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Title: Fiber composite flywheel rim

Patent ·
OSTI ID:866231

A flywheel 2 comprising a hub 4 having at least one radially projecting disc 6, an annular rim 14 secured to said disc and providing a surface circumferential to said hub, a first plurality of resin-impregnated fibers 22 wound about said rim congruent to said surface, and a shell 26 enclosing said first plurality of fibers and formed by a second plurality of resin-impregnated fibers wound about said rim tangentially to said surface.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
Assignee:
Rockwell International Corporation (El Segundo, CA)
Patent Number(s):
US 4660435
OSTI ID:
866231
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English