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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8093773 | Motor for treadmill A motor for a treadmill, containing at least a housing (1), a stator (2), a rotor (3) having a rotating shaft (4), a front end cover (9), a rear end cover (5), and a flywheel (13). The front end cover (9) and t... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8053940 | Magnetic motor generator having a floating flywheel A magnetic motor generator that produces electric power by rotating a one piece magnetic floating flywheel assembly that is operated by a linear induction motor and repelled upward by a stationary natural magnet. The floating flywheel assembly magnetic axel rotates ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7911095 | Servo motor with large rotor inertia A servo motor with large rotor inertia includes a casing, a stator, a rotor and an inertial disk. The casing includes a hollow chamber and axial stages at front side and rear side thereof. The stator is arranged in the chamber and includes a ring and a plurality of ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7825554 | Stabilizing power source for a vehicle A power source for a vehicle includes at least one toroidal ring positioned in a housing. The toroidal ring includes magnetic material such as permanent magnets. The toroidal ring is magnetically levitated in the housing. A propulsion winding is coupled with the hou... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7791233 | High torque electric motor/flywheel A high-torque electric motor having a rotor supported by an elongated torque arm comprising a pair of frustoconical-shaped support members. The rotor has a spherical-shaped outer surface and a complementarily shaped stator cavity. The spherical magnetic elements and... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7772730 | Magnetic wheel The present invention provides a magnetic wheel including a foundation body, a cover body, a fly wheel, a central axis, a drive motor, a drive gear assembly and two magnetic control strips. The drive gear assembly is driven by an output axis of the drive motor, enab... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7728474 | Rotor of magneto generator In a rotor of a magneto generator in which permanent magnets are attached to the inner circumference of a peripheral wall of a cup-shaped formed flywheel, and a plurality of trigger poles are arranged on the outer circumference of the flywheel; the plurality of trig... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7608951 | Fully redundant spacecraft power and attitude control system An energy storage flywheel system for a spacecraft is implemented with a fully redundant rotating group and gimbal actuator. In particular, the gimbal actuator, motor/generator, primary bearings, and secondary bearing actuator are each implemented with a pair of red... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7586226 | Magneto generator A magneto generator can reduce the man-hours of processing and an amount of use (i.e., an amount of material) of permanent magnets used per generator. The magneto generator includes a bowl-shaped flywheel that rotates about an axis of rotation, a plurality of perman... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7443064 | Permanent-magnet generator having protrusions for dissipating heat A permanent-magnet generator includes a flywheel having a ringlike portion and a bottom portion which closes off one end of the ringlike portion and a plurality of protrusions bulging inward from the bottom portion of the flywheel. An irregular surface portion is fo... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7414341 | Magneto generator A magneto generator can provide a flywheel with a high circularity while reducing man hours in processing the flywheel. A bowl-shaped flywheel has a cylindrical portion and a bottom. A plurality of permanent magnets are arranged on an inner peripheral wall surface o... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7385324 | Magnetic control wheel with a magnetic ring A magnetic control wheel having a flywheel and a magnetic ring. The magnetic ring is a plate with magnetic permeability that is mounted around the periphery of the flywheel. The connection line at the front and rear joint of the magnetic ring meets an end face of th... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7363876 | Multi-core transformer plasma source A transformer-coupled plasma source using toroidal cores forms a plasma with a high-density of ions along the center axis of the torus. In one embodiment, cores of a plasma generator are stacked in a vertical alignment to enhance the directionality of the plasma and... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365461 | Crash management system for implementation in flywheel systems A crash management system for implementation in a flywheel energy storage system (FESS) is provided. Implementation of such a system entails designing an FESS rim that is highly failure resistant, and designing the FESS such that if one, some, or even all of its com... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362018 | Encoder alternator An encoder alternator for an internal combustion engine has a rotor with a plurality of circumferential magnetic rotor poles in a periodic pattern except for at least one magnetic irregularity. A sensor coil is wound around a stator pole and outputs a crankshaft pos... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7352073 | Ocean wave energy converter having an improved generator and ballast control The ocean wave energy converter uniquely includes a generator with a rotating inner rotor surrounded by a counter-rotating outer rotor for generating electricity. A reciprocating drive rod drives the inner rotor on the downstroke of the drive rod and the outer rotor... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352096 | Electro-motive machine using Halbach array A Halbach array is radially disposed in an environment optimized for efficiency and controlled for efficient generation and use of power in order to generate, establish, and maintain a desired level of rotational energy with enhanced efficiency. ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350283 | Method for making rotor for permanent magnet electric machine A method for making a rotor for a permanent magnet electric motor comprising the steps of providing an annular permanent magnet and an annular back-up member. Affixing the magnet to the inner surface of the back-up member in an un-magnetized condition and overmoldin... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348702 | Apparatus and method for flywheel based cooling In accordance with exemplary embodiments, the present invention provides a transient power source that includes a flywheel that stores kinetic energy. In the event of a loss of main or operating power, the kinetic energy stored in the flywheel is converted into elec... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7325712 | Electrical drive-in tool having two component flywheel An electrical drive-in tool includes a driving ram (13) displaceable in a guide (12), and a motor-driven drive flywheel (32) for driving the driving ram (13) and having a first component forming at least a circumferentially arranged rim a... