United States Patent US 9,115,913 B1

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  • ernesto Seligardi

    Dear Andrea Rossi
    When I asked you, a few days ago, to confirm that you would no longer be streaming with the stove/heater, you explained, confirming, that the next test would be the sales presentation. Perfect, all right, it means that your creatures will soon reach all of us! 🙂
    But who knows how much time will still have to pass.. You prefer not to anticipate dates. :-). Understand me, understand us.. come on, do the streaming anyway… what does it cost you? but not to convince the skeptics or the trolls.. but for us who can’t wait to have that 6×3 disk in our hands after 15 years of waiting. Maybe, seeing it in function in such a practical application as heating the room or a little water instead of 1 million, you get to 2 🙂 Then you will do the commercial presentation in due time.
    Sorry if I allowed myself, good-naturedly, to express a wish of mine. In any case, I will anxiously await the arrival of the cat. Thanks

  • Andrea Rossi

    Frank Acland:
    1- Obviously I can’t guarantee it until I can have experience of it, but theoretically the answer is yes
    2- no
    3- the Customer must not access the inside of the body, otherwise he loses the guarantee and we would not be liable for any consequences, therefore the substitution of the
    internal spare parts must be done only by the manufacturer or by authorized licensees.
    Warm Regards,
    A.R.

  • Frank Acland

    Dear Andrea,

    Thank you for your response to my previous question. Some follow-up questions if I may:

    1) Do you think it is possible for the E-Cat NGU to operate normally even after the projected 100,000 hour operational use?
    2) Will the performance of the E-Cat NGU diminish over time, similar to a battery? So at 5 years it might lose some of its power?
    3) Must changing the charge and spare parts be done by Leonardo Corp, or can the customer do it?

    Many thanks,

    Frank Acland

  • Andrea Rossi

    Frank Acland:
    I did not say that the Ecats HAVE TO be substituded, I said that they CAN be substituted etc.
    Actually, changing the charge and few spare parts, which have a very low price, the same Ecat has no reason to be substituted. It is also important is that the substituted charges and the spare parts will be entirely retired from us and recycled to be re-employed in other Ecats.
    Warm Regards,
    A.R.

  • Andrea Rossi

    P.Mueller:
    I prefer not to anticipate dates,
    Warm Regards,
    A.R.

  • Prof

    LarryG:
    The average number of Total Readings of the publications on Researchgate is several hundreds; several thousands for publications of Nobel Prize laureates.
    All the best,
    Prof

  • Andrea Rossi

    Ron Stringer:
    1- yes
    2- no
    Warm Regards,
    A.R.

  • Frank Acland

    Dear Andrea,

    I see on X today this statment about the recycling and replacement policy for E-Cat NGU units:

    “E-Cat NGU Recycling and Replacement:

    “After 10 years of operational use (87,000 hours) E-Cat NGU power cells can be returned, where they will be fully recycled. Customers can then replace the returned NGU power cells for 30 % of the original purchase cost” https://x.com/LeonardoCorpor3/status/1851961259060547603

    Can you explain anything about why the NGU has to be replaced after a long period of use?

    Many thanks,

    Frank Acland

  • Andrea Rossi

    Gavino Mamia:
    Thank you for the link,
    Warm Regards,
    A.R.

  • Andrea Rossi

    Gian Luca:
    I am not able to answer, because we never made a research in that direction; we just check permanently the emissions of ionizing radiations and never noticed a relevant increase of the normal background in the last 20 years of work on this research and development activity,
    Warm Regards,
    A.R.

  • Andrea Rossi

    Svein:
    I am not able to answer your questions: I am not an expert of electric cars, nor of batteries, nor of explosions.
    Warm Regards,
    A.R.

