Safe assembly and installation of a flywheel

Sun, Eric; Bakholdin, Daniel; Chiao, Edward Young; Garten, Matthew Brandon; He, Mike M.; Holloway, Mark J.; Sanders, Seth R.; Senesky, Matthew K.; Sledd, Alan Michael; Tennessen, Peter Thomas

Title: Safe assembly and installation of a flywheel

Abstract

A flywheel device includes structures allowing the flywheel system to be assembled offsite, transported safely, and installed with relatively few steps. The flywheel includes a rotor and a housing enclosing the rotor, where the housing includes a bottom plate, a top plate and side walls. The bottom plate and the top plate each includes a hole aligned with the center axis of the rotor. The flywheel also includes multiple bearing housings substantially covering the holes of the bottom plate and the top plate that are aligned to the center axis of the rotor. The flywheel also includes posts that physically contact the primary rotational mass of the rotor to prevent motion of the rotor during transport of the flywheel system. Some or all of these posts may be repositioned or removed during installation so that the rotor can spin freely.

Inventors:: Sun, Eric; Bakholdin, Daniel; Chiao, Edward Young; Garten, Matthew Brandon; He, Mike M.; Holloway, Mark J.; Sanders, Seth R.; Senesky, Matthew K.; Sledd, Alan Michael; Tennessen, Peter Thomas

Issue Date:: 2019-03-26

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

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1568113

Patent Number(s):: 10240660

Application Number:: 15/191,398

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

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS F16C - SHAFTS

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS F16F - SPRINGS

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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS F16C - SHAFTS
F16C41/04 - Preventing damage to bearings during storage or transport thereof or when otherwise out of use

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS F16F - SPRINGS
F16F15/315 - characterised by their supporting arrangement, e.g. mountings, cages, securing inertia member to shaft

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS F16H - GEARING
F16H2057/0093 - {Means or measures for transport, shipping or packaging}

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
Y02E60/16 - Mechanical energy storage, e.g. flywheels

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DOE Contract Number:: OE0000232

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 06/23/2016

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Sun, Eric, Bakholdin, Daniel, Chiao, Edward Young, Garten, Matthew Brandon, He, Mike M., Holloway, Mark J., Sanders, Seth R., Senesky, Matthew K., Sledd, Alan Michael, and Tennessen, Peter Thomas. Safe assembly and installation of a flywheel.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Sun, Eric, Bakholdin, Daniel, Chiao, Edward Young, Garten, Matthew Brandon, He, Mike M., Holloway, Mark J., Sanders, Seth R., Senesky, Matthew K., Sledd, Alan Michael, & Tennessen, Peter Thomas. Safe assembly and installation of a flywheel.  United States.

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                    Sun, Eric, Bakholdin, Daniel, Chiao, Edward Young, Garten, Matthew Brandon, He, Mike M., Holloway, Mark J., Sanders, Seth R., Senesky, Matthew K., Sledd, Alan Michael, and Tennessen, Peter Thomas. Tue .  
        "Safe assembly and installation of a flywheel".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1568113.

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@article{osti_1568113,

  title        = {Safe assembly and installation of a flywheel},

  author       = {Sun, Eric and Bakholdin, Daniel and Chiao, Edward Young and Garten, Matthew Brandon and He, Mike M. and Holloway, Mark J. and Sanders, Seth R. and Senesky, Matthew K. and Sledd, Alan Michael and Tennessen, Peter Thomas},

  abstractNote = {A flywheel device includes structures allowing the flywheel system to be assembled offsite, transported safely, and installed with relatively few steps. The flywheel includes a rotor and a housing enclosing the rotor, where the housing includes a bottom plate, a top plate and side walls. The bottom plate and the top plate each includes a hole aligned with the center axis of the rotor. The flywheel also includes multiple bearing housings substantially covering the holes of the bottom plate and the top plate that are aligned to the center axis of the rotor. The flywheel also includes posts that physically contact the primary rotational mass of the rotor to prevent motion of the rotor during transport of the flywheel system. Some or all of these posts may be repositioned or removed during installation so that the rotor can spin freely.},

  doi          = {},

  journal      = {},
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  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2019},

  month        = {3}

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Golf ball holding device patent, September 1996

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Axially compact generator set and refrigeration system employing the same patent, May 2000

Ball package patent, December 1997

Rotational Energy Accumulator, Especially for Electrically Driven Vehicles patent, April 1969

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Inductor alternator flywheel system patent, September 2004

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Apparatus and Method for Magnetically Unloading a Rotor Bearing patent-application, February 2014

Low-Cost Minimal-Loss Flywheel Battery patent-application, November 2010

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patent, May 2006

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patent, December 1997

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patent, February 1971

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