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7312548 | Torque converter and system using the same A torque converter device comprises a flywheel rotatable about a first axis, the flywheel including a first body portion having a first radius from a circumferential surface and a first radius of curvature, a first plurality of magnets mounted in the first body port... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7291953 | High performance motor and magnet assembly therefor A magnet assembly includes a back iron and an array of magnets. The back iron is in the form of a plate having opposed surfaces. The magnets are arranged along one of the surfaces, with the other surface being dimensioned and configured according to the magnetic fie... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7281501 | Magnet wheel of an internal combustion engine A magnet wheel (1) for an internal combustion engine, especially a drive motor (2) for a portable handheld work apparatus includes a hub (4) for fixing to a crankshaft (5) of the drive motor (2) and a magnet carrier (6) havi... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279803 | Ocean current power generator An apparatus and method for generating electricity from the movement of seawater in ocean currents. An impeller is set within a stationary frame. The impeller rotates around a non-moving shaft. There are four sets of electromagnetic coils, two of which are stationar... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7267028 | Stacked disc flywheel A high-speed steel flywheel for a flywheel uninterruptible power is constructed by stacking several unpierced steel discs together. Each disc is heat treated prior to assembly. Thin axial thickness of each disc enables complete rapid quenching to attain a fully hard... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268450 | Permanent magnet type generator A permanent magnet type generator includes a rotor having 4n (n is a positive integer) permanent magnet poles disposed in a circumferential direction of the rotor to have circumferential gap between adjoining poles and a stator that has 3n teeth and co... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263912 | Flywheel hub-to-rim coupling A flywheel system includes an annular rim mounted for high speed rotation on a flywheel hub. The hub has a radially splined exterior surface facing radially outwards. The rim includes an annular rim liner having an axis of rotation coinciding with the axis of rotati... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262534 | Magneto-generator Two end plates of a stator core are made of a metal material to increase their rigidity and thereby hold, in a prescribed shape, generation coils that are wound on teeth of the stator core. To increase the insulation between the generation coils and the teeth, the c... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259583 | Methods and apparatus for testing power generators A method for testing a generator including a plurality of phase groups is provided. The method includes electrically isolating a first phase group from remaining phase groups by substantially encapsulating at least a portion of a plurality of stator bars electricall... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259492 | Rotor axial activation modulation of electric machinery due to reverse torque The invention involves installation of a helical nut structure, or a helical nut and ball or roller bearing structure, between an electric machinery transmission shaft and a driven transmission element. Depending on the torque between the electric machinery rotor, a... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7237665 | Thermal energy transfer limited rotating shaft for a pneumatic fan drive system A clutch assembly (20) for a fan drive system (12) of an engine (14) includes a translatable clutch housing (30) that is coupled to a fan (16). A rotating shaft (27) has a non-grooved thermal energy transfer portion (28 | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239032 | Starter-generator A vehicle includes a starter-generator assembly; portions of the assembly may be disposed within a stator cover, which is mounted to a crank case of an engine of the vehicle. According to some embodiments, one of at least two operator activated input mechanisms may ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7235893 | Reduced friction wind turbine apparatus and method The present invention is a wind power apparatus for driving an electric generator. The wind power apparatus comprises a frame, a vertical axle mounted on the frame and a buoyant hull. The buoyant hull is rotational disposed on the axle. The buoyant hull has a curvil... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233088 | Torque converter and system using the same A torque converter device comprises a flywheel rotatable about a first axis, the flywheel including a first body portion having a first radius from a circumferential surface and a first radius of curvature, a first plurality of magnets mounted in the first body port... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7215532 | Method and machine for manufacturing energy accumulating components, and components made thereby A method for manufacturing electrical components of the energy-accumulating electrostatic or electrochemical type, consisting in winding at least two layers of a film on a support made of an electrically nonconducting material that has a substantially polygonal cros... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7211988 | Method for constant-current generation and device used to carry out said method A method for constant-current generation by means of a rotational energy source, a generator and a control circuit connected to the generator. Mechanical rotational energy is generated by the energy source and the mechanical rotational energy is transmitted to the g... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7197958 | Energy storage flywheel retention system and method An energy storage flywheel system includes a flywheel assembly that is rotationally mounted in a housing assembly, and one or more actuator assemblies. The actuator assemblies are configured to selectively engage and disengage the flywheel assembly. When the actuato... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7187092 | Thin inner rotor motor for rotatably driving medium, and disk apparatus using the same An inner rotor motor includes a rotor having a plurality of magnetic poles circumferentially arranged, and a stator with a stator core having a plurality of magnetic pole teeth that are positioned on the outer side of the circumference of the rotor and oppose the ro... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7185743 | Drive for an elevator installation A drive for an elevator installation which drives a car and a counterweight with a supporting and driving belt includes a drive shaft and at least one drive pulley driven in rotation by a motor. An air guide element is arranged in the region between the motor and th... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7183678 | AC winding with integrated cooling system and method for making the same A winding of an electric machine is provided, where the winding includes at least one series of serially connected AC bars. Each AC bar includes a series of serially connected turns formed by litz wire having a plurality of strands, and at least one cooling tube. In... | 02/27/2007 |
