Radial vibration isolator

Abstract

A flywheel system including a flywheel assembly having a top plate, a bottom plate, a housing, and a flywheel suspended within the housing between the top plate and the bottom plate, a first spindle operatively associated with the flywheel and the bottom plate, a first bearing, secured in the bottom plate and configured to receive a portion of the first spindle, a second spindle operatively associated with the flywheel and the top plate, a second bearing, secured in the top plate and configured to receive a portion of the second spindle, a first rotational vibration isolator operatively associated with the first spindle and the first bearing, and a second rotational vibration isolator operatively associated with the second spindle and the second bearing, the first rotational vibration isolator and second rotational vibration isolator align the center of mass of the flywheel with an axial centerline of the flywheel.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.