Patents by Inventor Harold Zule Xia

Harold Zule Xia 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).

  • Magnet-superconductor flywheel and levitation systems
    Patent number: 5831362
    Abstract: Disclosed is a flywheel system for storing kinetic energy which utilizes a high temperature superconductor/magnet system for the flywheel bearings. The flywheel includes a first magnet, and having a ring magnet defining an opening. The levitation system includes a magnet for attractively interacting with first flywheel magnet, with a high temperature superconductor interposed between them, and further includes a magnet system for repulsively interacting with and partially inserted into the ring magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: The University of Houston
    Inventors: Wei-Kan Chu, Quark Yung-Sung Chen, Ki-Bui Ma, Harold Zule Xia, Mark Alan Lamb, Rodger Sheldon Cooley, Chase Kenyon McMichael