MULTI-RIM FLYWHEEL AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF

摘要

A plurality of nested rims are mounted on spokes of a flywheel hub member in a manner causing the rim assembly to have a non-circular configuration while the flywheel is at rest. Expansion of the rim assembly and the hub member during high speed flywheel operation causes the rim assembly to assume a substantially circular configuration with each rim frictionally engaging its adjacent rims without adhesion therebetween while the inner rim is frictionally engaged by the spokes.