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Patent Inventor Names
Eric A. Lewis0
Matthew L. Lazarewicz0
Norman C. Brackett0
Richard L. Hockney0
James G. Crowley0
Date of Patent
April 29, 2008
0Patent Application Number
112577550
Date Filed
October 24, 2005
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
A crash management system for implementation in a flywheel energy storage system (FESS) is provided. Implementation of such a system entails designing an FESS rim that is highly failure resistant, and designing the FESS such that if one, some, or even all of its components fail, they are physically prevented from accumulating and releasing enough energy to cause rim burst, thus leaving the rim intact and capable of safely remaining spinning even after one or more FESS component failures have occurred.
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