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Patent Portfolio

Active Power’s focus on product leadership, customer success and environmental stewardship results in innovation worthy of patenting. The U.S. Trademark and Patent Office has granted Active Power 42 patents to date and they are listed below. Please follow the links to the US Patent and Trademark Office to review a full copy of each patent.

Patent Title

Issue Date

Patent #

Magnetic Bearing and Method Utilizing Movable Closed Conductive Loops

4/12/1994

5,302,874

Magnetic Bearing with Closed Loops Which Move in AC Electromagnetic Field and/or Which Include Capacitors

9/6/1994

5,345,128

Lorentz Force Magnetic Bearing Utilizing Closed Conductive Loops and Selectively Controlled Electromagnets

11/21/1995

5,469,006

Null Flux Magnetic Bearing With Cross-Connected Loop Portions

11/28/1995

5,471,105

Magnetic Bearing With Phase-Shifted Loops

4/16/1996

5,508,573

Magnetic Bearing System Including a Generator

6/11/1996

5,525,848

Permanent Magnet Generator Providing Alternating Current Which Has a Selected Frequency

2/23/1999

5,874,797

Pulsed Power Linear Actuator & Method of Increasing Actuator Stroke Force

7/18/1995

5,434,459

Brushless Generator

1/26/1999

5,864,198

Magnetic Bearing Utilizing Brushless Generator

11/5/1996

5,572,079

Magnetically Levitated Robot & Method of Increasing Levitation Force

11/9/1999

5,980,193

Integrated Motor/Generator/Flywheel Utilizing A Solid Steel Rotor

3/24/1998

5,731,645

Motor/Generator for Flywheel Use

8/3/1999

5,932,935

Energy Storage Flywheel Apparatus & Methods

5/18/1999

5,905,321

Motor/Generator & Axial Magnetic Bearing Utilizing Common Magnetic Circuit

7/6/1999

5,920,138

Airgap Armature Coils & Electric Machines Using Same

12/26/2000

6,166,472

Energy Storage Flywheel Apparatus & Methods

10/19/1999

5,969,457

Energy Storage Flywheel Apparatus & Methods

9/21/1999

5,955,816

Method & Apparatus for Providing Startup Power to A Genset-Backed Uninterruptible Power Supply

6/16/1998

5,767,591

Method & Apparatus for Providing Startup Power to A Genset-Backed Uninterruptible Power Supply

11/30/1999

5,994,794

Replaceable Bearing Cartridge Assembly for Flywheel Energy System

2/29/2000

6,029,538

High Inertia Inductor-Alternator

7/27/1999

5,929,548

High Efficiency Inductor-Alternator

9/12/2000

6,118,202

High Efficiency Inductor-Alternator

7/11/2000

6,087,753

Step Switch Cycloconverter Utilizing Multi-Tap Armature

9/26/2000

6,124,702

Uninterruptible Power Supply Utilizing Thermal Energy Source

2/27/2001

6,192,687 B1

Cartridge Armatures for Electro-dynamic Machines

3/27/2001

6,208,056 B1

Generator Providing Alternating Current which has a Selected Frequency

5/22/2001

6,236,123 B1

Providing Uninterruptible Supply of Electric Power to a Critical Load

7/3/2001

6,255,743 B1

High Efficiency Inductor-Alternator

11/27/2001

6,323,573 B1

Integrated Continuous Power System Assemblies - Accumulator heater

6/25/2002

6,408,627 B1

Method & Apparatus for Providing a Continuous Supply of Electric Power

10/15/2002

6,463,738 B1

Method and apparatus having a turbine working in different modes for providing uninterruptible supply of power to a critical load

1/28/2003

6,512,305 B1

Circuits and Methods for preheating a rotor of a motor-generator device

11/4/2003

6,642,682 B1

Integrated Flywheel UPS System

12/2/2003

6,657,320 B1

Integrated Continuous Power System Assemblies Having Multiple Nozzle Block Segments

8/17/2004

6,777,823 B1

Multiple Path Variable Speed Constant Frequency Device Having Automatic Power Path Selection Capability

1/18/2005

6,844,706 B2

Universal Uninterrupible Power Supply Input Circuitry

7/5/2005

6,914,349 B2

Thermal Storage Unit and Methods for Using the same to Heat a Fluid

10/18/2005

6,955,050 B2

Multiple path variable speed constant frequency device having automatic power path selection capability

4/18/2006

7,030,593 B2

Thermal and compressed air storage system

8/8/2006

7,086,231 B2

Systems and methods for providing backup energy to a load

10/31/2006

7,127,895 B2