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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2023
Wavetamer Llc, Greenville, NC (US);
Grady F. Smith, Greenville, NC (US);
David Holden, Davidson, NC (US);
Jeffrey Peterson, Mooresville, NC (US);
WAVETAMER LLC, Greenville, NC (US);
Abstract
A gyroscopic roll stabilizer includes a gimbal having a support frame and enclosure configured to maintain a below-ambient pressure, a flywheel assembly including a flywheel and flywheel shaft, one or more bearings for rotatably mounting the flywheel inside the enclosure, a motor for rotating the flywheel, and bearing cooling system for cooling one or more bearings supporting the flywheel. The bearing cooling system enables heat generated by the bearings to be transferred through the flywheel shaft to a heat sink disposed within a cavity in the end of the flywheel shaft, and then external to the enclosure.