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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2022
City, University of London, London, GB;
Keith Robert Pullen, London, GB;
CITY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, London, GB;
Abstract
A flywheel assemblycomprising: at least one flywheel mass support, the or each said support having a shaftthat extends along a rotational axisabout which the supportcan rotate in use, the or each said supportcomprising a plurality of openingsthat are each offset from said rotational axis, a flywheel masscomprising a plurality of openingsthat are each arranged to align with a corresponding opening in said support; and meansfor coupling said flywheel massto the or each said supportso that the masscan rotate with the or each supportin use, said coupling meansbeing configured to extend through the aligned openings in the or each supportand said flywheel mass; wherein said flywheel masscomprises a plurality of generally planar flywheel mass elements sandwiched together to form a stack of elements, each said element including a plurality of openingsthat align with the openingsin the or each said supportand with openings in neighbouring elements in said stack, said flywheel elements being coupled together and aligned with one another to form said flywheel mass solely by means of the coupling meansthat extends through the aligned openings in said elements and the or each said support