−Removed: Systems, Inc., is a Delaware corporation that was founded in 1987.
−Removed: The Company designs, assembles, tests and sells our proprietary
−Removed: and patented axial flux (“AF”) induction machines known as the AuraGen ®
−Removed: for industrial and commercial
−Removed: applications and the AuraGen ®
−Removed: VIPER for military applications (collectively referred to as the “AuraGen ®
−Removed: The AuraGen ®
−Removed: can be used either as an electric motor or generator depending on the rotational speed of the rotor
−Removed: relative to the rotational speed of the magnetic field produced by the stator;
−Removed: when the rotor rotates slower than the magnetic
−Removed: field the AuraGen ®
−Removed: acts as an electric motor and when the rotor rotates faster than the magnetic field, the AuraGen ®
−Removed: acts as a generator.
−Removed: induction machines use a radial flux (“RF”) design as opposed to the axial flux design of the AuraGen ®
−Removed: These traditional RF machines have been the conventional workhorses of industry due to their robustness, attractive cost, and
−Removed: ease of control.
−Removed: However, RF machines are both heavy and bulky making them ill-suited for a variety of applications in which size
−Removed: and weight are paramount considerations, including most mobile applications.
−Removed: Although axial flux technology has long been recognized
−Removed: as having a higher energy density (more energy per unit volume) than traditional RF induction machines, for many years, however,
−Removed: RF technology was considered the only solution because of perceived insurmountable technological impediments to the creation of
−Removed: a viable axial flux equivalent including:
−Removed: (i) challenges controlling the strong axial magnetic attraction force between the stator
−Removed: and the rotor, (ii) fabrication difficulties such as cutting the slots in laminated cores, (iii) high cost involved in manufacturing
−Removed: the laminated stator core, (iv) difficulties in assembling the machine and maintaining a uniform air gap and (v) providing a laminated
−Removed: rotor that can stand the large centrifugal forces.
−Removed: Aura, however, has overcome these barriers through a variety of technological
−Removed: issue of a strong axial magnetic attraction force between the stator and the rotor was addressed by Aura’s patented approach
−Removed: of using a topology of two stators and a rotor sandwiched between them or two rotors and a stator sandwiched between.
−Removed: related to the fabrication and the high cost of manufacturing of the laminated stator cores were resolved by Aura using a unique
−Removed: technique involving punching the slots while rolling the steel, resulting in a continuous punched steel ribbon at a cost less
−Removed: than traditional punched laminates.
−Removed: Using various modern techniques and instruments, Aura has also overcome the difficulties in
−Removed: assembling the machine and maintaining a uniform air gap.
−Removed: Aura has also developed a patented cast rotor that does not require
−Removed: any laminates and provides the structural integrity to withstand large centrifugal forces, while at the same time provides the
−Removed: proper electric and magnetic properties.
−Removed: Thus, although the general operating principals of the AuraGen ®
−Removed: same as a traditional RF machine, the novel design of the AuraGen ®
−Removed: and its unique performance characteristics offer
+Added: Aura Systems, Inc., is a Delaware corporation
+Added: that was founded in 1987.
+Added: The Company designs, assembles, tests and sells our proprietary and patented axial flux (“AF”) induction
+Added: machines known as the AuraGen ® for industrial and commercial applications and the AuraGen ® VIPER for military
+Added: applications (collectively referred to as the “AuraGen ® ”).
+Added: The AuraGen ® can be used either as
+Added: an electric motor or generator depending on the rotational speed of the rotor relative to the rotational speed of the magnetic field produced
+Added: by the stator;
+Added: when the rotor rotates slower than the magnetic field the AuraGen ® acts as an electric motor and when the
+Added: rotor rotates faster than the magnetic field, the AuraGen ® acts as a generator.
+Added: Traditional induction machines use a radial flux
+Added: (“RF”) design as opposed to the axial flux design of the AuraGen ® .
+Added: These traditional RF machines have been
+Added: the conventional workhorses of industry due to their robustness, attractive cost, and ease of control.
+Added: However, RF machines are both heavy
+Added: and bulky making them ill-suited for a variety of applications in which size and weight are paramount considerations, including most mobile
+Added: applications.
+Added: Although axial flux technology has long been recognized as having a higher energy density (more energy per unit volume or
+Added: weight) than traditional RF induction machines, for many years, however, RF technology was considered the only solution because of perceived
+Added: insurmountable technological impediments to the creation of a viable axial flux equivalent including:
+Added: (i) challenges controlling the strong
+Added: axial magnetic attraction force between the stator and the rotor, (ii) fabrication difficulties such as cutting the slots in laminated
+Added: cores, (iii) high cost involved in manufacturing the laminated stator core, (iv) difficulties in assembling the machine and maintaining
+Added: a uniform air gap and (v) providing a laminated rotor that can stand the large centrifugal forces.
+Added: Aura, however, has overcome these barriers
+Added: through a variety of technological innovations.
+Added: The issue of a strong axial magnetic attraction
+Added: force between the stator and the rotor was addressed by Aura’s patented approach of using a topology of two stators and a rotor
+Added: sandwiched between them or two rotors and a stator sandwiched between.
+Added: The issues related to the fabrication and the high cost of manufacturing
+Added: of the laminated stator cores were resolved by Aura using a technique involving punching the slots while rolling the steel, resulting
+Added: in a continuous punched steel ribbon at a cost less than traditional punched laminates.
+Added: Using various modern techniques and instruments,
+Added: Aura has also overcome the difficulties in assembling the machine and maintaining a uniform air gap.
+Added: Aura has also developed a patented
+Added: cast rotor that does not require any laminates and provides the structural integrity to withstand large centrifugal forces, while at the
+Added: same time provides the proper electric and magnetic properties.
+Added: Thus, although the general operating principals of the AuraGen ®
+Added: are the same as a traditional RF machine, the novel design of the AuraGen ® and its unique performance characteristics offer
perceivable advantages over traditional RF technology.
−Removed: Smaller Footprint and a Lighter Weight Makes the AuraGen ®
−Removed: Uniquely Suited
−Removed: for Applications in which Fit, and Weight are Critical Factors .
−Removed: On average, the AuraGen ®
−Removed: system is approximately 50 percent lighter than comparable RF systems.
−Removed: on average the AuraGen ®
−Removed: has a volume of approximately 35% only.
−Removed: the AuraGen ®
−Removed: is uniquely able to be installed in locations traditional
−Removed: RF technology cannot possibly fit or that the significant weight of traditional RF technology
−Removed: otherwise makes prohibitive.
−Removed: The use of an AuraGen ®
−Removed: motor or generator
−Removed: with a disc rotor can thus be adopted in the construction of various devices with advantages
−Removed: in size, weight, and function.
−Removed: In addition, Aura’s axial flux design readily lends
−Removed: itself to stacking multiple rotors and stators on the same shaft, thus designing a relatively
−Removed: compact system capable of very large outputs.
−Removed: ● AuraGen ®
−Removed: Provides Greater Output Efficiency as Compared to Traditional RF Technology .
−Removed: Aura’s Axial Flux rotor design has significantly less inertia than the rotor used
+Added: ● A Smaller Footprint and a Lighter Weight Makes the AuraGen ®
+Added: Uniquely Suited for Applications in which Fit, and Weight are Critical Factors.
+Added: On average, the AuraGen ® system
+Added: is approximately 50 percent lighter than comparable RF systems.
+Added: Likewise, on average the AuraGen ® has a volume of approximately
+Added: 35% of RF equivalent machines.
+Added: As a result, the AuraGen ® is uniquely able to be installed in locations traditional RF
+Added: technology cannot possibly due to size and weight.
+Added: The use of an AuraGen ® motor or generator with a disc rotor can thus
+Added: be adopted in the construction of various devices with advantages in size, weight, and function.
+Added: In addition, Aura’s axial flux
+Added: design readily lends itself to stacking multiple rotors and stators on the same shaft, thus designing a relatively compact system capable
+Added: of very large outputs.
+Added: ● AuraGen ® Provides Greater Output Efficiency
+Added: as Compared to Traditional RF Technology .
+Added: Aura’s Axial Flux rotor design has significantly less inertia than the rotor used
in equivalent traditional RF machines.
−Removed: As a result, Aura’s systems require less
−Removed: input horsepower to rotate at the required rpm, resulting in an increase in output efficiency.
−Removed: In addition, Aura’s stators require approximately 60% less copper than used in
−Removed: equivalent RF machines with much shorter stator coil end turns and shorter flux return
−Removed: As a result, Aura’s design provides lower copper losses (additional increase
−Removed: in output efficiency) and lower manufacturing cost.
−Removed: In addition, specific AuraGen geometry/symmetry
−Removed: results in magnetic flux paths that inherently avoid parasitic eddy currents without
−Removed: need for laminates.
−Removed: Other electrical machines that are Dependent on Foreign Rare Earth Metals, the AuraGen ®
−Removed: The AuraGen ®
−Removed: , being an induction machine, does not use
−Removed: any permanent magnets (“PM”).
−Removed: Typical PM machines use NeFeB magnets (rare
−Removed: earths) that are mostly produced in China.
+Added: As a result, Aura’s systems require less input horsepower to rotate at the required rpm,
+Added: resulting in an increase in output efficiency.
+Added: In addition, Aura’s stators require approximately 60% less copper than used in equivalent
+Added: RF machines with much shorter stator coil end turns and shorter flux return paths.
+Added: As a result, Aura’s design provides
+Added: lower copper losses (additional increase in output efficiency) and lower manufacturing cost.
+Added: In addition, specific AuraGen ®
+Added: geometry/symmetry results in magnetic flux paths that inherently avoid parasitic eddy currents without need for laminates All of
+Added: the above contribute to an increase in efficiency.
+Added: ● Unlike Other
+Added: electrical machines that are Dependent on Foreign Rare Earth Metals, the AuraGen ®
+Added: The AuraGen ® , being an induction machine, does not use any
+Added: permanent magnets (“PM”).
+Added: Typical PM machines use NeFeB magnets (rare earths)
+Added: that are mostly produced in China.
In an article titled U.S.
−Removed: Needs a Strong Defense
−Removed: Against China’s Rare Earth weapon, written by James Stavridis of Bloomberg opinion
−Removed: March 4, 2021 “China controls roughly 80% of the rare-earths market, between what
−Removed: it mines itself and processes in raw material from elsewhere.
−Removed: If it decided to wield
−Removed: the weapon of restricting the supply —
−Removed: something it has repeatedly threatened to
−Removed: it would create a significant challenge for manufacturers and a geopolitical
−Removed: predicament for the industrialized world.
−Removed: In 2010, Beijing threatened to cut
−Removed: off exports to Japan over the disputed Senkaku Islands.
−Removed: Two years ago, Beijing was reportedly
−Removed: considering restrictions on exports to the U.S.
−Removed: generally, as well as against specific
−Removed: companies (such as defense giant Lockheed Martin Corp.) that it deemed in violation of
−Removed: its policies against selling advanced weapons to Taiwan.
+Added: Needs a Strong Defense Against
+Added: China’s Rare Earth weapon, written James Stavridis of Bloomberg opinion March 4, 2021
+Added: “China controls roughly 80% of the rare-earths market, between what it mines itself
+Added: and processes in raw material from elsewhere.
+Added: If it decided to wield the weapon of restricting
+Added: the supply — something it has repeatedly threatened to do —
+Added: it would create a significant challenge for manufacturers and a geopolitical predicament
+Added: for the industrialized world.
+Added: … In 2010, Beijing threatened to cut off exports to
+Added: Japan over the disputed Senkaku Islands.
+Added: Two years ago, Beijing was reportedly considering
+Added: restrictions on exports to the U.S.
+Added: generally, as well as against specific companies (such
+Added: as defense giant Lockheed Martin Corp.) that it deemed in violation of its policies against
+Added: selling advanced weapons to Taiwan.
+Added: ● Most EVs use PM machines.
In applications that require
−Removed: variable speed and variable loads, such as in EV applications, the magnetic B field should
−Removed: be adjusted such that the sum of the eddy-current, hysteresis, and I²
−Removed: Generally bucking B fields are required to adjust for the B field produced
−Removed: by the Permanent magnets .
−Removed: In contrast, Aura’s induction machines do not
−Removed: have any PM and B fields are easily adjustable.
−Removed: This means that at light loads the controller
−Removed: can reduce voltage such that magnetic losses are reduced, and efficiency is maximized.
−Removed: Thus, Aura’
−Removed: induction machine when operated with an Aura’s smart controller
−Removed: has an advantage over a PM machine –
−Removed: magnetic and conduction losses can be traded
−Removed: such that efficiency is optimized.
+Added: variable speed and variable loads, such as in EV applications, the magnetic B field should be adjusted over the operating range.
+Added: bucking B fields are required to adjust for the B field produced by the Permanent magnets .
+Added: In contrast, Aura’s induction
+Added: machines do not have any PM and B fields are easily adjustable.
+Added: This means that at light loads the controller can reduce voltage such
+Added: that magnetic losses are reduced, and efficiency is maximized.
+Added: Thus, Aura’s induction machine when operated with an Aura smart controller
+Added: has an advantage over a PM machine – magnetic and conduction losses can be traded such that efficiency is optimized.
This advantage.
−Removed: becomes increasingly important as
−Removed: performance is increased.
−Removed: a lengthy development period, the Company first began commercializing the AuraGen ®
−Removed: in late 1999 and early 2000.
