ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,336, issued on June 3, was assigned to PUNCH FLYBRID Ltd. (Silverstone, Great Britain).
"Sealing system for flywheel in a vacuum" was invented by Andrew Deakin (Silverstone, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus comprising: a flywheel; a shaft; a bearing arrangement for supporting the shaft; a sealing arrangement; and a housing for housing the flywheel, the shaft, the bearing arrangement and the sealing arrangement, wherein the flywheel is mounted on the shaft, the sealing arrangement is mounted between the shaft and the housing, and the bearing arrangement is mounted both to the shaft, between the flywheel and the...