Patents by Inventor Clive Morant

Clive Morant has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Energy storage flywheels and method of mounting
    Patent number: 4569114
    Abstract: A method of mounting a fibre composite flywheel on a relatively stiff shaft, such as a metal or carbon fibre shaft, comprising passing the shaft through a hole in a hub at the center of the flywheel and securing the flywheel to the shaft wherein the shaft has a tapered portion and a deformable sleeve is positioned between the shaft and the hub of the flywheel on assembly. The deformable sleeve comprises a hollow cylinder having a tapered bore which corresponds to the tapered portion of the shaft and having an outside diameter which, before deformation, is larger than the diameter of the hole in the hub of the flywheel by an amount which is greater than the theoretical amount of radial growth which the hole in the hub would experience at the maximum operating speed of the flywheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1986
    Assignee: The British Petroleum Company p.l.c.
    Inventors: Geoffrey T. Ashcombe, Ian Duff-Barclay, Clive Morant