Patent ID: 11965490
Assignee: nan
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  H | IPC F  H

Claim 0:
1. A multi-weight gravity-based energy storage system comprising:
a first weight;
a second weight;
a first transporter comprising a first transporter linkage which may be coupled to and decoupled from the first weight for mechanically linking the first weight to the first transporter, the first transporter configured for transporting the first weight along a first pre-defined path defining a vertical displacement between a first upper position and a second lower position;
a second transporter comprising a second transporter linkage which may be coupled to and decoupled from the second weight for mechanically linking the second weight to the second transporter, the second transporter configured for transporting the second weight along a second pre-defined path defining a vertical displacement between a first upper position and a second lower position;
a first path volume defined by the area of the first weight coupled with the first transporter linkage developed or swept along the first pre-defined path;
a second path volume defined by the area of the second weight coupled with the second transporter linkage developed or swept along the second pre-defined path, wherein at least a portion of the second path volume overlaps with the first path volume; and
a second linkage path volume defined by the area of the second linkage decoupled from a weight and developed or swept along a respective pre-defined path between an upper position and a lower position,
wherein the second linkage path volume does not overlap with the first path volume.