Abstract:
An unbalanced gyroscopic apparatus is disclosed for producing unidirectional thrust without having to interact with an external gas, liquid, or solid mass. The technique is based on the controlled transitions of an unbalanced spinning mass between two stable unbalanced weight states resulting in a net unidirectional thrust at the spin axis. In one existing embodiment, an apparatus with an attached body can be propelled up a planar incline “sliding” uphill against terrestrial gravity. In another embodiment, multiple pairs of synchronized and mirror-image, unbalanced gyroscopic assemblies are combined as one apparatus and attached to a body with the potential to propel it in any direction, including defeating gravity completely without interaction with gas, liquid, or solid mass or without use of propellants.
Abstract:
Apparatus for producing a propulsion force comprises a pair of counter-rotating externally geared flywheels which are mounted on shafts for rotation in a housing and are balanced for high speed rotation. Each flywheel carries a mass slideable thereon in a radial slot but constrained to rotate angularly with the flywheel. The mass is constrained to rotate eccentrically of the flywheel by a stationary cam surface surrounding the path of rotation of the mass. The cam surface is provided on a plate slideable relative to the flywheels to adjust the degree of eccentricity of the cam track relative to the flywheel. A vibration isolation unit is connected between the housing of the flywheels and the frame of the device including a pair of airbags positioned between plates so as to communicate only the net unidirectional force from the housing to the chassis.
Abstract:
A constant stress solid disk rotor of a flywheel has an outer shape having a plane-symmetric upper surface and lower surface, an outer circumferential radius b, and a rotation center thickness h0, and includes a thickness decreasing region which decreases monotonously in thickness from a rotation center to a connection radius a and a constant thickness region located on an outer edge of the thickness decreasing region and having a constant thickness ha from the connection radius a to the outer circumferential radius b. Shape parameters including the outer circumferential radius b, the rotation center thickness h0, the connection radius a, and the outer edge thickness ha satisfy an equation below. Here, ν is a Poisson's ratio of a rotor material.
Abstract:
A sliding door closure system is provided including close and energy harvesting to recover kinetic energy from the motion of the door. According to some embodiments, the relative motion between a sliding door and sliding door track may be configured to drive a generator. The generator may be driven by a driving a wheel rotationally connected to the generator. Examples include driving the generator by a friction wheel, by a chain and sprocket, or by a gear and rack. The generator may recover kinetic energy from the motion of the door during the deceleration of the soft close function. Energy recovered from the door may be stored and used to assist the motion of the door or to operate sensors to monitor the operation of the door closure system. The door closure system may transmit data and preserve a record of use.
Abstract:
The present specification relates generally to generators and more specifically to an environmentally friendly device and method for generating electricity without a fuel source. The device, an electric generator, comprises an outer chamber filled with a first quantity of water; a lower bellows assembly, immediately below the outer chamber, filled with a second quantity of water; a support bracket fixed within the outer chamber comprising at least one post extending from a top face thereof and at least one lower electromagnet; a chain assembly; a flywheel; a generator; an inner chamber disposed within the outer chamber and having at a bottom end at least one flapper valve and at least one upper electromagnet; at least one return pipe having a first end in connection with the lower bellows assembly and a second end proximate the inner chamber; and a series of valves.
Abstract:
A system and method for generating, leveraging, and storing electrical energy are disclosed. The system comprises one or more walking beams having a track and at least two protective end stops located on opposite ends of the track. A plurality of counterweights is attached to the walking beams, adjacent the axle, via one or more connecting rods. An electric vehicle (EV) chassis is positioned on top of the track and allows back-and-forth movement. The back-and-forth movement makes the walking beam move up and down, which then converts into rotational movement of a flywheel via a rack and pinion arrangement, capturing an alternately falling force of counterweights, thereby rotating the flywheel for generating constant electrical output. Further, an apparatus is adapted for generating artificial fluid lift by utilizing back and-forth movement of the EV chassis.
Abstract:
An apparatus comprising: a flywheel; a shaft; a bearing arrangement for supporting the shaft; a sealing arrangement; and a housing for housing the flywheel, the shaft, the bearing arrangement and the sealing arrangement, wherein the flywheel is mounted on the shaft, the sealing arrangement is mounted between the shaft and the housing, and the bearing arrangement is mounted both to the shaft, between the flywheel and the sealing arrangement, and to the housing; and wherein the sealing arrangement comprises a pair of seals that are configured to extend circumferentially around the shaft, the seals being arranged to form a hermetic seal against the shaft to hermetically seal the housing.
Abstract:
A mass displacement electricity generator, having a tower and a first mass suspended by the tower for falling and lifting. The first mass is suspended by a pulley arrangement including a first set of pulleys fixed to the tower above the first mass and a second set of pulleys fixed to the first mass. A cable extends through the first and second sets of pulleys and one end of the cable is fixed to one of the tower or to the first mass. A winch includes a barrel about which the cable winds off as the first mass falls and winds on as the first mass lifts. The winch is in driving connection with a flywheel so that as the first mass falls, the cable winds off the barrel and barrel rotation drives the flywheel to rotate. The flywheel is in driving connection with a generator so that rotation of the flywheel drives the generator for generating electrical energy.
Abstract:
An agricultural system including an agricultural baler including a rotary input shaft connectable by way of a baler driveline to a rotatable flywheel; a hydraulic pump for supplying the agricultural baler with hydraulic fluid, the rotatable flywheel being connectable to the hydraulic pump via the driveline. The baler is transferrable between a first state for driving the hydraulic pump by external drive power provided by a corresponding work vehicle, and a second state for driving the hydraulic pump by the rotatable flywheel. The agricultural system further includes a control unit that is configured to: receive input-power-data indicative of a drive power available for driving the hydraulic pump in the first state of the baler; and determine a control-signal for transferring the baler into the second state, if the input-power-data indicates that the available drive power is insufficient for driving the hydraulic pump.
Abstract:
A mechanical energy accumulator system has a housing with a first pair of flywheels, a second pair of flywheels and a third pair of flywheels. Each of the flywheels is formed of a ceramic material. A stator is positioned in an interior area of each of the flywheels. A pipe shaft is positioned interior of the stator. The pipe shaft has a plurality of magnets therein. A circular pipe is embedded within each of the flywheels. The circular pipe has a fluid contained therein.