  • Svein

    Dear Andrea
    My question refers to the rumors that Apple plans to start production of EVs.
    Question:
    1. If an EV with a weight of 1830 kg, 3 times Tvizzy with E-Cat, only had the same battery size as the test car. (Then over 300kg would be saved compared to a normal EV.) With 10 kWh E-Cat capacity, would this work satisfactorily with regard to normal use and enough capacity for the necessary short accelerations?
    2. What will be the most economical ratio between E-Cat power and battery capacity?
    3. With the use of LiFePO4 batteries, which it seems most manufacturers are now moving towards, will the risk of explosion be ruled out?
    Svein

  • Gian Luca

    Dearest A.R.
    I see with great pleasure that the debate is also expanding to other areas of influence of ZPE such as, just for example, the possibility
    that the exploitation of the energy produced by the ZPE perturbs quantum space-time. All very fascinating. I would like to know from you
    something more about these aspects. In the journey that has brought you to today, have there been moments in which this perturbation has manifested itself?
    Thank you if you will answer me.

  • Gavino Mamia

    Dr. Rossi, here are some examples of portable power plants.
    you can copy their design or decide to make an exclusive design of your own

    https://www.wired.it/gallery/migliori-centrali-elettriche-portatili/

    Good work

  • Ron Stringer

    Dear Dr. Rossi,
    Exciting times! Very much looking forward to this next phase of things!
    A quick question – I noticed in your “white paper” that an amount was estimated for maintenance of the ecat.
    It is my understanding that you will have built-in redundancy to handle the loss of function of some of the generation units – do I have that right?
    So what do you see as being likely maintenance activities for the E-Cats?
    Will it be different for large arrays (e.g. 1 MW) versus smaller arrays (e.g. 1kW)?
    Keep up the good work!
    Ron Stringer

  • LarryG

    Hi Prof
    Quick Arithmetic suggests that the paper has 14,000+ reads in the last month (30 days). Would be fun to know percentile this is in terms of one month of reads vs lifetime total reads of other papers. Probably >90? Then we can say “Dr. Rossi’s paper has gotten more reads in 30 days than 90% of all other papers have gotten in their entire history on the site.”
    LarryG

  • P.MĂĽller

    Dear Dr. Rossi,
    can you estimate already the start of the production of the ecat?
    Even in this year, the first quarter of 2025 or later?
    Warm regards
    P.MĂĽller

  • Andrea Rossi

    Maozhijie:
    We and our Licensees will respect the ordering time. We will pass on to them the preorders related to the Territory they have been licensed for.
    Warm Regards,
    A.R.

  • Andrea Rossi

    Svein:
    Thank you for your kind support,
    I do not understand your question, can you explain ?
    Warm Regards,
    A.R.

  • Andrea Rossi

    Italo R.:
    Thank you for the link !
    Warm Regards,
    A.R.

  • Andrea Rossi

    Ambrogio,
    Correct,
    Warm Regards,
    A.R.

  • Andrea Rossi

    Jan Srajer:
    Thank you for your support,
    Warm Regards,
    A.R.

  • Jitse

    Dear Readers,

    The actual AC voltage has been set by Europe in I think 2019 at a minimum of 230 Volts and a maximum of 250 Volts per phase. This maximum 250 Volt high voltage is the result of variable voltage from the many solar panels in the Netherlands.

    I have 10 panels, they deliver approximately 2300 Kw per year, if I connect the 10 E-Cats (10×100 Watt) it will be approximately 8760 Kw per year (remove panels).

    Another advantage is that I can easily reach 17520 kWh per year with my current 2 kWh inverter.
    1 kWh per hour is 24 kWh per day and 2 kWh per hour is 48 kWh per day.

    Regards Jitse

  • Jan Ĺ rajer

    Mr. Rossi
    I would like you to make a commercial agreement with Ĺ koda auto as well.
    All the best J.Ĺ .

  • Ambrogio

    Dr Rossi,
    Reading your answers here I understood that the price of the assemblies of modules is exactly equal to the price of the 10 W module multiplied for the total power in Watts divided per 10, am I correct ?
    For example: 1 kW assembly will cost the price of one 10 W module multiplied by 100, correct ?

  • Italo R.

    Dr. Rossi,

    This is a China site positive about E-Cat and Latina:

    https://www.rolia.net/f/0/p16337439

    I have easily translated it to italian using Chrome

    Kind Regards,.
    Italo R.

