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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2024
Applicant:
Energy Vault, Inc., Westlake Village, CA (US);
Inventor:
Andrea Pedretti, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Assignee:
Energy Vault, Inc., Westlake Village, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B30B 11/26 (2006.01); B29C 43/54 (2006.01); B30B 11/00 (2006.01); B30B 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B30B 11/26 (2013.01); B29C 43/54 (2013.01); B30B 11/007 (2013.01); B30B 11/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for making blocks for gravity energy storage includes an extrusion press machine with a receiving chamber for receiving raw material, a compaction chamber and a pressing wall driven by a piston to push the raw material into the compaction chamber to compact the material to form a block. One or more of a top wall, opposite side walls and the pressing wall are moved away from the a center of the compaction chamber to allow the block to elastically expand prior to exiting the compaction chamber.