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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1995
Bradford Bates, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Richard C Belaire, Whitmore Lake, MI (US);
Craig H Stephan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A power turbine/flywheel assembly for use in a dual shaft turbine engine having a compressor and a gasifier coupled to a first shaft. The assembly includes a second shaft that is uncoupled from the first shaft and is allowed to rotate independently of the first shaft. First and second power turbine blades are attached concentrically about and are directly coupled to the second shaft. A flywheel is directly attached concentrically about the second shaft. The flywheel is positioned between the first and second turbine blades. The first and second power turbine blades and the flywheel rotate as a unit about the second shaft.