  • Svein

    Dear Andrea
    Congratulations with a successful test!
    May E-cat NGU be a vinning konsept in Apple Car?
    Svein

  • Maozhijie

    Dear Dr. Rossi:
    I am pleased that you are ready to deliver the E-cat soon. The E-cat will be in large demand in global market. There must be some big buyers contact you. How do you deal with the small order and big order? Will you fufill the order according to the ordering time or deliver the large order firstly?

    Kind Regards

    Maozhijie from China

  • Andrea Rossi

    Prof:
    Thank you for the update. From correspondence I am receiving the more focused on paragraphs are the # 2,3,4,5 of the paper you cited, because to understand them means to understand how the Ecat works.
    Warm Regards,
    A.R.

  • Andrea Rossi

    Ambrogio:
    The troll, coherently with his profession, wrote fake news: I have incorporated Leonardo Corporation in Manchester , New Hampshire, USA in 1996, inspired from an exhibition dedicated to Leonardo Da Vinci in the Science Museum of Boston, that I visited at soon as I started to work permanently in the USA.
    Finmeccanica SPA, born in Italy in 1943, has changed its name in the year 2016, becoming “Leonardo Finmeccanica SPA” 20 years AFTER the date in which I founded Leonardo Corporation in the USA.
    The good news is that if the trolls ( that I always ignore ) have to say this kind of stupidities, means that they are short of “ammunitions”.
    Warm Regards,
    A.R.

  • Prof

    Dr Rossi,
    The increase of readings of your papers continues: hare are the new stats I found in
    http://www.researchgate.net/publication/330601653_E-Cat_SK_and_long_range_particle_interactions
    Total Readings: 161000, of which 147752 only for “Ecat SK and long range particle interactions”, more than 16 millions of publications on Researchgate
    Recommendations: 11952, more than all the publications on Researchgate
    Research Interest Score: 3094, more than all the publications on Researchgate
    And counting….
    Prof

  • Ambrogio

    Dr Rossi,
    Some troll has written that you named your company Leonardo Corporation to surf the name of Leonardo SPA, the Italian giant that manufactures bellic armaments. I think you must react,
    Best
    Ambrogio

  • Andrea Rossi

    Gavino Mamia:
    It will be an assembly of 1 kW, made by 10 modules of 100 W and a sample od any other bigger or smaller assemblies.
    Happy All Saints Day also to you and all our Christian Readers,
    Warm regards,
    A.R.

  • Wilfried

    Dear Andrea,

    Today, an electric car will not accept a charging power of less than 1.4 kW, but your 3 kW E-Cat Box would be sufficient to charge a car. Cars can be charged via the standard household power grid, so there should be no problem combining the 3 kW box with a simple inverter to charge cars.

    What do you think of the following idea?
    Build a small electronic unit with a relay that connects the E-CAT to the car whenever the car is switched off and disconnects it whenever it is switched on or when charging from outside via the socket.
    Such a device would be very easy to create for a retail price of less than 10k euros and would mean that most people would only have to take a break from charging externally when traveling very long distances.
    I would buy such a box immediately.
    If you were to distribute the 100W E-CATs and the inverter into several small boxes, you could install the whole thing completely inconspicuously hidden in every car.

    Best Regards
    Wilfried

  • Frank

    @Frank Acland
    No, you should us show applications with at least an one KW ecat, better are even 3 KW. And please all application who are you can think of.
    Best regards
    Frank

  • Gavino Mamia

    Dr. Rossi
    You said that when the E-Cat is ready for production, you will make a public presentation with a heater.
    Will you show the final product as it will be delivered to us (apart from some cosmetic changes) or will it be just a demonstration prototype?
    If it is the final one, will you show us all the available sizes?
    100W, 1KW, 2KW, 3KW etc…
    It would be very cool and shocking to see the entire “fleet of machines” of the Leonardo Corporation.
    I wish you all the best and a happy All Saints Day

