US 12,281,685 B2
Stacking flywheel and linkage
Nathan Walkingshaw, Sandy, UT (US); Calab Nelson, Springville, UT (US); John Loveless, Layton, UT (US); Zahra Derafshi, Cambridge, MA (US); Cliff Lambarth, Portage, MI (US); and Sean Peterson, Payson, UT (US)
Assigned to Torus Inc., South Salt Lake, UT (US)
Filed by Torus Inc., Sandy, UT (US)
Filed on May 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/666,557.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/502,648, filed on May 16, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0384776 A1, Nov. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. F16F 15/315 (2006.01); F03G 3/08 (2006.01); F16C 17/02 (2006.01); H02K 7/02 (2006.01); H02K 7/09 (2006.01)
CPC F16F 15/3156 (2013.01) [F03G 3/08 (2013.01); F16C 17/02 (2013.01); F16F 15/3153 (2013.01); H02K 7/09 (2013.01); F05B 2230/608 (2013.01); F05B 2240/40 (2013.01); F05B 2260/421 (2013.01); F16C 2361/55 (2013.01); H02K 7/025 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flywheel comprising:
one or more flywheel plates;
two or more clamping plates including a bottom clamping plate and a top clamping plate, the one or more flywheel plates being located between the two or more clamping plates;
two or more axles including a top axle and a bottom axle, the bottom axle being physically disconnected from the top axle, the bottom axle extending through a perforation in a center of the bottom clamping plate; and
a plurality of fasteners coupling the top clamping plate with the bottom clamping plate, the plurality of fasteners applying a clamping force on the one or more flywheel-plates using at least one of the two or more clamping plates and the two or more axles, the bottom clamping plate applying the clamping force to the one or more flywheel plates via the bottom axle.