (decelerative) reaction as exhibited by prior art generators which only have low
impedance multiple loops of wire making up their rotor armature. The generator of the present
invention reverses these negative effects by delaying current flow in the coil until the rotating
magnetic field reaches TDC.
Type: Grant
Filed: October 22, 2013
Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
Inventor: Thane C. Heins
 Bi-toroidal topology transformer
Patent number: 9230730
Abstract: The present invention relates to electrical transformers and, in particular, to
improvements to efficiency in energy conversion in electrical transformers. The improved
transformer has a bi-toroidal circuit topology in which the magnetic flux passing through the
primary and secondary coils are different. The turns ratio displays an “effective magnification”
like an impedance transformed by a feedback loop. The result is a transformer which displays
virtually no primary input current increase from no-load to on-load and an on-load power factor of
zero for a purely resistive load.
Type: Grant
Filed: March 6, 2014
Date of Patent: January 5, 2016

2. Inventor: Thane C. Heins
 Bi-Toroidal Topology Transformer
Publication number: 20140253271
Abstract: The present invention relates to electrical transformers and, in particular, to
improvements to efficiency in energy conversion in electrical transformers. The improved
transformer has a bi-toroidal circuit topology in which the magnetic flux passing through the
primary and secondary coils are different. The turns ratio displays an “effective magnification”
like an impedance transformed by a feedback loop. The result is a transformer which displays
virtually no primary input current increase from no-load to on-load and an on-load power factor of
zero for a purely resistive load.
Type: Application
Filed: March 6, 2014
Publication date: September 11, 2014
Inventor: Thane C. Heins
 Generator and Improved Coil Therefor Having Electrodynamic Properties
Publication number: 20140111054
Abstract: The present invention relates to electrical generators and, in particular, to
improvements to efficiency in electromechanical energy conversion in electrical generators and
electric motors. The regenerative acceleration generator coil according to the present invention
takes advantage of the structure of a high impedance multiple-loop salient pole winding or low
impedance bi-filar windings to create a positive armature (accelerative) reaction rather than a
negative (decelerative) reaction as exhibited by prior art generators which only have low
impedance multiple loops of wire making up their rotor armature. The generator of the present
invention reverses these negative effects by delaying current flow in the coil until the rotating
magnetic field reaches TDC.
Type: Application
Filed: October 22, 2013
Publication date: April 24, 2014
Inventor: Thane C. Heins