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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2022
Mainspring Energy, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
John Lawler, Portland, OR (US);
Neil Watters, Redwood City, CA (US);
Samuel Sherman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew Svrcek, Redwood City, CA (US);
David DeGraaff, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mainspring Energy, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A bearing assembly for a linear electromagnetic machine includes a sleeve having a surface configured to provide a bearing between the surface and a translator, a front plate coupled to the sleeve, a support block, and a plurality of flexures coupled to the support block. Each flexure is coupled between the support block and one of the front plate or a stator. For example, a load path extends from a stator to the support block via a first set of flexures of the plurality of flexures, from the support block to the front plate via a second set of flexures of the plurality of flexures, and from the front plate to the sleeve. In the example of four flexures, two flexures are affixed to the support block and front plate, while two other flexures are affixed to the support block and the stator.