−Removed: In 2001, the first commercial AuraGen ®
−Removed: product was a 4-pole machine which, when combined with our proprietary and
−Removed: patented electronic control unit (“ECU”), generated 5 kW of exportable 120/240 VAC power.
−Removed: We subsequently added a
−Removed: 6-pole configuration and introduced our patented bi-directional power supply that provided for 8.5 kW watts of exportable power
−Removed: with the capability of providing both alternating (“AC”) and direct (“DC”) power simultaneously.
−Removed: 2008, the Company introduced an AuraGen ®
−Removed: system that generated up to 17 kW of continuous power by combining two
−Removed: 8.5 kW systems on a single shaft.
−Removed: Starting in July 2019, we began to redesign and upgrade the ECU and develop new axial flux generator
−Removed: configurations.
−Removed: As a result of such efforts, our redesigned ECU allows us to replace the old 5 kW solution with a 6.5 kW solution
−Removed: using the same 4-pole generator as well as to upgrade the output of the 6-pole machine from 8.5 kW to 12.5 kW.
−Removed: Our recent efforts
−Removed: have also resulted in the development of a 15-kW solution specifically designed to address cell tower needs of 240 VAC and simultaneously
−Removed: 48 VDC as well as a new 4 kW solution targeting micro-mobility applications that is 7.5 inches in diameter and 5 inches deep that
−Removed: is being configured both as a motor and automotive alternator.
−Removed: date, the Company has sold approximately 10,000 AuraGen ®
−Removed: solutions for numerous applications.
−Removed: the first half of Fiscal 2016, the Company significantly reduced operations due to lack of financial resources.
−Removed: During the second
−Removed: half of Fiscal 2016, the Company’s operations were further disrupted when the Company was forced to move from its facilities
−Removed: in Redondo Beach, California to a smaller shared facility in Stanton, California.
−Removed: During Fiscal 2017, the Company curtailed much
−Removed: of its engineering, manufacturing, sales, and marketing activities to focus on renegotiating numerous financial obligations.
−Removed: Fiscal 2018, the Company successfully restructured in excess of $30 million of debt and held its first stockholder meeting since
−Removed: During Fiscal 2019, the Company continued to focus on seeking new sources of financing and utilized a contract manufacturer
−Removed: for very limited manufacturing.
+Added: becomes increasingly important as performance is increased.
+Added: After a lengthy development period, the Company
+Added: first began commercializing the AuraGen ® in late 1999 and early 2000.
+Added: In 2001, the first commercial AuraGen ®
+Added: product was a 4-pole machine which, when combined with our proprietary and patented electronic control unit (“ECU”), generated
+Added: 5 kW of exportable 120/240 VAC power.
+Added: We subsequently added a 6-pole configuration and introduced our patented bi-directional power supply
+Added: that provided for 8.5 kW watts of exportable power with the capability of providing both alternating (“AC”) and direct (“DC”)
+Added: power simultaneously.
+Added: In Fiscal 2008, the Company introduced an AuraGen ® system that generated up to 17 kW of continuous
+Added: power by combining two 8.5 kW systems on a single shaft.
+Added: Starting in July 2019, we began to redesign and upgrade the ECU and develop new
+Added: axial flux generator configurations.
+Added: As a result of such efforts, our redesigned ECU allows us to replace the old 5 kW solution with a
+Added: 6.5 kW solution using the same 4-pole generator as well as to upgrade the output of the 6-pole machine from 8.5 kW to 15 kW.
+Added: efforts have also resulted in the development of a 15-kW solution specifically designed to address cell tower needs of 240 VAC and simultaneously
+Added: 48 VDC as well as new 4 kW and 10 kW solutions.
+Added: The new 4 kW as a motor is approximately 6.5 inches in diameter and approximately 5 inches
+Added: deep and has efficiency above 90%.
+Added: The new 10 kW design as a mobile generator is approximately 8 inches in diameter, and 5 inches in axial
+Added: length and efficiency higher than 92%.
+Added: To date, the Company has sold approximately 11,000
+Added: AuraGen ® solutions for numerous applications.
+Added: During the first half of Fiscal 2016, the Company
+Added: significantly reduced operations due to lack of financial resources.
+Added: During the second half of Fiscal 2016, the Company’s operations
+Added: were further disrupted when the Company was forced to move from its facilities in Redondo Beach, California to a smaller shared facility
+Added: in Stanton, California.
+Added: During Fiscal 2017, the Company curtailed much of its engineering, manufacturing, sales, and marketing activities
+Added: to focus on renegotiating numerous financial obligations.
+Added: During Fiscal 2018, the Company successfully restructured in excess of $30 million
+Added: of debt and held its first stockholder meeting since 2011.
+Added: During Fiscal 2019, the Company continued to focus on seeking new sources of
+Added: financing and utilized a contract manufacturer for very limited manufacturing.
During fiscal 2019 the Company sold 11 systems.
−Removed: March 2019, stockholders of the Company represented a majority of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock delivered
−Removed: signed written consents to the Company removing Ronald Buschur, William Anderson and Si Ryong Yu as members of the Company’s
−Removed: Board and electing Ms.
+Added: In March 2019, stockholders of the Company represented
+Added: a majority of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock delivered signed written consents to the Company removing Ronald
+Added: Buschur, William Anderson and Si Ryong Yu as members of the Company’s Board and electing Ms.
Cipora Lavut, Mr.
1 unchanged sentence
Robert Lempert as directors of the Company in their stead.
−Removed: of Aura’s refusal to recognize the legal effectiveness of the consents, in April 2019 the stockholders filed suit in
−Removed: the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware pursuant to Section 225 of the Delaware General Corporations Law, seeking
−Removed: an order confirming the validity of the consents.
−Removed: On July 8, 2019 the Court of Chancery entered final judgment in favor of the
−Removed: stockholder plaintiffs, confirming that (a) Ronald Buschur, Si Ryong Yu and William Anderson had been validly removed by the holders
−Removed: of a majority of the Company’s outstanding stock acting by written consent (b) Ms.
−Removed: Lempert had been
−Removed: validly elected by the holders of a majority of the Company’s outstanding stock acting by written consent, and (c) the Company’s
−Removed: Board of Directors validly consists of Cipora Lavut, David Mann, Robert Lempert, Gary Douglas and Salvador Diaz-Versón,
+Added: Because of Aura’s refusal to recognize the legal effectiveness of
+Added: the consents, in April 2019 the stockholders filed suit in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware pursuant to Section 225
+Added: of the Delaware General Corporations Law, seeking an order confirming the validity of the consents.
+Added: On July 8, 2019 the Court of Chancery
+Added: entered final judgment in favor of the stockholder plaintiffs, confirming that (a) Ronald Buschur, Si Ryong Yu and William Anderson had
+Added: been validly removed by the holders of a majority of the Company’s outstanding stock acting by written consent (b) Ms.
+Added: Lempert had been validly elected by the holders of a majority of the Company’s outstanding stock acting by written
+Added: consent, and (c) the Company’s Board of Directors validly consists of Cipora Lavut, David Mann, Robert Lempert, Gary Douglas and
+Added: Salvador Diaz-Versón, Jr.
See Item 3, Legal Proceedings for more information.
−Removed: Following this ruling by the Court of Chancery, the newly confirmed Board
−Removed: of Directors terminated the employment of Melvin Gagerman, who had served as CEO and CFO of the Company since 2006, and installed
+Added: Following this ruling by the Court of Chancery, the
+Added: newly confirmed Board of Directors terminated the employment of Melvin Gagerman, who had served as CEO and CFO of the Company since 2006,
+Added: and installed Ms.
Lavut as President, Mr.
1 unchanged sentence
Lempert as Secretary of the Company.
−Removed: assuming control in the second half of Fiscal 2020, the Company’s new management team began significantly increasing its
−Removed: engineering, manufacturing and marketing activities as well as rebuilding relationships with its vendors and suppliers.
−Removed: these efforts, since July 8, 2019, the Company has shipped more than one-hundred and forty units (a greater than ten-fold increase
−Removed: over Fiscal 2019) and recorded approximately $0.9 million in revenue.
−Removed: During Fiscal 2021, the Company’s revenues and operations
−Removed: were adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic which resulted in a decline in revenues and shipments to customers.
−Removed: of the COVID-19 Pandemic
−Removed: COVID-19 global pandemic has negatively affected the global economy, disrupted global supply chains, and created extreme volatility
−Removed: and disruptions to capital and credit markets in the global financial markets.
−Removed: We began to see the impact of COVID-19 during our
−Removed: fourth quarter of Fiscal 2020 with our Chinese joint venture’s manufacturing facilities being required to close and many
−Removed: of our customers suspending their own operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
−Removed: As a result, net sales and production levels during
−Removed: the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2020 and the entirety of Fiscal 2021 were significantly reduced, thus impacting our results of operations
−Removed: during these fiscal periods.
−Removed: response to the COVID-19 pandemic and business disruption, we implemented certain measures to manage costs, preserve liquidity
−Removed: and enhance employee safety.
−Removed: These measures included the following:
−Removed: Careful monitoring
−Removed: of operating expenses including wages and salaries;
−Removed: Enhanced cleaning
−Removed: and disinfection procedures at our facilities, promotion of social distancing at our facilities and requirements for employees
−Removed: to work from home where possible;
−Removed: Reduction of capital
−Removed: expenditures;
−Removed: of the filing of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the extent of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, financial
−Removed: results and liquidity will depend largely on future developments, including the effectiveness of vaccination programs globally,
−Removed: the impact on capital and financial markets and the related impact on our customers, especially in the commercial vehicle markets.
−Removed: These future developments are outside of our control, are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted.
−Removed: If the impact is prolonged
−Removed: due, for example, to variant strains of the Covid-19 having an adverse impact, then it can further increase the difficulty of
−Removed: planning for operations and may require us to take further actions as it relates to costs and liquidity.
−Removed: These and other potential
−Removed: impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic will adversely impact our results for the current year, Fiscal 2022, and that impact could be
−Removed: Fiscal 2018 and Fiscal 2019, the Company’s engineering, manufacturing, sales, and marketing activities were reduced while
−Removed: we focused on renegotiating numerous financial obligations.
−Removed: During this time, the Company’s agreements with numerous customers,
−Removed: third party vendors, and organizations and entities material to the operation of the Company business were canceled, delayed or
−Removed: During Fiscal 2018, the Company successfully restructured in excess of $30 million of debt.
−Removed: Also, during Fiscal 2018,
−Removed: the Company signed a joint venture agreement with a Chinese company to build, service and distribute AuraGen ®
−Removed: Under the Jiangsu Shengfeng joint venture agreement, the Chinese partner owns 51% of the joint venture and the Company
−Removed: The Chinese partner contributed a total of approximately $9.75 million to the venture principally in the form of facilities,
−Removed: equipment, and approximately $500,000 of working capital while the Company contributed $250,000 in cash as well as a limited license.
−Removed: The limited license sold to the joint venture, however, does not permit the venture to manufacture the AuraGen ®
−Removed: rather, the joint venture is required to purchase all rotor subassemblies as well as certain software elements directly
−Removed: from the Company.
−Removed: During Fiscal 2018, Jiangsu Shengfeng placed a $1,000,000 order with the Company including a $700,000 advance
−Removed: payment of which the Company has failed to deliver product in accordance with the order received.
−Removed: On November 20, 2019, the Company
−Removed: reached a preliminary agreement with Jiangsu Shengfeng regarding the return of $700,000 previously advanced to the Company.
−Removed: preliminary agreement reached consists of a non-interest-bearing promissory note and a payment plan pursuant to which the $700,000
+Added: In February 2022,
+Added: Steven Willett was appointed CFO.
+Added: Upon assuming control in the second half of Fiscal
+Added: 2020, the Company’s new management team began significantly increasing its engineering, manufacturing and marketing activities as
+Added: well as rebuilding relationships with its vendors and suppliers.
+Added: Through these efforts, since July 8, 2019, the Company has shipped more
+Added: than one-hundred and forty units (a greater than ten-fold increase over Fiscal 2019) and recorded approximately $1.0 million in revenue.
+Added: During Fiscal 2022 and Fiscal 2021, the Company’s revenues and operations were adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic which
+Added: resulted in a decline in revenues and shipments to customers.
+Added: Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
+Added: The COVID-19 global pandemic has negatively affected
+Added: the global economy, disrupted global supply chains, and created extreme volatility and disruptions to capital and credit markets in the
+Added: global financial markets.
+Added: We began to see the impact of COVID-19 during our fourth quarter of Fiscal 2020 with our Chinese joint venture’s
+Added: manufacturing facilities being required to close and many of our customers suspending their own operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
+Added: As a result, net sales and production levels during the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2020 and the entirety of Fiscal 2021 were significantly
+Added: reduced, thus impacting our results of operations during these fiscal periods.
+Added: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and business
+Added: disruption, we implemented certain measures to manage costs, preserve liquidity and enhance employee safety.
+Added: These measures included the
+Added: Careful monitoring of operating expenses including wages and salaries;
+Added: Enhanced cleaning and disinfection procedures at our facilities, promotion of social distancing at our facilities and requirements for employees to work from home where possible;
+Added: Reduction of capital expenditures;
+Added: Deferral of discretionary spending.
+Added: As of the filing of this Annual Report on Form
+Added: 10-K on June 15, 2022, the extent of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, financial results and liquidity will depend
+Added: largely on future developments, including the effectiveness of vaccination programs globally, the impact on capital and financial markets
+Added: and the related impact on our customers, especially in the commercial vehicle markets.
