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Title: Stub shaft for connection with a flywheel rotor

Abstract

An energy storage system including a solid steel flywheel rotor, journals, and separate stub shafts for connecting to the journals has improved material properties offers improved energy storage at reduced cost.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1493485
Patent Number(s):
10167925
Application Number:
14/811,012
Assignee:
Amber Kinetics, Inc. (Fremont, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS F16F - SPRINGS
H - ELECTRICITY H02 - GENERATION H02K - DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES
DOE Contract Number:  
OE-0000232
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2015 Jul 28
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING

Citation Formats

Sanders, Seth, Sun, Eric, He, Mike, Senesky, Matthew, and Chiao, Edward Young. Stub shaft for connection with a flywheel rotor. United States: N. p., 2019. Web.
Sanders, Seth, Sun, Eric, He, Mike, Senesky, Matthew, & Chiao, Edward Young. Stub shaft for connection with a flywheel rotor. United States.
Sanders, Seth, Sun, Eric, He, Mike, Senesky, Matthew, and Chiao, Edward Young. Tue . "Stub shaft for connection with a flywheel rotor". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1493485.
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