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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 1978
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alan R Pitkanen, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ; F16F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60325 ; 60413 ; 60414 ; 74572 ;
Abstract
An inertial turbine system is provided which stores energy in a rotating flywheel shell by passing a fluid, such as mercury, in and out of the shell during braking or acceleration of the vehicle in which the system is installed. The resulting fluid flywheel is coupled to an input/output shaft through a turbine transmission system. The transmission system is constructed to effect optimal energy transfer over a wide range of relative speeds between the rotating flywheel shell and the input/output shaft to which the shell is coupled.