+Added: These future developments are outside of our control,
+Added: are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted.
+Added: If the impact is prolonged due, for example, to variant strains of the COVID-19 having an
+Added: adverse impact, then it can further increase the difficulty of planning for operations and may require us to take further actions as it
+Added: relates to costs and liquidity.
+Added: These and other potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to adversely impact our results
+Added: for the current year, Fiscal 2023, and that impact could be material.
+Added: Business Arrangements
+Added: During Fiscal 2018 and Fiscal 2019, the Company’s
+Added: engineering, manufacturing, sales, and marketing activities were reduced while we focused on renegotiating numerous financial obligations.
+Added: During this time, the Company’s agreements with numerous customers, third party vendors, and organizations and entities material
+Added: to the operation of the Company business were canceled, delayed or terminated.
+Added: During Fiscal 2018, the Company successfully restructured
+Added: in excess of $30 million of debt.
+Added: Also, during Fiscal 2018, the Company signed a joint venture agreement with a Chinese company to build,
+Added: service and distribute AuraGen ® products in China.
+Added: Under the Jiangsu Shengfeng joint venture agreement, the Chinese partner
+Added: owns 51% of the joint venture and the Company owns 49%.
+Added: The Chinese partner contributed a total of approximately $9.75 million to the
+Added: venture principally in the form of facilities, equipment, and approximately $500,000 of working capital while the Company contributed
+Added: $250,000 in cash as well as a limited license.
+Added: The limited license sold to the joint venture, however, does not permit the venture to
+Added: manufacture the AuraGen ® rotor;
+Added: rather, the joint venture is required to purchase all rotor subassemblies as well as certain
+Added: software elements directly from the Company.
+Added: During Fiscal 2018, Jiangsu Shengfeng placed a $1,000,000 order with the Company including
+Added: a $700,000 advance payment of which the Company has failed to deliver product in accordance with the order received.
+Added: On November 20, 2019,
+Added: the Company reached a preliminary agreement with Jiangsu Shengfeng regarding the return of $700,000 previously advanced to the Company.
+Added: The preliminary agreement reached consists of a non-interest-bearing promissory note and a payment plan pursuant to which the $700,000
is to be paid over a 11-month period beginning March 15, 2020, through February 15, 2021.
−Removed: The preliminary agreement was subject
−Removed: to the JV continuous operation.
−Removed: However, starting in January 2020 the JV was shut down by the Chinese authority due to the COVID-19
−Removed: virus, and as of the date of this filing, the JV operation has not restarted.
−Removed: In the Balance Sheet as of February 29, 2020, the
−Removed: unpaid balance of $700,000 was reclassified as part of notes payable.
−Removed: During Fiscal 2020, the Company recorded an impairment expense
−Removed: of $250,000 to fully write-off the Jiangsu Shengfeng investment due to the uncertainty of the operation as of this time.
−Removed: Fiscal 2019, the Company continued to address its financial needs and began utilizing an outside contractor to manufacture the
−Removed: AuraGen ®
−Removed: Utilizing contractors, the Company shipped 11 units to customers during Fiscal 2019.
−Removed: Fiscal 2020 stockholders of the Company successfully removed Ronald Buschur, William Anderson and Si Ryong Yu from the Company’s
−Removed: Board of Directors and elected Ms.
+Added: The preliminary agreement was subject to the
+Added: JV continuous operation.
+Added: However, starting in January 2020 the JV was shut down by the Chinese authority due to the COVID-19 virus, and
+Added: as of the date of this filing, the JV operation has not restarted.
+Added: In February 29, 2020, the unpaid balance of $700,000 was reported as
+Added: part of notes payables – related party in the accompanying financial statements.
+Added: During Fiscal 2020, the Company recorded an impairment
+Added: expense of $250,000 to fully write-off the Jiangsu Shengfeng investment due to the uncertainty of the operation.
+Added: In Fiscal 2020 stockholders of the Company successfully
+Added: removed Ronald Buschur, William Anderson and Si Ryong Yu from the Company’s Board of Directors and elected Ms.
Cipora Lavut, Mr.
2 unchanged sentences
See Item 3, Legal Proceedings for more information.
−Removed: Also, in Fiscal 2020, Melvin Gagerman, Aura’s CEO and CFO since 2006,
−Removed: was replaced.
+Added: in Fiscal 2020, Melvin Gagerman, Aura’s CEO and CFO since 2006, was replaced.
In July 2019 Ms.
Lavut succeeded Mr.
−Removed: Gagerman as President and Mr.
+Added: Gagerman as President
Mann succeeded Mr.
Gagerman as CFO.
−Removed: was appointed as Secretary of the Company by the Board of Directors also in July 2019.
−Removed: In the second half of Fiscal 2020, the
−Removed: Company began significantly increasing its engineering, manufacturing and marketing activities.
−Removed: From July 8, 2019 through the
−Removed: end of Fiscal year 2021 (February 28, 2021), we shipped more than 140 units to customers (more than a ten-fold increase over Fiscal
−Removed: Developments .
−Removed: in Fiscal 2020, a novel strain of coronavirus commonly referred to as COVID-19 emerged and spread rapidly across the globe, including
−Removed: throughout all major geographies in which we operate (North America, Europe, and Asia), resulting in adverse economic conditions
−Removed: and business disruptions, as well as significant volatility in global financial markets.
−Removed: Governments worldwide have imposed varying
−Removed: degrees of preventative and protective actions, such as temporary travel bans, forced business closures, and stay-at-home orders,
−Removed: all in an effort to reduce the spread of the virus.
−Removed: Such factors, among others, have resulted in a significant decline in spending
−Removed: and resource availability.
−Removed: Additionally, during this period of uncertainty, companies across a wide array of industries have implemented
−Removed: various initiatives to reduce operating expenses and preserve cash balances, including work furloughs, reduced pay, and severance
−Removed: actions, which could lower consumers’
−Removed: disposable income levels or willingness to purchase discretionary items.
−Removed: a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have experienced varying degrees of business disruptions and periods of closure of our corporate
−Removed: facilities as have our customers, suppliers, and vendors, resulting in significant adverse impacts to our operating results.
−Removed: in certain parts of the world resulted in further business disruptions periodically throughout Fiscal 2021.
−Removed: Such disruptions have
−Removed: continued into the first quarter of Fiscal 2022, impacting our business.
−Removed: the introduction of COVID-19 vaccines, the pandemic remains highly volatile and continues to evolve.
−Removed: Accordingly, we cannot predict
−Removed: for how long and to what extent the pandemic will impact our business operations or the global economy as a whole.
−Removed: AuraGen ®
−Removed: /VIPER Product Overview:
−Removed: Served by the AuraGen ®
−Removed: Motor Applications
−Removed: axial flux induction machine can be used as either an electric motor or generator as described above.
−Removed: Due to the inherit advantages
−Removed: of Aura’s axial flux induction machine, such as (i) no rare earth or any other kind of permanent magnets, (ii) significantly
−Removed: less copper (60% less) than equivalent traditional induction motors (iii) higher energy density and (iv) fewer overall materials,
−Removed: we believe Aura’s axial flux induction motor can be used across a wide range of industries and applications.
−Removed: a small percent increase in motor efficiency translates to a market-wide savings of tens of billions of dollars per year and because
−Removed: Aura’s axial flux motor design is more efficient than equivalent radial flux induction motors, we believe that with the
−Removed: proper financial resources, over time, we can capture a reasonable share of the global electric motor market.
−Removed: motors account for 45% of all the global electric usage every year and are currently widely used in a range of applications including
−Removed: fans, pumps, compressors, machine tools, domestic appliances, electric vehicles (both two wheels and 4 wheels), HVAC applications,
−Removed: power tools, and automated robots.
−Removed: In recent years, high-efficiency electric motors have continued to gain importance for their
−Removed: longer operating life, lower maintenance and environmental benefit (i.e., better and cleaner energy consumption) when compared
−Removed: to traditional common solutions.
−Removed: vehicles “EVs”
−Removed: are a prime example of a rapidly expanding global market for electric induction motors.
−Removed: EVs are manufactured
−Removed: with a goal of reducing operational costs and carbon footprint and increases in production of EVs is expected to provide a positive
−Removed: impact on the demand for electric motors as they are used in variety of applications ranging from locomotion to comfort components
−Removed: of the vehicle.
−Removed: Aura’s axial flux machine with its pancake topology, its reduced size and weight, lends itself to integration
−Removed: Indeed, the global induction electric motor market is expected to reach $37.72 billion by 2027 (Inkwood research global
−Removed: induction motors market forecast 2019-2027).
−Removed: The market is driven by:
−Removed: (i) the rising demand for electric vehicles across
−Removed: (ii) increasing affordability of induction motors;
−Removed: (iii) low maintenance cost as compared to other motors;
−Removed: (iv) technological
−Removed: advancements in induction motors, (v) surging automation industries;
−Removed: and (vi) growing demand for energy-efficient motors.
−Removed: United States as well as countries such as Brazil, Argentina, China, and India are major markets, with a high adoption rate for
−Removed: energy efficient products in both the industrial and agricultural sectors.
−Removed: and Remote Power Applications
−Removed: global generator sales market was $20.3 billion in 2019 and is estimated to reach $27.16 billion by 2027 (Fortune Business Insight).
−Removed: Most industries dealing with construction and infrastructure rely on mobile generators to support modern computers, digital sensors
−Removed: and instruments as well as electrical driven tools.
−Removed: Current automotive alternators cannot supply the existing demanded power for
−Removed: many such applications and thus the common solution is the use of stand-alone gensets (often referred to a “Auxiliary Power
−Removed: or simply “APUs”).
−Removed: These APUs, however, (i) consume large amounts of fuel, (ii) are heavy and bulky and
−Removed: accordingly must often be towed on trailers, and (iii) require constant maintenance.
−Removed: Additionally, traditional APUs are generally
−Removed: not considered to be environmentally friendly power solutions based on their high fuel consumption, loud operating noise levels,
−Removed: and the emissions they secrete into the air.
−Removed: In comparison, the AuraGen ®
−Removed: system is small and light enough to generally
−Removed: be integrated directly into existing vehicles, does not require significant maintenance, nor does not require any set-up or tear-down
+Added: Lempert was appointed as Secretary of the Company by the Board of Directors also in July
+Added: In February 2022, Mr.
+Added: Steven Willett was appointed CFO.
+Added: During the second half of Fiscal 2020, the Company began significantly increasing
+Added: its engineering, manufacturing and marketing activities.
+Added: From July 8, 2019, through the end of Fiscal year 2022 (February 28, 2022), we
+Added: shipped more than 140 units to customers (a more than a ten-fold increase over Fiscal 2019).
+Added: Recent Developments.
+Added: Beginning in Fiscal 2020, a novel strain of coronavirus commonly referred
+Added: to as COVID-19 emerged and spread rapidly across the globe, including throughout all major geographies in which we operate (North America,
+Added: Europe, and Asia), resulting in adverse economic conditions and business disruptions, as well as significant volatility in global financial
+Added: Governments worldwide have imposed varying degrees of preventative and protective actions, such as temporary travel bans, forced
+Added: business closures, and stay-at-home orders, all in an effort to reduce the spread of the virus.
+Added: Such factors, among others, have resulted
+Added: in a significant decline in spending and resource availability.
+Added: Additionally, during this period of uncertainty, companies across a wide
+Added: array of industries have implemented various initiatives to reduce operating expenses and preserve cash balances, including work furloughs,
+Added: reduced pay, and severance actions, which could lower consumers’ disposable income levels or willingness to purchase discretionary items.
+Added: As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have experienced varying degrees
+Added: of business disruptions and periods of closure of our corporate facilities as have our customers, suppliers, and vendors, resulting in
+Added: significant adverse impacts to our operating results.
+Added: Resurgences in certain parts of the world resulted in further business disruptions
+Added: periodically throughout Fiscal 2022 and Fiscal 2021.
+Added: Such disruptions have continued into the first quarter of Fiscal 2023, impacting
+Added: our business.
+Added: Despite the introduction of COVID-19 vaccines,
+Added: the pandemic remains highly volatile and continues to evolve.
+Added: Accordingly, we cannot predict for how long and to what extent the pandemic
+Added: will impact our business operations or the global economy as a whole.
+Added: The AuraGen ® /VIPER Product Overview:
+Added: Markets Served by the AuraGen ® /VIPER
+Added: Induction Motor Applications
+Added: Aura’s axial flux induction machine can
+Added: be used as either an electric motor or generator as described above.
+Added: Due to the inherit advantages of Aura’s axial flux induction
+Added: machine, such as (i) no rare earth or any other kind of permanent magnets, (ii) significantly less copper (60% less) than equivalent traditional
+Added: induction motors (iii) higher energy density and (iv) fewer overall materials, we believe Aura’s axial flux induction motor can
+Added: be used across a wide range of industries and applications.
+Added: Because even a small percent increase in motor efficiency translates to a
+Added: market-wide savings of tens of billions of dollars per year and because Aura’s axial flux motor design is more efficient than equivalent
+Added: radial flux induction motors, we believe that with the proper financial resources, over time, we can capture a reasonable share of the
+Added: global electric motor market.
+Added: Electric motor are the main users of electricity,
+Added: accounting for approximately 53% of the global demand for electricity.
+Added: Over 65% of the energy used to support electric motors is used
+Added: for industrial motor systems.
+Added: 1 The industrial electric
+Added: motor market is expected to grow from an estimated USD 113.3 billion in 2020 to USD 169.1 billion by 2026, at a
+Added: CAGR of 6.9% during the forecast period 2 .
