Patent · US Expired

Spoke shape for hub to rotor attachment

US5962941A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 2, 1996
Grant dateOct 5, 1999
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Expiry dateMay 2, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/2131
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention is an energy storage apparatus. The energy storage apparatus includes a rotor, a stator and a hub rotatably positioned about an axial shaft. The hub includes at least one spoke plane projecting radially from the hub, and the at least one spoke plane includes at least one spoke. The at least one spoke becomes progressively thinner along an increasing radius.

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