| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 322004000 | WITH FLYWHEELS OR MASSIVE MOVING PARTS | 9 |
| 20100001697 | MECHANICAL FLOW BATTERY - A mechanical flow battery comprises a flywheel system in which a spinning axis can be driven by an air-powered motor and the structure of the gyroscope is employed in the mechanical flow battery. The structure of the gyroscope can be constructed by coupling the housing of the flywheel system with a nutation frame which couples a precession frame so that the spinning axis in the flywheel can be isolated from any outside gyroscopic torque. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20090302808 | Flywheel electricity generator - A flywheel (magnet rotors or stators) assembly to create electricity, by attaching motor to provide kinetic energy to magnet rotors or stators, so magnet rotors or stators can run on principal of flywheel to create electricity by magnet rotors rotating like flywheel on two sides of stator, and stator rotating like flywheel in-between magnet rotors. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100156360 | Eddy current torsional damper for generator - A generator rotor torsional damper system includes a prime mover for generating rotational force, a generator stator, a generator rotor rotatably supported relative to the generator stator and configured to receive a rotational force input from the prime mover, a flywheel rotationally supported relative to the generator rotor by bearings, and an eddy current coupling operably connected between the flywheel and the generator rotor such that rotation of the generator rotor induces rotation of the flywheel in a common rotational direction through engagement by the eddy current coupling. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20120187922 | ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD - An system for storing electrical energy over at least a medium term duration. The energy storage system comprises a motor assembly operatively connectable to at least one of an electrical energy source and an electrical distribution network for providing kinetic energy, a flywheel device operatively connectable to the motor assembly for storing at least one part of the kinetic energy, a generator assembly operatively connectable to the flywheel device for receiving at least one portion of the part of the kinetic energy and generating regenerated electrical energy in response thereto, and a control unit for controlling operation of the energy storage system, which enables an energy storage operating mode for storing the part of the kinetic energy into the flywheel device, and an energy supply operating mode for providing at least one portion of the regenerated energy to at least one of the electrical distribution network and an electrical appliance. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20080309296 | Regenerative static excitation system for superconducting rotor - The present invention provides for a static excitation system for a superconducting rotor that comprises multiple brushes ( | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090256532 | Kinetic Energy Harvesting in a Drill String - An apparatus and method for harvesting energy in a wellbore is disclosed. In one embodiment, a harvester tool positioned in a wellbore for capturing energy in the wellbore is disclosed. The harvester tool includes a rotor comprising a magnet. The magnet is disposed eccentric to a center of the harvester tool. In addition, the rotor is rotatable around the center of the harvester tool. The harvester tool also includes a stator. Rotation of the rotor induces a voltage in the stator. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20100244786 | ENERGY STORAGE - The energy storage has an electrical machine with a rotor and a stator. The stator is separated from the rotor by an air gap and has at least one stator coil which, under operating conditions, interacts with the rotor via a rotating field. In one variant, the rotor surrounds the stator and is adapted to rotate about the stator. Another variant provides for the rotor to surround the stator and to be adapted to rotate within the stator. The rotor is associated with a rotating mass with which it forms a cylindrical body with two end faces and a lateral surface. In the area of at least one of its end to faces—in the installed position of the energy storage, of the bottom end face—the cylindrical body has at least one permanent magnet which corresponds with at least one stationary permanent magnet of identical polarity. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20080297120 | ELECTRONICALLY REDUNDANT SPACECRAFT POWER AND ATTITUDE CONTROL SYSTEM - An energy storage flywheel system for a spacecraft is implemented with an electronically redundant power and attitude control system. In particular, the system includes a plurality of flywheels, and a multi-channel processing module and a multi-channel power control module associated with each flywheel. Each multi-channel processing module includes a plurality of controllers that may be operated in either an active or a standby mode, and each multi-channel power control module includes a plurality of power control circuits that may also be operated in either an active or standby mode. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20130015825 | FLYWHEEL APPARATUSAANM Pullen; KeithAACI LondonAACO GBAAGP Pullen; Keith London GB - The present invention provides a flywheel apparatus for use as an energy storage system, the apparatus comprising: a housing unit having a base; a flywheel assembly mounted within the housing unit, the assembly comprising a flywheel supported by a rotatable axle arranged to enable rotation of the assembly within the housing, the axle defining an axis of rotation; stabilising means located within the housing unit arranged to stabilise rotation of the flywheel assembly about the rotation axis; and levitation means arranged to levitate the flywheel assembly above the base of the housing unit, in order to create a clearance between the flywheel assembly and the base of the housing unit. | 01-17-2013 |