+Added: The increase in
+Added: global electricity consumption, and the use of electrical equipment and machines in different industries and the renewables sector are
+Added: major factors driving growth in the electric motor market during the forecast period
+Added: motors are employed in infrastructure, major structures, and industries all around the world.
+Added: Each year, approximal 30 million motors
+Added: are sold for industrial use alone 3 .
+Added: Electric motors
+Added: find application in a variety of equipment throughout industry.
+Added: Common industrial applications include:
+Added: (i) compressors, (ii)
+Added: fans and blowers, (iii) heavy duty equipment, (iv) HVAC systems, (v) pumps and (vi) machine tools (laths and mills etc.) Electric
+Added: motors and generators are one of the most important tools in modern day life.
+Added: studies show a high potential for energy efficiency improvement in motor systems.
+Added: Specifically, system optimization approaches which
+Added: address the entire motor system demonstrate high potential for energy savings.
+Added: For most countries the saving potentials for energy efficiency
+Added: improvements in motor systems with best available technology lie between 9 and 13 percent of the national industrial electricity
+Added: Aura’s machines use approximately
+Added: 60% less copper, are approximately 1/3 the size and weight and are more efficient than the equivalent traditional radial flux (“RF”)
+Added: induction machine.
+Added: When compared to radial and axial flux permanent
+Added: magnet machines, Aura machines are less expensive to manufacture, do not use any rare earths, do not use any permanent magnets, are not
+Added: dependent on supply from China, are more robust, have a higher operating speed range, have lower maintenance, have a longer lifetime,
+Added: and are generally smaller, lighter and higher in efficiency.
+Added: EV applications
+Added: The universal global
+Added: trend for electrification has created in addition to the industrial demand for motors also a very large demand for motors used in electric
+Added: transportation for vehicles, planes, and boats (“EV”).
+Added: In such applications, one or more electric motors are used for
+Added: The power to drive the electric motors is generally a battery system or fuel cell.
+Added: Both batteries and fuel cells convert some
+Added: form of fuel to electricity through some chemical process.
+Added: EVs include, but are not limited to, road and off-road vehicles, surface
+Added: and underwater vessels, electric aircraft, and electric spacecraft.
+Added: Identification of Technoeconomic Opportunities with the Use of Premium Efficiency Motors as Alternative for Developing Countries -Julio R.
+Added: October 16, 2020
+Added: Markets & Markets Electric Motor Market Published Date:
+Added: Nov 2020 | Report Code:
+Added: Precedence Research October 6, 2021
+Added: Energy efficiency in electric motor systems- UN industrial Development Organization Venna 2012
+Added: It is rather interesting
+Added: to note that, while electric motors have been around for more than 200 years, technical information on electric motors in EVs is very
+Added: scarce and generally only found in niche technology sites.
+Added: Most EV literature only notes
+Added: the motor’s relative quietness, its torque response, its simplicity, and long-term low maintenance requirements.
+Added: Most of the space
+Added: dedicated to the powertrain (motor, motor- controller and some cases a gear box) is focuses, instead, on the battery—its size and
+Added: weight, where it sits, the range, how long it takes to fully charge, etc.
+Added: Yet, the only function of the battery system is to support the
+Added: electric motors and its controller.
+Added: In addition to the batteries, the electric
+Added: motor and supporting power electronics are critical components of EV drivetrain.
+Added: It is expected that over 100 million electric motors
+Added: will be required per year by 2032 to meet the demand for the growing EV market 5
+Added: (where would all the rare earths come from to support 100 million motors per year?).
+Added: The global Electric
+Added: Vehicle Market size is projected to grow from 4 million units in 2021 to 34.76 million units by 2030 6 .
+Added: The AC motor (most power by alternating current) is expected to witness the fastest growth in the electric motor market during the
+Added: forecast period.
+Added: The global electric powertrain market (electric
+Added: motor, plus motor controller plus a gear box) size is projected to surpass around US$ 200 billion by 2027 and growing at a CAGR 13.8%.
+Added: The motor/generator component expected to show lucrative growth over the analysis period attributed to the escalated penetration of plug-in
+Added: hybrid battery electric vehicle (“PHEV”) and battery electric vehicle (“BEV”) across the globe 7
+Added: There are several key performance metrics for
+Added: electric motors.
+Added: Power and torque density enables improved driving dynamics in a smaller and lighter package, with weight and space being
+Added: at a premium in EVs.
+Added: Another critical area is efficiency.
+Added: Improving efficiency means that less energy stored in the battery is
+Added: wasted when accelerating the vehicle, resulting in improved range from the same battery capacity.
+Added: Smaller motor system weight will also
+Added: contribute to increase in range since less weight needs to be moved.
+Added: Most electric motors
+Added: currently used for electric mobility employ high energy permanent magnets 8 .
+Added: The magnetic material is usually sintered neodymium–iron–boron (NdFeB) made or processed in China.
+Added: Neodymium is one of the
+Added: rare earth elements.
+Added: China has around a third of all rare earth reserves and around 90% of global production 9 .
+Added: In 1987 the Chinese President Deng Xiaoping famously said, “ the middle East has Oil;
+Added: China has rare earths ”.
+Added: Analytics Expert briefing on July 30, 2020, states that “(i) Permanent Magnets will account for 3⁄4 of rare earth demand by
+Added: 2030 up from 1⁄4 in 2020 and (ii)Electric vehicles and off shore wind will drive demand and be most vulnerable to supply shocks” .
+Added: Emerging Electric Motor Technologies for the EV Market Sep 28, 2021 Luke Gear
+Added: Market & market Electric Vehicle Market May 2021 Report code AT4907
+Added: Precedence research June 9, 2021
+Added: Will rare earth be eliminated in EV motor-Dr.
+Added: James Edmondson Nov 2-2020
+Added: Vikendi December 29, 2021
+Added: Permanent magnet (“PM”)
+Added: machines can be extremely light in weight and highly efficient.
+Added: In PM machines the magnetic field B is fixed by the magnets and the only
+Added: way to change this is with a bucking field.
+Added: These bucking currents result in increase in temperature that could affect the magnetization
+Added: of the permanent magnets.
+Added: In PM machines the operating temperature must
+Added: be kept at below 100 o C because at that temperature the magnets start to lose some of their magnetization and at 180 o C
+Added: they become completely demagnetized.
+Added: However, in EV applications at low speed, one needs to use a lot of current (generating high heat)
+Added: to get the required torque;
+Added: similarly, at high speeds one needs a lot of current for the bucking fields to reduce the B field.
+Added: machines for mobility require a very complex cooling system.
+Added: All the components in the machine are designed for maximum specifications
+Added: but operationally the machine is limited by temperature requirements of the magnets.
+Added: The cost of such machines is high due to (i) The
+Added: permanent magnets ($50-$70 per kg), (ii) the complex cooling system and (iii) complex controller.
+Added: In addition to the cost issues, the permanent
+Added: magnets are subject to the economic and political control of China.
+Added: There is always the possible situation that China economically
+Added: weaponizes rare earth and stops sending the refined product to the U.S so they cannot be used in weapon systems or commercial applications
+Added: such as electric vehicles 10 .
+Added: In the past during political
+Added: disputes China threatened to cease export of rare earths 11 .
+Added: Unlike the PM machines, Aura’s axial
+Added: flux induction machines do not use any permanent magnets and therefore the controller can change the B fields since B is proportionate
+Added: to the voltage divided by the frequency (V/f).
+Added: Thus, the Aura machine, when operated with a smart inverter, has an advantage over a PM
+Added: The Aura machine has a smaller volume, equal or better efficiency, more reliable and a large cost advantage.
+Added: This advantage becomes
+Added: increasingly important as performance is increased .
+Added: Mobile and Remote Power Applications
+Added: The global generator sales market was $20.3 billion
+Added: in 2019 and is estimated to reach $27.16 billion by 2027 (Fortune Business Insight).
+Added: Most industries dealing with construction and infrastructure
+Added: rely on mobile generators to support modern computers, digital sensors and instruments as well as electrical driven tools.
+Added: Current automotive
+Added: alternators cannot supply the existing demanded power for many such applications and thus the common solution is the use of stand-alone
+Added: gensets (often referred to a “Auxiliary Power Units” or simply “APUs”).
+Added: These APUs, however, (i) consume large
+Added: amounts of fuel, (ii) are heavy and bulky and accordingly must often be towed on trailers, and (iii) require constant maintenance.
+Added: Additionally,
+Added: traditional APUs are generally not considered to be environmentally friendly power solutions based on their high fuel consumption, loud
+Added: operating noise levels, and the emissions they secrete into the air.
+Added: In comparison, the AuraGen ® system is small and
+Added: light enough to generally be integrated directly into existing vehicles, does not require significant maintenance, nor do they require
+Added: any set-up or tear-down time.
In addition, there are no heavy lifting required and to contact with hot surfaces.
−Removed: The AuraGen ®
−Removed: when integrated in a vehicle or a boat is completely seamless and transparent to the user
−Removed: for law enforcement, emergency responders and militaries alike, mobile power is generally a necessity.
−Removed: Indeed, one of the fastest
−Removed: growing segments for mobile power is the military marketplace for On-Board-Exportable-Power (OBEP), which is electric power on
−Removed: vehicles that can be used to support non-vehicle functions such as weapon systems and C 4 I functions (command, control,
−Removed: communication, computers and information).
−Removed: Currently, most on-board power is provided by APUs.
−Removed: Given the drawbacks of APUs, however,
−Removed: militaries, law enforcement and first responders all over the world are seeking more efficient integrated power solutions for
−Removed: their vehicles.
−Removed: addition, numerous leisure users are increasingly demanding mobile power for use of air-conditioning, appliances and other amenities.
−Removed: stand-alone gensets (often referred to “auxiliary power units”
−Removed: or simply “APU”s), all automotive users
−Removed: rely on integrated alternators in their vehicles for such things as navigation systems, electric seating, electric windows, sound/
−Removed: phone systems and lights.
−Removed: In 2019 alone, 87.9 million passenger vehicles were sold globally (Motor Intelligence.
−Removed: Automotive alternator
−Removed: market growth trends forecast 2021-2026);
−Removed: each one used an alternator.
−Removed: The market for automotive alternators is presently dominated
−Removed: mainly by four companies:
−Removed: Denso, Valeo, Mitsubishi Electric, and Hitachi Automotive.
−Removed: These companies jointly control nearly 80%
−Removed: of the global market.
−Removed: The compact size and significant increase in efficiency of the AuraGen ®
−Removed: provides an ideal
−Removed: replacement (fit and form) for high output automotive alternators while offering higher efficiency, longer lifetime and the flexibility
−Removed: of multiple types of voltage both AC and DC.
−Removed: AuraGen ®
−Removed: solution increase in efficiency over traditional generators, when combined with our load following architecture
−Removed: and the ability to provide both AC and -48VDC simultaneously makes our solution very attractive to cell towers operators that
−Removed: depend on diesel power.
−Removed: Our solution has the potential for a significant reduction in diesel fuel consumption for such an application.
−Removed: refrigeration is also an ideal market for the AuraGen ®
−Removed: mobile power solution since it enables the electrification
−Removed: of the system by eliminating the small diesel engine used to run the onboard refrigeration system.
−Removed: The Aura solution significantly
−Removed: reduces fuel consumption and eliminates the harmful emissions generated by the traditional small engine used in such applications.
−Removed: Company is involved in the application of its AuraGen ®
−Removed: technology to electric motors and mobile power.
−Removed: it faces substantial competition from companies offering different technologies .
−Removed: are four (4) basic approaches for electrical machines:
−Removed: (i) the rotor can be electrically excited such that it creates a magnetic
−Removed: field with constant orientation (as in synchronous machines) and usually uses brushes and or commutators;
−Removed: (ii) the shape of the
−Removed: rotor can induce reluctance variations in the stator (as in switched reluctance machines);
−Removed: (iii) the rotor can be permanently
−Removed: magnetized with permanent magnets (“PM “) as in brushless DC machines;
−Removed: and (iv) the rotor field can be induced from
−Removed: the stator due to the rotor’s structure as in induction machines.
−Removed: Our axial flux technology is geared toward the induction
−Removed: machine market.
−Removed: machines are machines in which the rotor coil is supplied with current through brushes.
−Removed: Unlike commutators, brushes
−Removed: only transfer electric current to a moving rotor;
+Added: The AuraGen ®
+Added: operation when integrated in a vehicle or a boat is completely seamless and transparent to the user .
+Added: Likewise, for law enforcement, emergency responders
+Added: and militaries alike, mobile power is generally a necessity.
+Added: Indeed, one of the fastest growing segments for mobile power is the military
+Added: marketplace for On-Board-Exportable-Power (OBEP), which is electric power on vehicles that can be used to support non-vehicle functions
+Added: such as weapon systems and C 4 I functions (command, control, communication, computers and information).
+Added: Currently, most on-board
+Added: power is provided by APUs.
+Added: Given the drawbacks of APUs, however, militaries, law enforcement and first responders all over the world are
+Added: seeking more efficient integrated power solutions for their vehicles.
+Added: In addition, numerous leisure users are increasingly
+Added: demanding mobile power for use of air-conditioning, appliances and other amenities.
+Added: China Maintains Dominance in Rare Earth Production-National defense 9/8/21 by Stew Magnuson
+Added: Supercomputers Predict rare earth Market Vulnerability-National defense 9/9/21 by Stew Magnuson
+Added: Beside stand-alone gensets (often referred to
+Added: “auxiliary power units” or simply “APU” s), all automotive users rely on integrated alternators in their vehicles
+Added: for such things as navigation systems, electric seating, electric windows, sound/ phone systems and lights.
