Flywheel rotor

Title: Flywheel rotor

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A solid steel flywheel rotor having improved material properties offers improved energy storage at reduced cost. A process for manufacturing the rotor is also provided.

Inventors:: Sanders, Seth; Sun, Eric; He, Mike; Senesky, Matthew; Chiao, Edward

Issue Date:: 2018-06-19

OSTI Identifier:: 1457742

Assignee:: Amber Kinetics, Inc. (Union City, CA) NETL

Patent Number(s):: 10,003,237

Application Number:: 14/469,382

Contract Number:: OE-0000232

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2014 Aug 26

Research Org:: Amber Kinetics, Inc., Union City, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org:: USDOE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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