US 12,292,096 B2
Mechanical-energy storage unit and assembly fixture
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. 18/666,593.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/502,648, filed on May 16, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0384708 A1, Nov. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. F16F 15/315 (2006.01); F03G 3/08 (2006.01); F16C 17/02 (2006.01); H02K 7/09 (2006.01); H02K 7/02 (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)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flywheel assembly fixture comprising:
a stacking device having a base portion and one or more walls, the base portion having a first axle receiver that holds a first axle at a first defined position, the one or more walls extending from the base portion, the stacking device receiving one or more flywheel plates onto the first axle;
a clamping device adapted to couple with the stacking device using one or more alignment mechanisms, the clamping device including a second axle receiver that holds a second axle at a second defined position, the first defined position being aligned with the second defined position when the clamping device is coupled with the stacking device; and
a plate alignment mechanism adapted to align the one or more flywheel plates with the first axle and the second axle, wherein the plate alignment mechanism is coupled with the one or more walls and adjustably extends in a first direction away from the one or more walls to exert pressure on the one or more flywheel plates, the first direction being substantially perpendicular to an axial direction of the first axle.