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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1997
Wei-Kan Chu, Pearland, TX (US);
Quark Yung-Sung Chen, Houston, TX (US);
Ki-Bui Ma, Jersey Village, TX (US);
Harold Zule Xia, Houston, TX (US);
Mark Alan Lamb, Houston, TX (US);
Rodger Sheldon Cooley, Houston, TX (US);
Chase Kenyon McMichael, Houston, TX (US);
The University of Houston, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a flywheel system for storing kinetic energy which utilizes a high temperature superconductor/magnet system for the flywheel bearings. The flywheel includes a first magnet, and having a ring magnet defining an opening. The levitation system includes a magnet for attractively interacting with first flywheel magnet, with a high temperature superconductor interposed between them, and further includes a magnet system for repulsively interacting with and partially inserted into the ring magnet.