Patent ID: 6753619
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60Y,H02K,Y02E,Y02T

Abstract:
A flywheel assembly comprising:a housing having an interior wall defining a substantially cylindrical volume; a shaft axially disposed within said housing and affixed thereto; a plurality of metal windings disposed about the interior wall remotely from said shaft, said plurality of metal windings operable in a motor mode and a generation mode, and a flywheel disposed uniformly about said shaft, said flywheel having a plurality of magnets disposed thereon remotely from said shaft; a motor-generator receiving and distributing electrical energy; a system controller coupled to said motor-generator and further coupled to said plurality of metal windings such that said system controller drives electrical current into and receives electrical current from said plurality of metal windings, and whereby said plurality of magnets is electromagnetically coupled to said plurality of metal windings such that said plurality metal windings transmit electrical current rotating said flywheel through said plurality of magnets, and further such that rotation of said flywheel induces electrical current in said plurality of metal windings.