# US 12,760,716 B2 · Apparatus for supplying torque and system and method for use of the same

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- Number: US 12,760,716 B2
- Document ID: US12760716B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/797,230
- Filed: 2024-08-07
- Published: 2025-01-23
- Granted: 2026-10-13
- Earliest claimed: 2020-12-31
- Applicants: John Fehler
- Inventors: John Fehler
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12760716B2

## CPC

- F03G 3/00: Other motors, e.g. gravity or inertia motors
- F03G 3/08: using flywheels
- F03G 7/107: {using an imbalance for increasing torque or saving energy}
- F03G: SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS; MECHANICAL-POWER PRODUCING DEVICES OR MECHANISMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OR USING ENERGY SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (arrangements in connection with power supply in vehicles from force of nature B60K16/00; electric propulsion with power supply in vehicles from force of nature B60L8/00)

## Abstract

An apparatus for supplying torque and a system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the apparatus, a pair of frames are positioned in a spaced, offset relationship. Each of the frames includes a central hub with arm rails radially extending therefrom. Momentum arms having weighted ends are secured to the pair of frames to form a lattice-like structure. A force, whether hydraulic, wind or from a linear motor, is applied. Each of the momentum arms faces the same direction and maintains a position parallel to the ground during rotation of the apparatus, which may be mechanically coupled to a drive unit for the supply of torque thereto.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An apparatus for supplying torque, the apparatus comprising:
a first frame having a first central hub with a first horizontal axis therethrough, the first central hub having an interior surface;
a first plurality of arm rails radially extending from the first central hub, each of the first plurality of arm rails having a distal end, the first plurality of arm rails comprising five equally spaced arm rails;
a second frame having a second central hub with the first horizontal axis therethrough, the second central hub having an interior surface, the second frame being located in a spaced, offset relationship with the first frame such that the second horizontal axis is parallel to the first horizontal axis and a cavity is defined between the first frame and the second frame, with the interior surface of the second central hub opposing the interior surface of the first central hub, the first frame and the second frame having an eccentric positioning;
a second plurality of arm rails radially extending from the second central hub, each of the second plurality of arm rails having a distal end, the second plurality of arm rails comprising five equally spaced arm rails;
a plurality of linkage members pivotally respectively coupling the first plurality of arm rails to the second plurality of arm rails, each linkage member having an upper end and a lower end and comprising a pair of spaced vertical connection bars and a plurality of horizontal connection bars spanning a space between the pair of spaced vertical connection bars to form a rigid structure, the upper end being pivotally connected to the distal end of a respective one of the first plurality of arm rails and the lower end being pivotally connected to the distal end of a respective one of the second plurality of arm rails;
a plurality of momentum arms, each of the plurality of momentum arms having a connection end and a weighted end, the connection end being secured proximate the lower end of a respective linkage member and the weighted end having a weight secured thereat, each of the plurality of momentum arms facing the same direction and being maintained parallel to the ground during rotation of the apparatus; and
a linear motor secured to at least one of the first frame and the second frame, the linear motor configured to provide an initial force to begin a rotational movement of the apparatus.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the plurality of momentum arms further comprises an axis of rotation parallel to the first horizontal axis and the second horizontal axis.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The apparatus as recited in claim 1, further comprising a drive unit mechanically coupled to the first frame.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The apparatus as recited in claim 3, wherein the drive unit comprises a counter-rotating gear box.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the linear motor is configured to provide continuing or continuous force to maintain the rotational movement of the apparatus.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The apparatus as recited in claim 1, further comprising a flywheel mechanically coupled to a drive unit, which is mechanically coupled to the first frame.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The apparatus as recited in claim 6, wherein the flywheel comprises a plurality of microgenerators radially secured thereto and is a counter-rotating flywheel.

### Claim 8

An apparatus for supplying torque, the apparatus comprising:
a first frame having a first central hub with a first horizontal axis therethrough;
a first plurality of arm rails radially extending from the first central hub, the first plurality of arm rails including four arm rails equally radially spaced;
a second frame having a second central hub aligned with the first horizontal axis therethrough, the second frame being located in a spaced relationship with the first frame;
a second plurality of arm rails radially extending from the second central hub, the second plurality of arm rails including four arm rails equally radially spaced;
a plurality of linkage members respectively joining the first plurality of arm rails to the second plurality of arm rails, each of the plurality of linkage members including a contra-rotating differential gear box having a drive shaft therethrough with a pair of one-way bearings mounted at each end of the drive shaft such that the first frame rotates a direction and the second frame rotates contra-direction;
a plurality of momentum arms, each of the plurality of momentum arms having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being coupled to the drive shaft, the distal end having a weight secured thereat;
each of the plurality of momentum arms facing the same direction, each of the plurality of momentum arms being parallel to the ground, the plurality of momentum arms having an axis of rotation parallel to a horizontal axis;
a plurality of motor sets respectively positioned near ends of corresponding arm rails of the first plurality of arm rails and the second plurality of arm rails;
a first wheel member set associated with the first frame;
a second wheel member set associated with the second frame; and
a timing belt positioned about at least one of the first wheel member set and the second wheel member set.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The apparatus as recited in claim 8, wherein each contra-rotating gearbox pair has a drive shaft therethrough with a pair of one-way bearings mounted at each end of the drive shaft such that the first frame rotates in a direction and the second frame rotates in a contra-direction.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The apparatus as recited in claim 8, wherein the motor sets comprise servo motors or induction motors.

### Claim 11 (depends on 8)

The apparatus as recited in claim 8, wherein the timing belt is positioned about the second wheel member set and a second timing belt is positioned about the first wheel member set.