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US 5,962,941 AGranted
Spoke shape for hub to rotor attachment
AssigneeChrysler Corporation
InventorsLuka Serdar, Jr., Gary M. Colello, Stephen H. Crandall, Clifford Gunsallus
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Abstract
The present invention is an energy storage apparatus. The energy storage apparatus includes a rotor, a stator and a hub rotatably positioned about an axial shaft. The hub includes at least one spoke plane projecting radially from the hub, and the at least one spoke plane includes at least one spoke. The at least one spoke becomes progressively thinner along an increasing radius.
Claims5
An energy storage apparatus having a rotor, comprising:
- a hub having an axis of revolution and rotatable positioned around an axial shaft;
- at least one spoke plane parallel with and intersecting said axis of revolution and extending radially from said hub, wherein said at least one spoke plane includes at least one spoke;
- said at least one spoke tapering in a radially outward direction from said axis and along said spoke plane;
- said at least one spoke slidingly engaged with said rotor and wherein said at least one spoke tapers non-linearly.
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