Machine element or mechanism – Elements – Flywheel – motion smoothing-type
Patent
1993-03-03
1996-07-30
Luong, Vinh T.
Machine element or mechanism
Elements
Flywheel, motion smoothing-type
74573R, 310349, 505166, G05G 100
Patent
active
055401163
ABSTRACT:
A flywheel energy storage device including an iron structure disposed for rotation adjacent a stationary superconductor material structure and a stationary permanent magnet. The stationary permanent magnet levitates the iron structure while the superconductor structure can stabilize and levitate the rotating iron structure.
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Hull John R.
Mulcahy Thomas M.
Uherka Kenneth L.
Luong Vinh T.
University of Chicago
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