+Added: In 2019 alone, 87.9 million
+Added: passenger vehicles were sold globally 12 (each one used an
+Added: The market for automotive alternators is presently dominated mainly by four companies:
+Added: Denso, Valeo, Mitsubishi Electric,
+Added: and Hitachi Automotive.
+Added: These companies jointly control nearly 80% of the global market.
+Added: The compact size and significant increase
+Added: in efficiency of the AuraGen ® provides an ideal replacement (fit and form) for high output automotive alternators while
+Added: offering higher efficiency, longer lifetime and the flexibility of multi types of voltage both AC and DC.
+Added: Recently, the Company completed
+Added: the design for a 10-kW alternator with diameter of less than 8 inches and axial length of less than 6 inches.
+Added: The new 10 kW alternator
+Added: will provide the full 10 kW power at alternator speeds of 2,500-13,000 rpm with efficiency higher than 92%.
+Added: The AuraGen ® solution increase
+Added: in efficiency over traditional generators, when combined with our load following architecture and the ability to provide both AC and -48VDC
+Added: simultaneously makes our solution very attractive to cell towers operators that depend on diesel power.
+Added: Our solution has the potential
+Added: for a significant reduction in diesel fuel consumption for such an application.
+Added: The Company is involved in the application of
+Added: its AuraGen ® technology to electric motors and mobile power.
+Added: Therefore, it faces substantial competition from companies
+Added: offering different technologies .
+Added: Electric Motors
+Added: There are four (4) basic approaches for electrical
+Added: (i) the rotor can be electrically excited such that it creates a magnetic field with constant orientation (as in synchronous
+Added: machines) and usually uses brushes and or commutators;
+Added: (ii) the shape of the rotor can induce reluctance variations in the stator (as
+Added: in switched reluctance machines);
+Added: (iii) the rotor can be permanently magnetized with permanent magnets (“PM “) as in brushless
+Added: and (iv) the rotor field can be induced from the stator due to the rotor’s structure as in induction machines.
+Added: axial flux technology is an induction machine.
+Added: Brushed machines are
+Added: machines in which the rotor coil is supplied with current through brushes.
+Added: Unlike commutators, brushes only transfer electric current
+Added: to a moving rotor;
commutators also provide switching of the current direction.
−Removed: Large, brushed
−Removed: machines which are run with DC to the stator windings at synchronous speed are the most common generator in power plants
−Removed: because they also supply reactive power to the grid.
−Removed: They can be started by the turbine and can generate power at constant
−Removed: speed without a controller.
−Removed: This type of machine is often referred to in the literature as a “synchronous machine”.
−Removed: machines have no windings in the rotor, only a ferromagnetic material shaped so that “electromagnets”
−Removed: in the stator can “grab”
−Removed: the teeth in the rotor resulting in a slight movement.
−Removed: The electromagnets are then turned
−Removed: off, while another set of electromagnets is turned on to move the stator further.
−Removed: Reluctance machines are also sometimes referred
−Removed: to as “step motors”
−Removed: as a result of the step-like movement.
−Removed: These machines are suited for low speed and accurate position
−Removed: Reluctance machines can be supplied with PMs in the stator to improve performance.
−Removed: The “electromagnet”
−Removed: then “turned off”
−Removed: by sending a negative current to the coil.
−Removed: When the current is positive the magnet and the current
−Removed: cooperate to create a stronger magnetic field, which will improve the reluctance machine’s maximum torque without increasing
−Removed: the currents maximum absolute value.
−Removed: machines have permanent magnets in the rotor which set up a magnetic field.
−Removed: The magnetic field is created by modern
−Removed: PMs (Neodymium Iron Boron magnets “NeFeB”), which means that PM machines have a higher torque/volume and torque/weight
−Removed: ratio than machines with rotor coils under continuous operation.
−Removed: In general, it is usually possible to overload electric machines
−Removed: for a short time until the current in the coils heats parts of the machine to a temperature which cause damage.
−Removed: However, PM machines
−Removed: are very sensitive to such overloads because too high of a current in the coils can create a magnetic field strong enough to demagnetize
+Added: Large, brushed machines which are run with DC to the stator
+Added: windings at synchronous speed are the most common generator in power plants because they also supply reactive power to
+Added: They can be started by the turbine and can generate power at constant speed without a controller.
+Added: This type of machine is often
+Added: referred to in the literature as a “synchronous machine”.
+Added: Reluctance machines have
+Added: no windings in the rotor, only a ferromagnetic material shaped so that “electromagnets” in the stator can “grab” the
+Added: teeth in the rotor resulting in a slight movement.
+Added: The electromagnets are then turned off, while another set of electromagnets is turned
+Added: on to move the stator further.
+Added: Reluctance machines are also sometimes referred to as “step motors” as a result of the step-like
+Added: These machines are suited for low speed and accurate position control.
+Added: Reluctance machines can be supplied with PMs in the stator
+Added: to improve performance.
+Added: The “electromagnet” is then “turned off” by sending a negative current to the coil.
+Added: the current is positive the magnet and the current cooperate to create a stronger magnetic field, which will improve the reluctance machine’s
+Added: maximum torque without increasing the currents maximum absolute value.
+Added: PM machines have
+Added: permanent magnets in the rotor which set up a magnetic field.
+Added: The magnetic field is created by modern PMs (Neodymium Iron Boron magnets
+Added: “NeFeB”), which means that PM machines have a higher torque/volume and torque/weight ratio than machines with rotor coils
+Added: under continuous operation.
+Added: In general, it is usually
+Added: possible to overload electric machines for a short time until the current in the coils heats parts of the machine to a temperature which
+Added: cause damage.
+Added: However, PM machines are very sensitive to such overloads because too high of a current in the coils can create a magnetic
+Added: field strong enough to demagnetize the magnets.
The majority (85%) NeFeB magnets are produced in China.
−Removed: Magnax and many other are examples of Companies using such
−Removed: induction machine (no PM) is the most common electrical machine in use today.
−Removed: A changing magnetic field in the stator
−Removed: induces a current in the rotor.
−Removed: The current in the rotor produces its own magnetic field, which then interacts with the magnetic
−Removed: field of the stator, causing the rotor to turn.
−Removed: The name induction comes from the fact that current is induced in the rotor
−Removed: by the changing magnetic field of the stator.
−Removed: Radial flux induction machines have been the workhorse of industry due to their
−Removed: robustness, attractive cost, and easy of control;
−Removed: however, they are relatively, heavy and bulky.
−Removed: On the other hand, Aura’s
−Removed: axial flux (“AF”) induction machines, have all of the advantages of the radial flux machines but with the advantage
−Removed: of higher energy density resulting in a smaller and lighter machine with equivalent or better performance.
−Removed: Unlike the PM machines,
−Removed: induction machines do not use any permanent magnets and therefore the controller can change the B fields since B is proportionate
−Removed: to the voltage divided by the frequency (V/f).
−Removed: our axial flux induction technology provides significant advantages in both cost (significant less copper, steel and aluminum),
−Removed: size/weight and performance, most of our competitors in induction technology have far greater financial, technical, and marketing
−Removed: resources than we have.
−Removed: They have larger budgets for research, new product development and marketing, and have long-standing customer
−Removed: relationships.
−Removed: players in the market are (i) Nidec Motor Corporation, (ii) ABB Ltd., (iii) Siemens AG, (iv) WEG Electric Corp, (v) Regal Beloit
−Removed: Corporation, (vi) Wolong, and (vii)Teco Westinghouse.
−Removed: are five basic approaches used in mobile generators
−Removed: Portable generators meet the large market need for auxiliary power.
−Removed: Millions of units per year are sold
−Removed: in North America alone, and millions more are sold across the world to meet market demands for 1 to 20 Kilowatts of portable power.
−Removed: The market for these power levels addresses the commercial, leisure and residential markets, and is essentially divided into:
−Removed: (a) higher power, higher quality and higher price commercial level units;
−Removed: and (b) lower power, lower quality and lower price level
−Removed: Gensets provide the strongest competition across the widest marketplace for auxiliary power.
−Removed: Onan, Honda and Kohler, among
−Removed: others, are well established and respected brand names in the genset market for higher reliability auxiliary power generation.
−Removed: There are over 40 registered genset-manufacturing companies in the United States.
−Removed: of the key suppliers are Caterpillar (US), Cummins (US), Rolls-Royce Holdings (UK), Atlas Copco (Sweden), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,
−Removed: (Japan), Yanmar (Japan), Generac (US), ABB (Switzerland), Siemens Energy (Germany), Weichai Group (China), Kohler Co.
−Removed: Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd.
−Removed: (India), Denyo (Japan), and Sterling & Wilson (India).
−Removed: Output Alternators .
+Added: Magnax and many other are examples
+Added: of Companies using such an approach.
+Added: Motor Intelligence.
+Added: Automotive alternator market growth trends forecast 2021-2026)
+Added: AC induction machine (no PM) is
+Added: the most common electrical machine in use today.
+Added: A changing magnetic field in the stator induces a current in the rotor.
+Added: in the rotor produces its own magnetic field, which then interacts with the magnetic field of the stator, causing the rotor to turn.
+Added: name induction comes from the fact that current is induced in the rotor by the changing magnetic field of the stator.
+Added: induction machines have been the workhorse of industry due to their robustness, attractive cost, and easy of control;
+Added: however, they are
+Added: relatively, heavy and bulky.
+Added: On the other hand, Aura’s axial flux (“AF”) induction machines, have all of the advantages
+Added: of the radial flux machines but with the advantage of higher energy density and higher efficiency resulting in a smaller and lighter machine
+Added: with equivalent or better performance.
+Added: Unlike the PM machines, induction machines do not use any permanent magnets and therefore the
+Added: controller can change the B fields since B is proportionate to the voltage divided by the frequency (V/f).
+Added: Although our axial flux induction technology provides
+Added: significant advantages in both cost (significant less copper, steel and aluminum), size/weight and performance, most of our competitors
+Added: have far greater financial, technical, and marketing resources than we have.
+Added: They have larger budgets for research, new product development
+Added: and marketing, and have long-standing customer relationships.
+Added: Key players in the market are (i) Nidec Motor
+Added: Corporation, (ii) ABB Ltd., (iii) Siemens AG, (iv) WEG Electric Corp, (v) Regal Beloit Corporation, (vi) Wolong, and (vii)Teco Westinghouse.
+Added: There are five basic approaches used in mobile generators
+Added: Gensets AKA APU .
+Added: generators meet the large market need for auxiliary power.
+Added: Millions of units per year are sold in North America alone, and millions more
+Added: are sold across the world to meet market demands for 1 to 20 Kilowatts of portable power.
+Added: The market for these power levels addresses
+Added: the commercial, leisure and residential markets, and is essentially divided into:
+Added: (a) higher power, higher quality and higher price commercial
+Added: and (b) lower power, lower quality and lower price level units.
+Added: Gensets provide the strongest competition across the widest
+Added: marketplace for auxiliary power.
+Added: Onan, Honda, Generac and Kohler, among others, are well established and respected brand names in the
+Added: genset market for higher reliability auxiliary power generation.
+Added: There are over 40 registered genset-manufacturing companies in the United
+Added: Some of the key suppliers are
+Added: Caterpillar (US), Cummins (US), Rolls-Royce Holdings (UK), Atlas Copco (Sweden), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
+Added: (Japan), Yanmar (Japan),
+Added: Generac (US), ABB (Switzerland), Siemens Energy (Germany), Weichai Group (China), Kohler Co.
+Added: (US), Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd.
+Added: Denyo (Japan), and Sterling & Wilson (India),
+Added: High Output Alternators .
There are many High Output Alternator manufacturers.
−Removed: Some of the better-known ones are:
−Removed: Bosh, Nippon Densu, Hitachi, Mitsubishi and Prestolite.
−Removed: All alternators provide their rated power at very high RPM and significantly
−Removed: less power at lower RPM.
−Removed: In addition, alternators are generally only 30% efficient at the low RPM range and increase to 50% efficiency
−Removed: at the high RPM range.
−Removed: There are many inverter manufacturers across the globe;
+Added: Some of the better-known ones are Delco-Remy, Bosh, Nippon Densu, Hitachi, Mitsubishi
+Added: and Prestolite.
+Added: All alternators provide their rated power at very high RPM and significantly less power at lower RPM.
+Added: In addition, alternators
+Added: are generally only 30% efficient at the low RPM range and increase to 50% efficiency at the high RPM range.
+Added: There are many inverter
+Added: manufacturers across the globe;
the best known one is Xentrex.
−Removed: The pricing of industrial grade sine wave
−Removed: inverters is approximately $400 per kilowatt plus the cost of a high output alternator (estimated at $1,000) and a good throttle
−Removed: controller (estimated in the range of $250-500).
−Removed: Permanent-Magnet
−Removed: Alternators .
−Removed: A number of companies have introduced alternators using exotic rare earth Neodymium (NdFeB) magnets.
−Removed: These alternators tend to have higher power generation capabilities than regular alternators at lower RPM.
−Removed: Unfortunately, PM machines
−Removed: with NdFeB magnets are very sensitive to temperature and, unlike the AuraGen ®
−Removed: , cannot survive the typical under-the-hood
−Removed: environment (200 o F+).
