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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2021
Applicant:
Energy Vault, Inc., Westlake Village, CA (US);
Inventors:
Andrea Pedretti, Bellinzona, CH;
Mauro Pedretti-Rodi, Canobbio, CH;
Assignee:
Energy Vault, Inc., Westlake Village, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03G 3/00 (2006.01); H02K 7/18 (2006.01); B66C 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03G 3/094 (2021.08); B66C 17/06 (2013.01); F03G 3/00 (2013.01); H02K 7/1853 (2013.01);
Abstract
An elevator cage is used in an energy storage and delivery system to move blocks between a lower elevation of a tower and a higher elevation of a tower to store energy and to move blocks between a higher elevation of the tower and a lower elevation of the tower under force of gravity to generate electricity. The elevator cage removably receives a block thereon and supports the block on at least three sides.