Concentric motor power generation and drive system
AssigneeRemy Technologies, L.L.C.
InventorsLarry Kubes, David Fulton
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided and includes a hub, including first and second opposing faces, a first sidewall fixed at opposite ends thereof to the first and second opposing faces to define a first interior between the first and second opposing faces and a second sidewall fixed to one of the first and second opposing faces to define a second interior within the first interior, a first assembly, disposed within the second interior, to generate current from input mechanical energy and a second assembly, electrically coupled to the first assembly and disposed within the first interior, to generate mechanical energy from current associated with the current generated by the first assembly.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a hub, including first and second opposing faces, a first sidewall fixed at opposite ends thereof to the first and second opposing faces to define a first interior between the first and second opposing faces and a second sidewall fixed to one of the first and second opposing faces to define a second interior within the first interior;
- a first assembly, disposed within the second interior, to generate current from input mechanical energy;
- a second assembly, electrically coupled to the first assembly and disposed within the first interior such that the first and second assemblies are disposed in radial alignment but not in axial alignment, to generate mechanical energy from current associated with the current generated by the first assembly;
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- a coupling to mechanically couple the first and second assemblies such that the input mechanical energy is transferred from the first assembly to the second assembly.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a hub, including first and second opposing faces, a first sidewall fixed at opposite ends thereof to the first and second opposing faces to define a first interior between the first and second opposing faces and a second sidewall fixed to one of the first and second opposing faces to define a second interior within the first interior;
- a first assembly, disposed within the second interior, to generate current from input mechanical energy;
- a second assembly, electrically coupled to the first assembly and disposed within the first interior such that the first and second assemblies are disposed in radial alignment but not in axial alignment, to generate mechanical energy from current associated with the current generated by the first assembly;
- a coupling to mechanically couple the first and second assemblies such that the input mechanical energy is transferred from the first assembly to the second assembly;
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- an energy capture circuit, electrically interposed between the first and second assemblies, to capture electrical energy from the generated current.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a hub, including first and second opposing faces, a first sidewall fixed at opposite ends thereof to the first and second opposing faces to define a first interior between the first and second opposing faces and a second sidewall displaced from the first sidewall and fixed to one of the first and second opposing faces to define a second interior within the first interior;
- a first assembly, partially supported on and directly attached to an interior facing surface of the second sidewall and disposed within the second interior, to generate current from input mechanical energy;
- a second assembly, electrically coupled to the first assembly and partially supported on and directly attached to an interior facing surface of the first sidewall, the second assembly being disposed within the first interior to partially surround the first assembly in a radial dimension of the first assembly and configured to generate mechanical energy from current associated with the current generated by the first assembly;
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- a coupling to mechanically couple the first and second assemblies such that the input mechanical energy is transferred from the first assembly to the second assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.