Patent ID: 7279819

Claim:
An aircraft power system, comprising: a drive system receiving voltage input to produce a first rotational output; a transfer system having a first portion connected to the first rotational output and a second portion producing a second rotational output having a first torque; a torque converter system receiving the second rotational output and a producing a third rotational output having a second torque, the torque converter comprising: a flywheel rotatable about a first axis receiving the second rotational output, the flywheel including a first body portion, a first plurality of magnets mounted in the first body portion, each of the first plurality of magnets extending along a corresponding radial direction with respect to the first axis, and a second plurality of magnets mounted in the first body portion, each of the second plurality of magnets being located between a corresponding adjacent pair of the first plurality of magnets, the flywheel receiving the rotational motion having the first torque; and a generator disk rotatable about a second axis for producing the third rotational output, the generator disk including a second body portion, and a third plurality of magnets within the second body portion magnetically coupled to the first and second pluralities of magnets upon rotation of the flywheel and the generator disk, the generator disk coupled to produce the third rotational output having the second torque; and an aircraft system coupled to the third rotational output.