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Hojo Motor is a Scam!

The Hojo Motor is a scam.  If you purchased the Hojo Motor plans before reading this post, I'm sorry, you got scammed.  If you purchase the Hojo Motor plans after reading this post, you are dumb.  Plain and simple.  I'm sorry to use harsh words here, but sometimes it's necessary to be blunt in order to get your point across.

We've been down this path before, with the Magniwork scam.  In fact, Magniwork has been our most popular post, and has led us to post Renewable Energy Scams.  As you can see from that post, there is no shortage of scams out there trying to take advantage of the energy ignorant.

I don't care that on the web page for the Hojo plan they show some patents (see the bottom of this post for information regarding said patents) for a some kind of magnetic perpetual motion machine.  I'm not even going to get into the discussion on the laws of thermodynamics.  What I will tell you is if some kind of free energy generator was real, I would be the first person to have it.  You wouldn't hear about some free energy generator from some Google ad, you would hear about it because the President is talking about it on the world stage.  It would be the biggest breakthrough in the 21st century.  And you think you are going to buy some plans for $49.97?  (side note: ClickBank sells these plans along with many other scams, and they should be fined by the Federal Trade Commission)

Hank Mills wrote a great "Letter to Hojo Motor Plan Scammers" in which he stated:

Howard Johnson was a brilliant inventor. You got that one fact correct. However, his technologies were never fully developed, and were still very experimental when he died. Even if he was able to create motion in an experimental test rig (after hundreds or thousands of hours of work), it was not ready to power a home, an appliance, or even a very light load like a light bulb. The idea that someone could take plans for his device, and build a system capable of powering their home, is totally absurd. Unless of course, they had tens of thousands of dollars to spend, months to experiment just to make a motor self-sustain, and even more time and money to do the research and development needed to do anything practical with it.

Don't think we know what we're talking about?  Fine, buy the plans and make a fool of yourself.  For everyone else out there, focus your time on conserving energyproducing real clean energy, and living more sustainably.

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Regarding the Patent Claims, below is what I received from a friend who is a patent attorney:

First, if he got a patent on this "secret" invention that was just released, then it couldn't have been secret, since getting a patent means publicly disclosing the invention.  Patents don't certify that free energy works, the patents simple certify that his magnetic motor works as a magnetic motor

Regarding the patents: I"ve pasted the first independent claim of each of the patents so you can start learning what patents really cover.  The claims are the legal bounds of the patent and define what the inventor is actually protecting.  As you will so, there is no language in any of these claims that says free energy, pertetual motion, etc.

4,151,431 patent expired in 1999.
It Claims: A permanent magnet motor comprising, in combination, a stator track defining a track direction and having first and second sides and composed of a plurality of track permanent magnets each having first and second poles of opposite polarity, said magnets being disposed in side-by-side relationship having a spacing between adjacent magnets and like poles defining said track sides, an elongated armature permanent magnet located on one of said track sides for relative movement thereto and in spaced relationship to said track side wherein an air gap exists between said armature magnet and said track magnets, said armature magnet having first and second poles of opposite polarity located at the opposite ends of said armature magnet defining the length thereof, the length of said armature magnet being disposed in a direction in general alignment with the direction of said track, the spacing of said armature magnet poles from said track associated side and the length of said armature magnet as related to the width and spacing of said track magnets in the direction of said track being such as to impose a continuous force on said armature magnet in said general direction of said track.

(THIS IS NOT CLAIMING A FREE ENERGY DEVICE, just a specific, very narrowly claimed type of motor)

4,877,983 Patent - expired in 2009
It Claims:
In combination with a movable armature, means for guiding movement of the armature along a predetermined path and a permanent armature magnet having magnetic poles of opposite polarity spaced from each other along said path to establish a magnetic field of limited extent movable with the armature and magnetic stator means for establishing a stationary magnetic flux zone along said path, the improvement comprising flux emitting surfaces of one polarity mounted on the stator means on opposite sides of said path for limiting said flux zone through which said path extends and means mounting the permanent armature magnet on the armature with the poles thereof orientated relative to said flux emitting surfaces on the stator means for unidirectionally propelling the armature along said path through the limited zone in response to magnetic interaction between the movable magnetic field and the limited flux zone, said magnetic stator means including a plurality of magnetic gate assemblies fixedly spaced from each other along said path and respectively establishing stationary magnetic fields, each of said gate assemblies including a plurality of interconnected bar magnets substantially bordering said limited flux zone exposing pole faces of opposite polarity in parallel spaced planes intersected by said path, and magnetic means connected to said interconnected bar magnets exposing one of the flux emitting surfaces of said one polarity perpendicular to said parallel planes for magnetic interaction of the stationary magnetic fields.

(AGAIN, NOT CLAIMING PERPETUAL MOTION, just a different motor configuration)

5,402,021 will expire 2015
It Claims:
A magnetic propulsion system comprising:

a vehicle having a rigidly attached magnetic armature, said magnetic armature including a first series of magnets positioned across said vehicle and extending generally from one lateral side of the vehicle to another lateral side of the vehicle, all of the magnets in said first series of magnets being generally parallel to one another;

a first magnetic wall disposed laterally adjacent said vehicle and extending longitudinally along a desired direction of vehicle travel, said first magnetic wall comprising a second series of magnets, each of the magnets in said second series having a particular size and a North-to-South axis pointing in the same direction as the desired direction of vehicle travel, each of said permanent magnets of said particular size in said second series being separated from the next successive permanent magnet in said second series by a thinner magnet, each of said thinner magnets having a pole-to-pole length which is shorter than the lateral width of said magnets of a particular size in said second series, said thinner magnets further having a North-to-South axis pointing perpendicular to the North-to-South axis of said magnets of a particular size in said second series and pointing generally toward a vehicle side of the first magnetic wall; and

