Patents by Inventor Kyle B. Gaiser

Kyle B. Gaiser 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).

  • Stacked lamination rotor
    Patent number: 11811269
    Abstract: The invention is a flywheel rotor that includes a number of adjacent laminations, stacked one on top of another, where each of the laminations has the same shape and is rotationally symmetric around a center axis, and where the shape is substantially circular and includes a plurality of protrusions exterior to the circumference, and each of the laminations includes at least one hole for a fastening bolt to pass through. The invention typically includes an endplate at each end of stack of laminations. One of the two endplates may attach to a stubshaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: AMBER KINETICS, INC.
    Inventors: Seth R. Sanders, Kyle B. Gaiser, Greg Olsen, Mark J. Holloway, Roger Nelson Hitchcock, Peter Thomas Tennessen, Matthew K. Senesky, Edward Young Chiao, Darlene Conolly, Keenan Rodewald
  • Stacked Lamination Endplate
    Publication number: 20230213023
    Abstract: A stacked lamination endplate for a rotor that includes a number of adjacent laminations, stacked one on top of another, wherein each lamination has an identical shape, the shape having a central region, symmetric about a center axis, and a number of spokes, each spoke emanating radially outward from the central region, where each spoke includes a through-hole at its distal end, and wherein the laminations are stacked one on top of another and aligned, enabling, for each spoke, a bolt to be inserted through a corresponding through-hole of each lamination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Kyle B. Gaiser, Seth R. Sanders, Mark J. Holloway, Keenan William Rodewald, Kiana Wright
  • Stacked Lamination Rotor
    Publication number: 20220255382
    Abstract: The invention is a flywheel rotor that includes a number of adjacent laminations, stacked one on top of another, where each of the laminations has the same shape and is rotationally symmetric around a center axis, and where the shape is substantially circular and includes a plurality of protrusions exterior to the circumference, and each of the laminations includes at least one hole for a fastening bolt to pass through. The invention typically includes an endplate at each end of stack of laminations. One of the two endplates may attach to a stubshaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Amber Kinetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Seth R. Sanders, Kyle B. Gaiser, Greg Olsen, Mark J. Holloway, Roger Nelson Hitchcock, Peter Thomas Tennessen, Matthew K. Senesky, Edward Young Chiao, Darlene Conolly, Keenan Rodewald
  • Stacked lamination rotor
    Patent number: 11362558
    Abstract: The invention is a flywheel rotor that includes a number of adjacent laminations, stacked one on top of another, where each of the laminations has the same shape and is rotationally symmetric around a center axis, and where the shape is substantially circular and includes a plurality of protrusions on the circumference, and each of the laminations includes at least one hole for at fastening bolts to pass through. The invention typically includes an endplate at each end of stack of laminations and one of the two endplates attaches to a stubshaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: AMBER KINETICS, INC.
    Inventors: Seth R. Sanders, Kyle B. Gaiser, Greg Olsen, Mark J. Holloway, Roger Nelson Hitchcock, Peter Thomas Tennessen, Matthew K. Senesky, Edward Young Chiao, Darlene W. Conolly, Keenan William Rodewald
  • Stacked Lamination Rotor
    Publication number: 20200259379
    Abstract: The invention is a flywheel rotor that includes a number of adjacent laminations, stacked one on top of another, where each of the laminations has the same shape and is rotationally symmetric around a center axis, and where the shape is substantially circular and includes a plurality of protrusions on the circumference, and each of the laminations includes at least one hole for at fastening bolts to pass through. The invention typically includes an endplate at each end of stack of laminations and one of the two endplates attaches to a stubshaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Amber Kinetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Seth R. Sanders, Kyle B. Gaiser, Greg Olsen, Mark J. Holloway, Roger Nelson Hitchcock, Peter Thomas Tennessen, Matthew K. Senesky, Edward Young Chiao, Darlene W. Conolly, Keenan William Rodewald