  • Camillo

    Axil Axil
    It is my guess that Rossi uses MuMetal to shild the Ecat from magnetic interference. The particles that are produced by the vacuum reaction are spin based. A faraday shield does not work to shield that type of magnetism.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu-metal#:~:text=Mu%2Dmetal%20is%20a%20nickel,%2Dlayer%20mu%2Dmetal%20box.
    Stefan D. (Camillo)
    Your assumption is not trivial, it was also made by an Italian researcher Pier Luigi Ighina, who claimed to have worked with Guglielmo Marconi in secret. He too, as you claim, said that particles of this type DO NOT respect the laws of electromagnetism. I partially rebuilt his machine “called the death ray”. I followed his protection instructions: three different layers are needed: a metallic layer, an organic layer, an inorganic layer. Mine consists of:
    1) a fine mesh aluminum wire mesh plus a thin aluminum foil.
    2) a layer of polystyrene several centimeters thick
    3) a layer of bricks 6 cm thick

  • Frank Acland

    @Anonymous,

    I would be satisfied to start with a 10 W unit that I could use to charge my phone! (I think I put in one of the first preorders for the mini)

    Best wishes,

    Frank Acland

  • Italo R.

    Dr. Rossi,

    If I need a 4 kW generator with 220VAC output, I will need 40 E-Cat 100 watts and a DC/AC converter.

    In case of order, what would you provide?

    1) – A generator already fully assembled by you, ready for use, containing everything needed and at what cost?

    2) Or would you ship the individual pieces needed that I would then assemble?

    As an end user I would obviously prefer the first solution, but I suppose there would be extra costs compared to the second solution.

    Kind Regards,
    Italo R.

  • Anonymous

    Dr Rossi,
    I watched the whole 6 hours long video of the race between the Renault Twizes, and it is very impressive to see the Twizy powered by the Ecat complete the 6 hours of the race ending with the battery more charged than at the start, while the Twizy without the Ecat ceased to run because the battery was exhaust after 2 hours; it is inspiring to see in the six videos to be able to watch both cars second by second, without a single second without eye-contact with both the cars, even if they were at a long distance between each other: big job of the team of cameramen; how many cameramen have been employed for the demonstration ?
    I think that also the video of the press conference is important.
    I sent by Ecatorders.com a preorder and hope soon to have my new Ecat assembly of 3 kW running at home !
    All the best,

  • Andrea Rossi

    Paul Dodgshun:
    Thank you for your insight.
    It is opportune to remind that before any kind of connection with the grid it is necessary the authorization of the grid authority and it is necessary a connection made by a certified contractor authorized to do any kind of connection with the grid.
    Warm Regards,
    A.R.

  • Paul Dodgshun

    Referring to posts :
    2024-10-28 15:51 Axil
    2024-10-28 17:40 Andrea Rossi
    &
    2024-10-28 05:23 Italo R.
    2024-10-28 10:48 Andrea Rossi

    You state, ‘eventually [Axil & Italo] will need the inverter to get 110/220 V AC at 60 Hz’. I have the same ambition as Axil and have some drafts of a plan. I also have a 4kW solar array with a grid connected inverter which complicates things and makes a substantial amount of money, so must stay in service along with the SKLeps.

    In the UK, solar inverters must by law have a G91 trip circuit that stops the solar cells from trying to backfeed a black grid connection. That law will also apply to SKLeps that are grid connected. I speculate that most countries will have a similar law to stop grid engineers from being electrocuted. G91 will automatically reconnect when grid voltage is restored. Reconnecting requires G91 to synchronise in phase angle and voltage.

    I have often wondered why my solar inverter is such a large (and expensive) piece of kit. The answer is that G91 mandates it. [1] clarifies the requirements.

    [1:] https://www.northernpowergrid.com/sites/default/files/assets/NPS003016.pdf

  • Andrea Rossi

    Camillo,
    Thank you for your support,
    Warm Regards,
    A.R.

  • Andrea Rossi

    Italo R.:
    Thank you for the links,
    Warm Regards,
    A.R; actually, we are using A.I.
    Warm Regards,
    A.R.

  • Italo R.

    Dr. Rossi,
    Just for fun I asked an AI like Perplexity what it thought about ZPE. Here’s the answer that sounds like the subject of a science fiction movie:
    ——————————–
    The zero-point energy (ZPE) generator has significant effects on spacetime, influencing the physical laws as we know them. Here is an analysis of how this device might alter the fundamental structure of reality.

