US Patent Issued to PUNCH FLYBRID on Aug. 25 for "Flywheel containment with external touchdown rings at reduced diameter" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,468, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to PUNCH FLYBRID Ltd. (Silverstone, Great Britain).

"Flywheel containment with external touchdown rings at reduced diameter" was invented by Andrew Deakin (Silverstone, Great Britain) and Andrew Early (Silverstone, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus for containing a flywheel comprising: a flywheel; a shaft; a bearing arrangement for supporting the shaft; and a housing for housing the flywheel, the shaft and the bearing arrangement; wherein the flywheel is mounted on the shaft, the shaft is mounted to the bearing arrangement, and the bearing arrangement is mounted to the housing...