a second magnetic wall disposed generally parallel to said first magnetic wall and laterally adjacent to said vehicle but opposite from said first magnetic wall, said second magnetic wall comprising a third series of magnets, each of said magnets in said third series having said particular size and a North-to-South axis pointing in an opposite direction from the desired direction of vehicle travel, each of the permanent magnets in said third series being separated from the next successive permanent magnet of said particular size in said third series by a thinner magnet, each of said thinner magnets in the second magnetic wall having a pole-to-pole length which is shorter than the lateral width of said magnets of a particular size in said third series, said thinner magnets in the second magnetic wall further having a North-to-South axis pointing in the same general direction as the North-to-South axis of the thinner magnets in the first magnetic wall;

wherein said first and second magnetic walls create magnetic fields which exert propelling forces on said armature and thereby cause the vehicle to accelerate in the desired direction of vehicle travel.

(claim and EXTREMELY narrow vehicle with some sort of magnetic propulsion motor, nothing more)

It is annoying how many people get up in arms about patents when they just take for granted what someone who is clearly also not a patent person tells them.  Always always always read the claims of the patent before making any comments about what the patent supposedly covers.

Click here to learn why perpetual motion free energy machines don't work.  Make any comments regarding perpetual motion on the post in the link.  You can make HoJo scam comments below.

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The most fundamental equation: Newton's 3rd law: no action = no reaction
Bob talks big about converting one form of energy into another with no loss. Of course, anything that moves in air has the loss from friction. Anything that moves on a mechanical connection has loss from friction. So there is NO possibility of a non-loss mechanical system. But the HoJo Motor system as promoted goes way beyond this - it claims to produce energy from NOTHING! Are we to believe that this is not only a perpetual motion machine (impossible because of energy losses from friction) but one that PRODUCES energy? I agree that anyone who sends them money is easily conned. And then, when you go online and see all the fake websites these sam artists have created - called "hojomotorscam" or something similar, all of which say that "golly gee, it turns out to be real! - They have PATENTS and everything!" There really is a sucker born every minute!
I accept most of what you say, and yes, it's very difficult to know who is scamming and who is genuine. However, I do believe it is rather naieve to believe that if a real Free Energy breakthrough were to eventuate, the President would be bringing it to out notice. For so many political; power-driven; corruption (not Obama, but those who 'rule' him), and other reasons.. he couldn't share such info even if he wanted. Look at what happened to Kennedy when he 'stepped out of line!' I am a naturopath in practice 30 years, and during that time have seen many, genuine, natural treatment options for serious health issues suppressed, denied or otherwise stifled by the powers that be with well entrenched self-interests. Natural means of healing many health issues are inevitably un-patentable - hence of no interest to Big Pharma, FDA (ruled by Big Pharma), etc. Plus, because effective, yet un-patentable natural products are a direct threat to Big Pharma's sales and market share, and because these guys are amazingly powerful, they use all sorts of dirty tricks to slander people promoting such alternative cures, or they make sure such cures never see day-light. Just like the oil and coal barons aren't putting the red carpet out for genuine Green Energy options, so too will the present power-brokers of those industries ensure that any genuine Free Energy devices aren't going to make it to the general public. It's all about power and control - not so much whether free energy devices already exist and work. I guess, if you're going to make public statemtents about a device - without having actually tried it out yourself - then you're only giving an opinion (as sincere as you may be); you're not giving facts. Sadly, this is a most unscientific way of conducting oneself, or trying to affect other's opinions and choices. I accept you mean well and wish to protect others from scams, but it is crucial before making such public statements that you absolutely know, beyond a shadow of doubt, that what you say doesn't work is in fact the case. Also, keep in mind that if you go by Newtonian Physics, ofcourse such a machine doesn't make sense. However, Newtonian Physics, as a basis to our present day thinking, is 80+ years out of date. Quantum Physics would support the reality of Free Energy - because in the end it isn't actually 'free' at all; it comes from the Zero Point Field. It doesn't somehow spring magically out of nothing. This requires a major paradigm shift in thinking before Free Energy devices 'make sense.' You might like to read Lynne McTaggart (The Field) or Gregg Braden's books to see what I mean.
What I find amusing, not one person in this thread has purchased the plans that I could see.
Thank you Chris, and if anyone runs across anything that sounds astonishing, amazing, too good to be true, it more then likely is. Simple rule of thumb, if it sound too good to be true research it, 9.9 time out of ten it's a fraud. Mike
... and that goes to both those who wish to prove or deny it's workability. I understand very well the theory behind why it shouldn't work. Just sayin'... :)
Both. And as most crooks and morons he's getting away with it and becomming one of the world's richest sob. Who's the fool to blame in this story? Enjoy life! Me
Jim, I think you mean a "Stirling" engine. It was invented by the Scottish inventor Robert Stirling in the early nineteenth century.
Hi Chris Thanks for sending me the email about this - we have added them to our directory of energy scams at open4energy. http://open4energy.com/directory-of-home-energy-saving-scams I did have recent opportunity to collaborate with two groups of free energy advocates. I was told that they too are disgusted by these downloadable plans and free energy scams bringing disrepute to their efforts. Jerry Decker of keelynet (dot) com - has been actively promoting you and I - while Bill Beaty sent me this - "Because of Magniwork and others, the hobbyist FE-believer community finally got its nose rubbed in their lack of skepticism and their support of many frauds. It seems that despite our scientific differences on the physics and probability of free electricity - there is honor amongst even the most skeptical of skeptics or unscientific of enthusiasts.
I read a great book, "Atlas Shrugged" regarding free energy and the collapse of the economy in the mid 70's while sitting in an army tank. They just recently made a movie from it.

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