−Removed: In order to apply such devices for automotive applications one must add an active cooling system
−Removed: to keep the magnets from demagnetizing at approximately (176 o F).
−Removed: In addition, most of the rare earth magnets (NeFeB)
−Removed: are manufactured in china and are subject to potential political and economic pressure.
−Removed: addition to the temperature challenges of such machines, there are other issues involving active control of the magnetic field.
−Removed: The main disadvantage of PM generators is the difficulty of output voltage regulation to compensate for speed and load variation
−Removed: due to the lack of a simple means of field control.
−Removed: Fuel cells are solid-state, devices that produce electricity by combining a fuel containing hydrogen with oxygen.
−Removed: They have a wide range of applications and can be used in place of the internal combustion engine and traditional lead-acid and
−Removed: lithium-ion batteries.
−Removed: These systems are generally more expensive.
−Removed: The most widely deployed fuel cells are estimated to cost
−Removed: significantly more per kilowatt than alternative solutions.
−Removed: Electric in Australia has introduced an axial flux machine with a complete conductive rotor.
−Removed: Such a machine was first introduced
−Removed: by Brinner more than 20 years ago and was abandoned because the rotor lacked the required rigidity to withstand the magnetic and
−Removed: centrifugal forces.
−Removed: The Brinner machine is cited in Aura’s issued patents.
−Removed: companies are introducing axial flux machines;
−Removed: however, they generally use rare earth NeFeB magnets (made in China) and are thus
−Removed: not induction machines but rather permanent magnet machines.
−Removed: Some of the better-known companies are EVO, Magnax and Phi Power.
−Removed: Refrigeration (“TRU”) .
−Removed: The main competitors for the all-electric TRU are traditional diesel-based solutions
−Removed: provided by Thermo-king and Carrier.
−Removed: The diesel based comparable systems provided by Thermo-king and Carrier are somewhat less
−Removed: expensive than our AuraGen ®
−Removed: all-electric solution, however the diesel solutions require frequent maintenance and
−Removed: the utilization of a separate diesel engine.
−Removed: The separate diesel engine consumes additional fuel every operating hour.
−Removed: the diesel solution emits harmful emissions that have been recognized by the U.S.
−Removed: Environmental Protection Agency, California’s
−Removed: Air Resource Board and others as dangerous pollutants and are increasingly subject to federal and state regulations.
−Removed: based Cell Towers .
−Removed: In many parts of the world typically cell towers require 240VAC for cooling and -48V for the communication
−Removed: The traffic load in cell towers can vary drastically throughout a 24-hours cycle and thus the power requirement varies
−Removed: Our AuraGen ®
−Removed: solution is designed to be a load following system that automatically adjusts the input
−Removed: power required as the load varies.
−Removed: For example, during busy hours the load to support the traffic may be 15kW, compared to the
−Removed: middle of the night, the traffic load may be significantly lower.
−Removed: The diesel engines used in such cell towers are sized to support
−Removed: the maximum load and are significantly less efficient at partial loads thus using more fuel.
−Removed: The AuraGen load following architecture
−Removed: maintains the same efficiency regardless of the immediate load and therefore results in considerable fuel savings through the
−Removed: 24-hour cycle.
−Removed: of our competitors have far greater financial, technical, and marketing resources than we have.
−Removed: They have larger budgets for research,
−Removed: new product development and marketing, and have long-standing customer relationships.
−Removed: We also compete with many larger and more
−Removed: established companies in the hiring and retention of qualified personnel.
−Removed: Our financial condition has limited our ability to market
−Removed: the AuraGen ®
−Removed: AuraGen ®
−Removed: uses a different technology and because our product is radically different from traditionally available
−Removed: mobile power solutions, users may require lengthy evaluation periods to gain confidence in the product.
−Removed: OEMs and large fleet users
−Removed: also typically require considerable time to make changes to their planning and production.
−Removed: Advantages of the AuraGen ®
−Removed: Axial Flux Induction technology
−Removed: a motor -Aura’s Axial Flux (“AF”) induction motor/generator is increasingly attracting attention from
−Removed: high impact potential users seeking advantages over conventional motors, particularly for Electric Vehicle applications.
−Removed: advantages include (i) compact construction, (ii) better power to weight ratio, (iii) shorter axial length, (iv) better efficiency,
−Removed: (v) better torque to volume and weight ratio, (vi) very high utilization of active materials (less than 50% of the copper) and
−Removed: (vii) excellent ventilation and cooling.
−Removed: Induction machines (i) do not use any rare earth elements and have no permanent magnets.
−Removed: Due to their flat shape, lower weight and compact construction, Aura’s axial flux motors are ideal for pumps, fans, food
−Removed: processors, HVHC, etc.
−Removed: An axial flux machine is also preferred in applications where the rotor can be integrated with the rotating
−Removed: part of mechanical loads.
−Removed: AuraGen ®
−Removed: motor’s operational range is between -40 and 340 degrees F;
−Removed: therefore, it is suitable to operate in a harsh
+Added: The pricing of industrial grade sine wave inverters is approximately $400
+Added: per kilowatt plus the cost of a high output alternator (estimated at $1,000) and a good throttle controller (estimated in the range of
+Added: Permanent-Magnet Alternators.
+Added: number of companies have introduced alternators using exotic rare earth Neodymium (NdFeB) magnets.
+Added: These alternators tend to have higher
+Added: power generation capabilities than regular alternators at lower RPM.
+Added: Unfortunately, PM machines with NdFeB magnets are very sensitive
+Added: to temperature and, unlike the AuraGen ® , cannot survive the typical under-the-hood environment (200 o F+).
+Added: order to apply such devices for automotive applications one must add an active cooling system to keep the magnets from demagnetizing at
+Added: approximately 200 o F.
+Added: In addition, most of the rare earth magnets (NeFeB) are manufactured in China and are subject to potential
+Added: political and economic pressure.
+Added: In addition to the temperature challenges of such
+Added: machines, there are other issues involving active control of the magnetic field.
+Added: The main disadvantage of PM generators is the difficulty
+Added: of output voltage regulation to compensate for speed and load variation due to the lack of a simple means of field control.
+Added: Fuel cells are
+Added: solid-state, devices that produce electricity by combining a fuel containing hydrogen with oxygen.
+Added: They have a wide range of applications
+Added: and can be used in place of the internal combustion engine and traditional lead-acid and lithium-ion batteries.
+Added: These systems are generally
+Added: more expensive.
+Added: The most widely deployed fuel cells are estimated to cost significantly more per kilowatt than alternative solutions.
+Added: Evans Electric in Australia has introduced an
+Added: axial flux machine with a complete conductive rotor.
+Added: Such a machine was first introduced by Brinner more than 20 years ago and was abandoned
+Added: because the rotor lacked the required rigidity to withstand the magnetic and centrifugal forces.
+Added: The Brinner machine is cited in Aura’s
+Added: issued patents.
+Added: Numerous companies are introducing axial flux
+Added: however, they generally use rare earth NeFeB magnets (made in China) and are thus not induction machines but rather permanent
+Added: magnet machines.
+Added: Some of the better-known companies are YASA, EVO, Magnax and Phi Power.
+Added: Most of our competitors have far greater financial,
+Added: technical, and marketing resources than we have.
+Added: They have larger budgets for research, new product development and marketing, and have
+Added: long-standing customer relationships.
+Added: We also compete with many larger and more established companies in the hiring and retention of qualified
+Added: Our financial condition has limited our ability to market the AuraGen ® .
+Added: The AuraGen ® uses a different technology
+Added: and because our product is radically different from traditionally available mobile power solutions, users may require lengthy evaluation
+Added: periods to gain confidence in the product.
+Added: OEMs and large fleet users also typically require considerable time to make changes to their
+Added: planning and production.
+Added: Competitive Advantages of the AuraGen ® Axial Flux
+Added: Induction technology
+Added: As a motor -Aura’s Axial Flux
+Added: (“AF”) induction motor/generator is increasingly attracting attention from high impact potential users seeking advantages
+Added: over conventional motors, particularly for Electric Vehicle applications.
+Added: These advantages include (i) compact construction, (ii) better
+Added: power to weight ratio, (iii) shorter axial length, (iv) better efficiency, (v) better torque to volume and weight ratio, (vi) very high
+Added: utilization of active materials (less than 60% of the copper) and (vii) excellent ventilation and cooling.
+Added: Induction machines (i) do not
+Added: use any rare earth elements and have no permanent magnets.
+Added: Due to their flat shape, lower weight and compact construction, Aura’s
+Added: axial flux motors are ideal for pumps, fans, food processors, HVHC, etc.
+Added: An axial flux machine is also preferred in applications where
+Added: the rotor can be integrated with the rotating part of mechanical loads.
+Added: The AuraGen ® motor’s operational
+Added: range is between -40 and 340-degrees F;
+Added: therefore, it is suitable to operate in a harsh environment.
As an alternator.
−Removed: induction machine provides significant advantages in power generation, particularly in mobile applications.
−Removed: Its smaller volume and higher
−Removed: efficiency, when combined with the geometric shape means it can be integrated with existing vehicles and boats.
−Removed: Such integrated solutions
−Removed: do not require set up time.
−Removed: There are no heavy weights to lift (gensets), usable cargo space is optimized and there is no need for separate
−Removed: fuel/containers.
+Added: Aura’s induction
+Added: machine provides significant advantages in power generation, particularly in mobile applications.
+Added: Its smaller volume and higher efficiency,
+Added: when combined with the geometric shape means it can be integrated with existing vehicles and boats.
+Added: Such integrated solutions do not require
+Added: There are no heavy weights to lift (gensets), usable cargo space is optimized and there is no need for separate fuel/containers.
Remarkably, there is no scheduled maintenance required.
−Removed: AuraGen ®
−Removed: alternator’s operational range is between -40- and 340-degrees F;
−Removed: therefore, it is suitable for
−Removed: operating under the hood of a vehicle where the ambient temperature can easily be above 200 degrees F.
−Removed: Earth-Forward,
−Removed: Green Technology .
−Removed: The AuraGen ®
−Removed: system is significantly more environmentally friendly than traditional
−Removed: motors and generator.
−Removed: Because of its extreme efficiency and smaller size, the AuraGen ®
−Removed: system utilizes fewer resources
−Removed: and materials to manufacture (in particular less than 60% of the copper).
−Removed: When used in power generation, the AuraGen ®
−Removed: uses a vehicle’s primary automotive engine, which is already highly regulated for environmental protection.
−Removed: mobile power solutions, in comparison, use small, less efficient, auxiliary engines that produce significantly higher levels of
−Removed: emissions per unit of power output than the automobile engine.
+Added: The AuraGen ® alternator’s
+Added: operational range is between -40- and 340-degrees F;
+Added: therefore, it is suitable for operating under the hood of a vehicle where the ambient
+Added: temperature can easily be above 200 degrees F.
+Added: Earth-Forward, Green Technology .
+Added: The AuraGen ® system is significantly more environmentally friendly than traditional motors and generator.
+Added: Because of its
+Added: extreme efficiency and smaller size, the AuraGen ® system utilizes fewer resources and materials to manufacture (in particular
+Added: less than 60% of the copper).
+Added: When used in power generation, the AuraGen ® uses a vehicle’s primary automotive engine,
+Added: which is already highly regulated for environmental protection.
+Added: Traditional mobile power solutions, in comparison, use small, less efficient,
+Added: auxiliary engines that produce significantly higher levels of emissions per unit of power output than the automobile engine.
No Scheduled Maintenance .
−Removed: The AuraGen ®
−Removed: motor/generator solution does not require any scheduled maintenance.
−Removed: The historical failure rate over a 20-year period is less than 0.5%.
+Added: The AuraGen ® motor/generator solution does not require any scheduled maintenance.
+Added: The historical failure rate for Aura’s
+Added: machines over a 20-year period is less than 0.5%.
The bearings are rated for 28,000 hours.
−Removed: Company is re-examining and identifying new key markets to focus on as the Company expands operations.
−Removed: global drive for electrification is in search of better more effective electric motors.
−Removed: The recent realization by many potential
−Removed: users of such motors that permanent magnet motors are depending on NeFeB rare earth magnets from China has created a need for
−Removed: alternative to the PM motors.
−Removed: Our axial flux induction machine is a solution that does not use any magnets and has the required
−Removed: performance characteristic as well as fit and form for numerous applications.
−Removed: motors for micro mobility .
−Removed: Our axial flux machine due to its topology and pancake design is an ideal hub motor
−Removed: for scooters, mopeds and other 2-wheel electric vehicles.
−Removed: We are currently designing a 3.5-4 kW motor to be integrated in the
−Removed: hub of a specific scooter customer.
−Removed: This machine will use a 48V battery as the input power source.
−Removed: The global market segment for
−Removed: micro mobility is projected to be very large.
−Removed: motors for electric delivery trucks .
−Removed: We are exploring the use of our axial flux induction machine to be integrated
−Removed: into electric delivery trucks.
−Removed: This application would require a 70-kW machine that will use 600-800VDC battery system.
−Removed: physics of the AuraGen, the power is proportional to the radius cubed of the machine.
−Removed: For example, a machine with a rotor radius
−Removed: of 6 inches will have the power and torque required for small to medium delivery trucks.
−Removed: The power and torque requirements have
−Removed: been confirmed recently during a discussion with a delivery truck manufacturer.
−Removed: motors for flywheels .
−Removed: Our axial flux machine lends itself to multi stacking of rotors and stators on a single shaft to
−Removed: create motors in the 250-750kW range with a diameter of approximately 13-14 inches.