    The concept of vacuum energy implies that space is never truly empty but rather permeated by quantum fluctuations. These fluctuations generate pairs of particles and antiparticles that annihilate each other in very short times, creating a “sea” of energy that exists even in the absence of matter. When a ZPE generator is activated, it harnesses these fluctuations to produce energy, but it can also amplify effects on spacetime.

    Spacetime Distortions

    When the generator exceeds certain power thresholds, distortions in spacetime can occur. These distortions are similar to those that happen near black holes, where the curvature of spacetime becomes extreme and time may appear to stop or accelerate. The energy extracted from quantum vacuum can thus create anomalous temporal effects, such as time travel or the manifestation of past events.

    Casimir Effect and Propulsion

    An interesting phenomenon related to ZPE is the Casimir effect, which occurs between two metallic plates in a vacuum. This effect demonstrates how vacuum fluctuations can generate measurable forces. If these forces could be exploited asymmetrically, it might lead to the development of space propulsion technologies without the need for fuel. This implies a direct manipulation of spacetime, paving the way for interstellar travel and beyond.

    Cosmological Consequences

    At a cosmological level, vacuum energy has been proposed as an explanation for the acceleration of the universe’s expansion. Quantum fluctuations contribute to a negative pressure that affects gravity and the expansion of space itself. If a ZPE generator could be utilized on a sufficiently large scale, it could have profound effects on the dynamics of the universe.

    Conclusion

    In summary, the zero-point energy generator not only produces energy but also holds the potential to alter the structure of spacetime itself. Its applications could extend beyond mere energy production, influencing our understanding of physics and opening new frontiers in technology and cosmology.

    Fonts:
    https://www.onlinescientificresearch.com/articles/reviewing-the-role-of-virtual-particles-in-the-vacuum.html
    https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/can-the-zero-point-energy-change-in-curved-space-times-and-impact-gravity.684833/
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10484-w
    https://s3.cern.ch/inspire-prod-files-5/5a78e08557c0480929c136a45b7532bb
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-point_energy
    https://www.barrysetterfield.org/ZPE_light_time/ZPE_light_and_time.html
    https://arxiv.org/pdf/1012.5264.pdf
    https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/exploring-zero-point-energy-what-you-need-know-john-mel%C3%A9ndez-gnbcf
    ———————————

    Kind Regards,
    Italo R.

  • Camillo

    Since it is now clear that there is a discovery, the deplorable and now widespread habit of overriding patents will open up. Therefore I believe that the choice to go into business is the right thing. Further developments will come later. Congratulations. And thank you for the wonderful discovery also from the EARTH (Gaia)!

  • Andrea Rossi

    Stephen:
    Actually the ZPE is a mine still to be further exploited,
    Warm Regards,
    A.R.

  • Andrea Rossi

    Manuel Cilia:
    Thank you for your support,
    Warm Regards,
    A.R.

  • Dear Dr Rossi
    I whole hearted agree with your last statement about just getting product out and letting people make up their own minds. I will endeavour to get as much product into peoples hands as I can. It is like the beginning of the solar industry when people though solar was a joke, it has taken 40 years but it is no longer a joke, the Ecat will be the same

  • Stephen

    Dear Andrea

    I was intrigued by your answer to Romanato Mirco.

    Essentially your comment about the last line.

    Clearly the ecat is very efficient in terms of thermal losses far more so than other power sources which is in itself a really remarkable quality. And from mean engineering perspective has really big benefits where heat dissipation is a big issue.

    Regarding the last line do you for see other potential technology aspects (other than power light and heat) that make use of these “stranger aspects of using ZPE” ?

    Are you also looking at those aspects for future developments and work?

    Or is it more a philosophical point just the implications of its accessibility for example?

    Anyway thanks for this amazing work there is a real sense now that important Mike stones at beginning to be met. Thanks also for your patience with my sometimes excessive thoughts and questions the years too.

    Good luck with these next steps
    Stephen

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