Patents by Inventor Mohammed Abdulaziz Al-Khamis

Mohammed Abdulaziz Al-Khamis 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).

  • Method and apparatus for storing energy
    Patent number: 8358020
    Abstract: An energy storing system, which includes a plurality of weights; a first storing unit and a second storing unit, wherein the first storing unit is arranged below the second storing unit and each of the storing units includes a guiding track on which weights can be placed and along which weights can be moved, wherein each of these guiding tracks includes a first portion and a second portion, wherein the second portion is arranged below the first portion; and a loading unit configured to lift at least one weight from the first storing unit to the second storing unit during a first period thereby converting electrical energy to potential energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: King Saud University
    Inventor: Mohammed Abdulaziz Al-Khamis
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STORING ENERGY
    Publication number: 20100301616
    Abstract: The present application relates to an energy storing system, which comprises a plurality of weights; a first storing unit and a second storing unit, wherein the first storing unit is arranged below the second storing unit and each of the storing units comprises a guiding track on which weights can be placed and along which weights can be moved, wherein each of said guiding tracks comprises a first portion and a second portion, wherein the second portion is arranged below the first portion; and a loading unit configured to lift at least one weight from the first storing unit to the second storing unit during a first period thereby converting electrical energy to potential energy, said loading unit further configured to lower at least one weight from the second storing unit to the first storing unit during a second period, thereby converting potential energy to electrical energy, wherein the loading unit is configured to collect a weight from the second portion of the first storing unit and to place said weight
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventor: Mohammed Abdulaziz Al-Khamis
  • Method and apparatus for storing energy
    Patent number: RE49532
    Abstract: An energy storing system, which includes a plurality of weights; a first storing unit and a second storing unit, wherein the first storing unit is arranged below the second storing unit and each of the storing units includes a guiding track on which weights can be placed and along which weights can be moved, wherein each of these guiding tracks includes a first portion and a second portion, wherein the second portion is arranged below the first portion; and a loading unit configured to lift at least one weight from the first storing unit to the second storing unit during a first period thereby converting electrical energy to potential energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Inventor: Mohammed Abdulaziz Al-Khamis