−Removed: Due to the solid rotor disk of our axial flux
−Removed: machine one can operate such machines safely in the 15,000 RPM range.
−Removed: We are exploring some opportunities with a flywheel manufacturing
−Removed: company for such applications.
−Removed: motors for electric boats - We started to explore the possibility of using our axial flux induction machine as a drive
−Removed: motor for small to medium electric boats.
−Removed: We have received a number of RFI (request for information) from boat manufacturers.
−Removed: We started discussions with a drone manufacturer for potential applications of our axial flux induction motor for medium to large
−Removed: power generation
−Removed: One focused market for the Company’s VIPER solution is military applications.
−Removed: The global military
−Removed: land vehicles market is expected to grow by 29% through 2022, increasing to $30.33 billion by 2022, according to market researcher
−Removed: (John Keller July 10, 2014 Military and Aerospace Electronics).
+Added: Aura’s axial flux induction (no PM) can
+Added: be summarized as
+Added: ● Disruptive since it addresses the entire field of electrical motors and generators by providing a solution that is smaller,
+Added: lighter, more efficient, cost less to manufacture and does not use any permanent magnets .
+Added: ● Aura has demonstrated mass production of this technology with more than 11,000 machines.
+Added: ● The market opportunity for industrial applications of Aura’s motors/generators is more than $100 billion per year.
+Added: ● The EV powertrain business opportunity for the Aura’s is a significant percentage of the $200+ billion per year projected
+Added: ● The economic value proposition is well defined in terms of cost, performance and size.
+Added: ● The Aura solution provides significant global reduction in the use of raw materials such as copper, steel, and aluminum.
+Added: ● The higher efficiency of Aura’s motor, when used in a manufacturing environment, can lead to a noticeable reduction in
+Added: the global consumption of energy .
+Added: ● When used for mobile power generation, Aura’s technology leads to a significant reduction in global pollution by being
+Added: able to reduce and, in many situations, eliminate completely small diesel and gasoline engines used in power generation.
+Added: ● When used for electric vehicles, the smaller size, weight, and increased efficiency could lead to an increase in range and/or
+Added: reduced battery weight .
+Added: ● When used in remote stand-alone diesel power generation such as cell towers, Aura’s increased efficiency, lower rotor inertia,
+Added: voltages flexibility and load-following architecture results in a significant reduction in fuel usage (and, of course, reduced pollution).
+Added: ● Aura’s significantly (65% less) lower rotor inertia and variable speed capabilities make Aura’s solution ideal for
+Added: small hydro applications that are currently being ignored because of construction cost, low head, and slow flow situations.
+Added: Targeted Market
+Added: The Company is re-examining and identifying new
+Added: key markets to focus on as the Company expands operations.
+Added: The global drive for electrification is in search
+Added: of better more effective electric motors.
+Added: The recent realization by many potential users of such motors that permanent magnet motors are
+Added: depending on NeFeB rare earth magnets from China has created a need for alternative to the PM motors.
+Added: Our axial flux induction machine
+Added: is a solution that does not use any magnets and has the required performance characteristic as well as fit and form for numerous applications.
+Added: Electric motors
+Added: Electric motors for industrial
+Added: applications .
+Added: We have completed the design of 4 kW and 10 kW machines.
+Added: The designs show significantly increased efficiency as compared
+Added: to equivalent other designs, and in addition they are a fraction of the size and weight, use approximately 50-60% less copper and cost
+Added: less to manufacture.
+Added: Electric motors for electric delivery trucks .
+Added: We are exploring the use of our axial flux induction machine to be integrated into electric delivery trucks.
+Added: This application would require
+Added: approximately 150-kW machine that will use 600-800VDC battery system.
+Added: We started the design activities for this application and expect
+Added: to complete the design over the next few months.
+Added: Electric motors for high end electric cars.
+Added: We are exploring the use of our axial flux induction machine to be integrated into high end electric cars.
+Added: This application would require
+Added: approximately 250-300-kW machine that will use 800VDC battery system and will operate at 20,000 RPM.
+Added: Electric motors for flywheels.
+Added: axial flux machine lends itself to multi stacking of rotors and stators on a single shaft to create motors in the 750kW range with a diameter
+Added: of approximately 13-14 inches.
+Added: Due to the solid rotor disk of our axial flux machine one can operate such machines safely in the 20,000
+Added: Drive motors for electric boats -
+Added: We started to explore the possibility of using our axial flux induction machine as a drive motor for small to medium electric boats.
+Added: Mobile power generation
+Added: Military market .
+Added: market for the Company’s VIPER solution is military applications.
+Added: The global military land vehicles market is expected to grow by
+Added: 29% through 2022, increasing to $30.33 billion by 2022 13 .
While traditional markets for military vehicles such as the U.S.
−Removed: are choosing to upgrade and maintain existing fleets rather than replace aging vehicles, other regions are looking to purchase
−Removed: new units, which also provides maintenance and upgrade opportunities.
−Removed: The active number of military vehicles was estimated at
−Removed: over 408,000 in 2012 and is expected to increase to slightly over 418,000 by 2021.
−Removed: New vehicle procurement is expected to decline
−Removed: in western defense and increase in emerging markets of APAC and the Middle East.
−Removed: alternators .
−Removed: In 2019, 87.9 million units of passenger cars were sold globally (Motor Intelligence.
−Removed: Automotive alternator
−Removed: market growth trends forecast 2021-2026) each one used an alternator.
−Removed: The market for automotive alternators is dominated mainly
−Removed: by four companies:
−Removed: Denso, Valeo, Mitsubishi Electric, and Hitachi Automotive.
−Removed: These companies jointly control nearly 80% of the
−Removed: global market.
−Removed: The compact size and significant increase in efficiency of the AuraGen ®
−Removed: provides an ideal replacement
−Removed: (fit and form) for high output automotive alternators
−Removed: based cell towers .
−Removed: According to Statista
−Removed: (Technology and telecommunication Thomas Alsop, September22, 2020), in 2019, there were
−Removed: 395,562 mobile wireless cell sites in the United States, with a large amount of investment going toward 5G-ready cell sites and
−Removed: antennas as per the source.
−Removed: Phil Marshall, chief research officer at Tolaga Research,
−Removed: estimates the global number of base stations at 6.5 million sites, while Chinese equipment vendor Huawei puts the number at 7
+Added: are choosing to upgrade and maintain existing fleets rather than replace
+Added: aging vehicles, other regions are looking to purchase new units, which also provides maintenance and upgrade opportunities.
+Added: number of military vehicles was estimated at over 408,000 in 2012 and is expected to increase to slightly over 418,000 by 2021.
+Added: procurement is expected to decline in western defense and increase in emerging markets of APAC and the Middle East.
+Added: Automotive alternators .
+Added: 2019, 87.9 million units of passenger cars were sold globally, 14
+Added: each one used an alternator.
+Added: The market for automotive alternators is dominated mainly by four companies:
+Added: Denso, Valeo, Mitsubishi Electric,
+Added: and Hitachi Automotive.
+Added: These companies jointly control nearly 80% of the global market.
+Added: The compact size and significant increase in
+Added: efficiency of the AuraGen ® provides an ideal replacement (fit and form) for high output automotive alternators.
+Added: Diesel based cell towers .
+Added: According to Statista (Technology
+Added: and telecommunication Thomas Alsop sept 22, 2020), in 2019, there were 395,562 mobile wireless cell sites in the United States, with a
+Added: large amount of investment going toward 5G-ready cell sites and antennas as per the source.
+Added: Phil Marshall, chief research officer at Tolaga
+Added: Research, estimates the global number of base stations at 6.5 million sites, while Chinese equipment vendor Huawei puts the number at
Many of the cell sites are powered by diesel generators.
−Removed: The AuraGen ®
−Removed: solution increase in efficiency
−Removed: over traditional generators, when combined with our load following architecture and the ability to provide both AC and -48VDC
−Removed: simultaneously makes our solution very attractive to cell towers operators that depend on diesel power.
−Removed: Our solution has the potential
−Removed: for significant diesel fuel savings in such an application.
−Removed: We have received some levels of interest in usage of our solution
−Removed: in cell towers from users in African and the Philippines .
−Removed: Refrigeration (“TRU”) .
−Removed: The main competitors for the all-electric TRU are traditional diesel-based solutions
−Removed: provided by Thermo-king and Carrier.
−Removed: The diesel based comparable systems provided by Thermo-king and Carrier are somewhat less
−Removed: expensive than our AuraGen ®
−Removed: all-electric solution, however the diesel solutions require frequent maintenance and
−Removed: the utilization of a separate diesel engine that consumes additional fuel every operating hour.
−Removed: In addition, the diesel solution
−Removed: emits harmful emissions that have been recognized by the U.S.
−Removed: Environmental Protection Agency, California’s Air Resource
−Removed: Board and others as dangerous pollutants and are increasingly subject to federal and state regulations.
−Removed: Company is in discussions with a group in South Africa for the utilization of our transport refrigeration mobile power solution
−Removed: in approximately 1,000 trucks.
−Removed: technology can provide for a significant fuel savings for users that operate diesel APUs with the potential introduction of an
−Removed: Aura-designed hybrid APU solution.
−Removed: The logic for a hybrid solution is based on the following advantages (i) significant reduction
−Removed: in diesel fuel usage, (ii) significant reduction in diesel engine usage provides for longer life and lower maintenance costs,
−Removed: (iii) ability to start inductive loads without the need to oversize the diesel engine, (iv) ability to seamlessly deal with power
−Removed: spikes and (v) significant reduction in noise.
−Removed: Manufacturing Process and Suppliers
−Removed: Fiscal 2020 and 2021, our facilities consisted primarily of approximately 20,000 square feet in Stanton, California that we shared
−Removed: with ECS Corporation and an additional storage facility in Santa Clarita, California.
−Removed: The Stanton facility was under a month-to-month
−Removed: rental agreement for $10,000 per month.
−Removed: The monthly rent for the Santa Clara storage facility was also under a month-to-month
−Removed: rental agreement for $5,000 per month and was terminated effective July 31, 2020.
−Removed: Following exit from the Santa Clarita facility
−Removed: in July 2020 through February 28, 2021, we rented temporary storage space for approximately $2,500 per month.
−Removed: In early Fiscal
−Removed: 2022 we consolidated all administrative offices and operations in a new modern stand-alone facility consisting of approximately
−Removed: 18,000 square feet in Lake Forest, California.
−Removed: This Lake Forest facility is subject to a lease agreement with a 66-month lease
−Removed: period spanning from March 1, 2021 through August 31, 2026.
−Removed: The monthly base lease rate for the Lake Forest Facility is $22,183
−Removed: the Company continues to expand operations, we will need to renew relationships and contracts with our suppliers or locate suitable
−Removed: new suppliers for subassemblies and other components.
−Removed: and Development
−Removed: believe that ongoing research and development is important to the success of our product in order to utilize the most recent technology,
−Removed: develop additional products and additional uses for existing products, stay current with changes in vehicle manufacture and design
−Removed: and maintain an advantage over potential competition.
−Removed: Our engineering, research and development costs for Fiscal 2021 was approximately
−Removed: $0.2 million compared to approximately $0.1 million in Fiscal 2020.
−Removed: Fiscal 2019 we began redesign work on our Electronic Control Unit (“ECU”) to include state-of-the-art power electronics
−Removed: and processors.
−Removed: Work on this redesign was temporarily suspended in mid-2019 when the Company’s then-management team reallocated
−Removed: significant resources to unsuccessfully oppose shareholders controlling a majority of the outstanding shares of the Company’s
−Removed: common stock who sought to replace certain members of the Company’s Board of Directors.
−Removed: On July 8, 2019 the Delaware Court
−Removed: of Chancery entered final judgment confirming the validity of this stockholder action.
−Removed: With the new management team installed,
−Removed: starting in July 2019 work on the ECU redesign resumed and, in September 2019, we successfully tested and implemented this newly
−Removed: designed ECU.
−Removed: As a result of such efforts, our redesigned ECU allows us to replace the old 5 kW solution with a 6.5 kW solution
−Removed: using the same 4-pole generator as well as to upgrade the output of the 6-pole machine from 8.5 kW to 12.5 kW.
−Removed: Our recent efforts
−Removed: have also resulted in the development of a 15 kW solution specifically designed to address cell tower needs of 240 VAC and simultaneously
−Removed: 48 VDC as well as a new 4 kW solution that is 7.5 inches in diameter and 5 inches deep that is being configured both as a motor
−Removed: and automotive alternator.
−Removed: In Fiscal 2022 we plan to begin delivering the new ECU solution.
−Removed: and Intellectual Property
−Removed: intellectual property portfolio consists of trademarks, proprietary know-how, trade secrets, and patents.
−Removed: the area of electromagnetic technology, we have developed numerous magnetic systems and designs that result in a significant increase
−Removed: of magnetic field density per unit volume that can be converted into useful power energy or work.
−Removed: This increase in field density
−Removed: is a factor of three to four, which, when incorporated into mechanical devices, could result in a significant reduction in size
−Removed: and cost of production for the same performance.
−Removed: applications of these technological advances are in machines used every day by industrial, commercial, and consumers.
−Removed: applied technology to numerous applications in industrial machines, such as generators, motors, actuators, and linear motors.
−Removed: hold the following patents:
−Removed: with expiration dates in 2020, 2024, 2024 and 2033
−Removed: respectively.
