Patents by Inventor Rick TOWNEND

Rick TOWNEND 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).

  • Flywheel assembly
    Patent number: 10432061
    Abstract: An annular rotor for a flywheel, the rotor comprising a tow comprising a matrix of fibres wound about an axis and arranged in layers comprising a gap between adjacent tow windings, wherein the winding angle between a normal to the axis and the tow is less than 3.5° and the matrix further comprises magnetic particles of a size less than the critical flaw size of the tow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: GKN HYBRID POWER LIMITED
    Inventor: Rick Townend
  • Flywheel Assembly
    Publication number: 20170012489
    Abstract: An annular rotor for a flywheel, the rotor comprising a tow comprising a matrix of fibres wound about an axis and arranged in layers comprising a gap between adjacent tow windings, wherein the winding angle between a normal to the axis and the tow is less than 3.5° and the matrix further comprises magnetic particles of a size less than the critical flaw size of the tow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventor: Rick TOWNEND