ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,395,010, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Torus Inc. (South Salt Lake, Utah).
"Mechanical-energy storage unit" was invented by Nathan Walkingshaw (Sandy, Utah), Calab Nelson (Sandy, Utah), Tanner Bean (Sandy, Utah), Cliff Lambarth (Sandy, Utah) and Jason Eichorst (Sandy, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system may include a flywheel including one or more plates and coupled at a central axis of rotation to a flywheel bearing, the flywheel being adapted to rotate about the central axis. A system may include a flywheel housing providing vertical support to the flywheel bearing. A system may include the flywheel bearing coupling the f...