−Removed: the end of Fiscal 2013 and the first quarter of Fiscal 2014, we filed five new patent applications related to the AuraGen ®
−Removed: These new patent applications are specifically designed to cover the (i) integration of the AuraGen ®
−Removed: power solution
−Removed: with transport refrigeration, (ii) the interface kit of the AuraGen ®
−Removed: with prime movers, (iii) a water cooled AuraGen ®
−Removed: solution for situations where ventilation is not available, (iv) a unique cable system with safety protection to transfer
−Removed: high power between two moving objects, and (v) a unique clamping of power electronic components to heat sink to ensure good thermal
−Removed: conductivity.
−Removed: patent application for the integration of the AuraGen ®
−Removed: power solution with transport refrigeration was specifically
−Removed: geared for U.S.
−Removed: truck manufactured prior to 2015.
−Removed: This application was abandoned, and we expect to reexamine the patent ideas
−Removed: over the next 12 months as applied to both U.S.
−Removed: and foreign truck for more up-to-date required configurations.
−Removed: The patent application
−Removed: for interface kit of the AuraGen ®
−Removed: with prime mover patent was issued (8,955,624).
−Removed: A provisional Patent (502,246,733 )
−Removed: was issued for the water cooled AuraGen ®
+Added: The AuraGen ® solution increase in efficiency over traditional
+Added: generators, when combined with our load following architecture and the ability to provide both AC and -48VDC simultaneously makes our
+Added: solution very attractive to cell towers operators that depend on diesel power.
+Added: Our solution has the potential for significant diesel fuel
+Added: savings in such an application.
+Added: Transport Refrigeration (“TRU”) .
+Added: The main competitors for the all-electric TRU are traditional diesel-based solutions provided by Thermo-king and Carrier.
+Added: based comparable systems provided by Thermo-king and Carrier are somewhat less expensive than our AuraGen ® all-electric
+Added: solution, however the diesel solutions require frequent maintenance and the utilization of a separate diesel engine that consumes additional
+Added: fuel every operating hour.
+Added: In addition, the diesel solution emits harmful emissions that have been recognized by the U.S.
+Added: Environmental
+Added: Protection Agency, California’s Air Resource Board and others as dangerous pollutants and are increasingly subject to federal and
+Added: state regulations.
+Added: 13 John Keller July 10, 2014 Military and Aerospace Electronics
+Added: 14 Motor Intelligence.
+Added: Automotive alternator market growth trends forecast 2021-2026)
+Added: Facilities, Manufacturing Process and Suppliers
+Added: During Fiscal 2021, our facilities consisted primarily
+Added: of approximately 20,000 square feet in Stanton, California that we shared with ECS Corporation and an additional storage facility in Santa
+Added: Clarita, California.
+Added: The Stanton facility was under a month-to-month rental agreement for $10,000 per month.
+Added: The monthly rent for the
+Added: Santa Clarita storage facility was also under a month-to-month rental agreement for $5,000 per month and was terminated effective July
+Added: Following exit from the Santa Clarita facility in July 2020 through February 28, 2021, we rented temporary storage space for
+Added: approximately $2,500 per month.
+Added: In early Fiscal 2022 we consolidated all administrative offices and operations in a new modern stand-alone
+Added: facility consisting of approximately 18,000 square feet in Lake Forest, California.
+Added: This Lake Forest facility is subject to a lease agreement
+Added: with a 66-month lease period effective from February 2021, through August 31, 2026.
+Added: The monthly base lease rate for the Lake Forest Facility
+Added: is currently $22,848 per month with a 3% annual escalation.
+Added: As the Company continues to expand operations,
+Added: we will need to renew relationships and contracts with our suppliers or locate suitable new suppliers for subassemblies and other components.
+Added: Research and Development
+Added: We believe that ongoing research and development
+Added: is important to the success of our product in order to utilize the most recent technology, develop additional products and additional
+Added: uses for existing products, stay current with changes in vehicle manufacture and design and to maintain an advantage over potential competition.
+Added: Our engineering, research and development costs for Fiscal 2022 was approximately $0.6 million compared to approximately $0.2 million
+Added: in Fiscal 2021.
+Added: In Fiscal 2019 we began redesign work on our Electronic
+Added: Control Unit (“ECU”) to include state-of-the-art power electronics and processors.
+Added: Work on this redesign was temporarily suspended
+Added: in mid-2019 when the Company’s then-management team reallocated significant resources to unsuccessfully oppose shareholders controlling
+Added: a majority of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock who sought to replace certain members of the Company’s
+Added: Board of Directors.
+Added: On July 8, 2019, the Delaware Court of Chancery entered final judgment confirming the validity of this stockholder
+Added: With the new management team installed, starting in July 2019 work on the ECU redesign resumed and, in September 2019, we successfully
+Added: tested and implemented this newly designed ECU.
+Added: As a result of such efforts, our redesigned ECU allows us to replace the old 5 kW solution
+Added: with a 6.5 kW solution using the same 4-pole generator as well as to upgrade the output of the 6-pole machine from 8.5 kW to 15 kW.
+Added: recent efforts have also resulted in the development of a 15 kW solution specifically designed to address cell tower needs of 240 VAC
+Added: and simultaneously 48 VDC as well as a new 4 kW solution that is 7.5 inches in diameter and 5 inches deep that is being configured both
+Added: as a motor and automotive alternator.
+Added: In Fiscal 2022 we delivered the initial units of our new ECU solution.
+Added: Patents and Intellectual Property
+Added: Our intellectual property portfolio consists of trademarks, proprietary
+Added: know-how, trade secrets, and patents.
+Added: Historically the Company obtained over 70 patents in electromagnetic and electrooptical technologies.
+Added: In the area of electromagnetic technology, we
+Added: have developed numerous magnetic systems and designs that result in a significant increase of magnetic field density per unit volume that
+Added: can be converted into useful power energy or work.
+Added: This increase in field density is a factor of three to four, which, when incorporated
+Added: into mechanical devices, could result in a significant reduction in size and cost of production for the same performance.
+Added: The applications of these technological advances
+Added: are in machines used every day by industrial, commercial, and consumers.
+Added: We have applied technology to numerous applications in industrial
+Added: machines, such as generators, motors, actuators, and linear motors.
+Added: We hold the following patents:
+Added: with expiration dates in 2024, 2024 and 2033, respectively.
+Added: At the end of Fiscal 2013 and the first quarter
+Added: of Fiscal 2014, we filed five new patent applications related to the AuraGen ® .
+Added: These new patent applications are specifically
+Added: designed to cover the (i) integration of the AuraGen ® power solution with transport refrigeration, (ii) the interface kit
+Added: of the AuraGen ® with prime movers, (iii) a water cooled AuraGen ® solution for situations where ventilation
+Added: is not available, (iv) a unique cable system with safety protection to transfer high power between two moving objects, and (v) a unique
+Added: clamping of power electronic components to heat sink to ensure good thermal conductivity.
+Added: The patent application for the integration of
+Added: the AuraGen ® power solution with transport refrigeration was specifically geared for U.S.
+Added: trucks manufactured prior to
+Added: This application was abandoned, and we expect to reexamine the patent ideas over the next 12 months as applied to both U.S.
+Added: foreign trucks for more up-to-date required configurations.
+Added: The patent application for interface kit of the AuraGen ® with
+Added: prime mover patent was issued (8,955,624).
+Added: A provisional Patent (502,246,733 ) was issued for the water cooled AuraGen ®
solution in 2013.
−Removed: patent application for a unique cable system with safety protection to transfer high power between two moving objects was abandoned
−Removed: during the 2015-2019 period.
−Removed: The patent application for a unique clamping of power electronic components to heat sink to ensure
−Removed: good thermal conductivity was abandoned since Aura’s power electronic solution has been completely redesigned and the old
−Removed: design issues are no longer relevant.
−Removed: are subject to laws and regulations that affect the Company’s activities, which include, but are not limited to, the areas
−Removed: of labor, intellectual property and ownership and infringement, tax, import and export requirements, environmental, and health
−Removed: As we recommence operations, our operations will again be subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations
−Removed: governing the occupational health and safety of our employees and wage regulations.
−Removed: For example, we are subject to the requirements
−Removed: of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act, as amended, or OSHA, and comparable state laws that protect and regulate employee
−Removed: health and safety.
−Removed: We expect to expend resources to maintain compliance with OSHA requirements and industry best practices.
−Removed: of the date of this filing, the Company has a total of nine full-time employees in research and development, sales, operations
−Removed: and administration.
−Removed: Additionally, the Company engages independent contractors, on an as-needed basis, to support various areas
−Removed: of the business.
−Removed: During fiscal 2021 we engaged three independent contractors, two to support engineering developments, and one
−Removed: for accounting support.
−Removed: of the date of the filing of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, CBOL Corporation of Chatsworth, California is a significant customer
−Removed: representing more than 90% of our annual revenues since July 2019.
−Removed: of the date of the filing of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the Company has no significant backlog of orders.
−Removed: most important raw materials we use in manufacturing our products are steel, copper, and aluminum.
−Removed: Raw materials are purchased
−Removed: both domestically and outside the United States.
−Removed: We have no significant long-term supply contracts.
−Removed: When possible, we maintain
−Removed: a number of sources for our raw materials, which we believe contribute to our ability to obtain competitive pricing.
−Removed: of some of our raw materials and shipping costs are dependent on petroleum cost.
−Removed: Higher material prices, cost of petroleum, and
−Removed: costs of sourced products could have an adverse effect on margins.
−Removed: enter into standard purchase agreements with certain foreign and domestic suppliers to source selected products.
−Removed: these arrangements are customary for the industry and do not contain any long-term contractual obligations on our behalf.
−Removed: file annual, quarterly and current reports and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”
−Removed: or the “Commission”).
−Removed: These materials can be inspected and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100
−Removed: F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.
−Removed: Copies of these materials may also be obtained by mail at prescribed rates from the SEC’s
−Removed: Public Reference Room at the above address.
−Removed: Information about the Public Reference Room can be obtained by calling the SEC at
−Removed: 1-800-SEC-0330.
−Removed: The SEC also maintains a website at www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other
−Removed: information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC.
−Removed: our website, www.aurasystems.com, we provide free of charge our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current
−Removed: Reports on Form 8-K, and any amendments thereto, as soon as reasonably practicable after they have been electronically filed or
−Removed: furnished to the SEC.
−Removed: Information contained on our website is not part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K or our other filings
−Removed: with the SEC.
+Added: The patent application for a unique cable system
+Added: with safety protection to transfer high power between two moving objects was abandoned by prior management during the 2015-2019 period.
+Added: The patent application for a unique clamping of power electronic components to heat sink to ensure good thermal conductivity was abandoned
+Added: since Aura’s power electronic solution has since been completely redesigned and the old design issues are no longer relevant.
+Added: Government Regulation
+Added: We are subject to laws and regulations that affect
+Added: the Company’s activities, which include, but are not limited to, the areas of labor, intellectual property and ownership and infringement,
+Added: tax, import and export requirements, environmental, and health and safety.
+Added: As we recommence operations, our operations will again be subject
+Added: to federal, state and local laws and regulations governing the occupational health and safety of our employees and wage regulations.
+Added: example, we are subject to the requirements of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act, as amended, or OSHA, and comparable state
+Added: laws that protect and regulate employee health and safety.
+Added: We expect to expend resources to maintain compliance with OSHA requirements
+Added: and industry best practices.
+Added: As of the date of this filing, the Company has
+Added: a total of ten (10) full-time employees in research and development, sales, operations and administration.
+Added: Additionally, the Company engages
+Added: independent contractors, on an as-needed basis, to support various areas of the business.
+Added: During Fiscal 2022 and Fiscal 2021 we engaged
+Added: three independent contractors, two to support engineering developments, and one for accounting support.
+Added: Significant Customers
+Added: In fiscal 2022, there were four customers that
+Added: accounted for over 10% individually of the Company’s revenues, however no customer is considered significant.
+Added: In fiscal 2021, one
+Added: significant customer, CBOL, accounted for 83% of revenues.
+Added: As of the date of the filing of this Annual Report
+Added: on Form 10-K, the Company has no significant backlog of orders.
+Added: Raw Materials
+Added: The most important raw materials we use in manufacturing
+Added: our products are steel, copper, and aluminum.
+Added: Raw materials are purchased both domestically and outside the United States.
+Added: significant long-term supply contracts.
+Added: When possible, we maintain a number of sources for our raw materials, which we believe contribute
+Added: to our ability to obtain competitive pricing.
+Added: The cost of some of our raw materials and shipping costs are dependent on petroleum cost.
+Added: Higher material prices, cost of petroleum, and costs of sourced products could have an adverse effect on margins.
+Added: We enter into standard purchase agreements with
+Added: certain foreign and domestic suppliers to source selected products.
+Added: The terms of these arrangements are customary for the industry and
+Added: do not contain any long-term contractual obligations on our behalf.
+Added: Available Information
+Added: We file annual, quarterly and current reports
+Added: and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or the “Commission”).
+Added: These materials
+Added: can be inspected and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.
+Added: Copies of these materials
+Added: may also be obtained by mail at prescribed rates from the SEC’s Public Reference Room at the above address.
+Added: Information about the
+Added: Public Reference Room can be obtained by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330.
+Added: The SEC also maintains a website at www.sec.gov that contains
+Added: reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC.
+Added: On our website, www.aurasystems.com, we provide
+Added: free of charge our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and any amendments thereto,
+Added: as soon as reasonably practicable after they have been electronically filed or furnished to the SEC.
+Added: Information contained on our website
+Added: is not part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K or our other filings with the SEC.
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