Patent ID: 6365981
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: H02K,Y02E

Abstract:
A power generation system comprising:a power generator; and a flywheel apparatus having an input shaft and an output shaft to receive a rotary force via said input shaft and supply the rotary force to said power generator via said output shaft, said flywheel apparatus comprising: a frame; a flywheel section being provided at said frame, and comprising an input unit having said input shaft for receiving the rotary force, a flywheel unit having said output shaft, and a drive unit for transmitting the rotary force from said input unit to said flywheel unit; and an exciting section provided at said frame, said input unit of said flywheel section comprising: bearings provided at said frame; a first shaft serving as said input shaft, supported by said bearings; an input pulley provided at said first shaft, for receiving the rotary force; and a first pulley provided at said first shaft, said drive unit of said flywheel section comprising: bearings provided at said frame; a second shaft supported by said bearings; a second pulley provided at said second shaft; a first belt looped over said first pulley and said second pulley; and a support cylinder provided at said second shaft, said flywheel unit of said flywheel section comprising: a support rod having an end fixed at said support cylinder; a connection cylinder at which another end of said support rod is fixed; a third shaft serving as an output shaft passing through said connection cylinder; a third pulley provided at said third shaft; a second belt looped over said second pulley and said third pulley; and a flywheel disk provided at said third shaft, said exciting section comprising: a drive unit constituted by bearings provided at said frame, a cam shaft supported by said bearings, a fourth pulley provided at said cam shaft, and a third belt looped over said first pulley and said fourth pulley; and a cam unit being provided at said cam shaft, and having one end exciting to allow said connection cylinder to reciprocate in accordance with the rotation of said cam shaft.