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US 2014/0318692 A1Published application
Composite flywheel
AssigneePower Tree Corp.
InventorsFrederick E. Morgan, Christopher V. Barone, Jeffrey Strohecker
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Abstract
A flywheel includes a wheel having a composite rim structure with multiple radial layers of steel material. Epoxy type adhesive can bond the multiple layers of stainless steel together.
Claims24
A method of forming a flywheel comprising:
- forming multiple radial layers of stainless steel material into a wheel;
- and
- bonding the multiple radial layers of stainless steel material together with epoxy type adhesive to form a composite rim structure of the wheel.
A method of forming a flywheel comprising:
- forming multiple radial layers of porous steel web material and multiple radial layers of porous nonmetallic fiber web material into a wheel, with alternating radial layers of porous steel web material and porous nonmetallic fiber web material;
- and
- bonding the multiple radial layers of porous steel web material and multiple radial layers of porous nonmetallic fiber web material together with an adhesive to form a composite rim structure of the wheel.
A method of forming a flywheel comprising:
- forming multiple radial layers of surface treated steel material into a wheel;
- and
- bonding the multiple radial layers of surface treated steal material together with an adhesive to form composite rim structure of the flywheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.