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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2010
Applicants:
Ioan Achiriloaie, Dallas, TX (US);
Bogdan V. Antohe, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Ioan Achiriloaie, Dallas, TX (US);
Bogdan V. Antohe, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An energy storage device having a variable momentum of inertia uses centrifugal forces acting on movable masses to self adjust its moment of inertia. The adjustment of the moment of inertia occurs without any additional energy input. Energy is stored as rotational kinetic energy and potential elastic and/or gravitational energy.