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:
- Issue Date:
- 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):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS F16C - SHAFTS
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS F16F - SPRINGS
- DOE Contract Number:
- OE0000232
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 06/23/2016
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
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.
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.
@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 = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Mar 26 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Tue Mar 26 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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