Welcome to Energy Return Wheel
The Future Tire Industry Airless High Speed & Efficient
ERW for Autonomous Vehicles...Never Flat
ERW & Electric Vehicle...Extend Range
ERW for Avation...Added safety
ERW & Transport...Improved Efficiency
Conservation of angular momentum increases with speed.
Elastic tension radially suspends hoop about wheel.
Opposing Bellows generate high frequency in wheel suspension.
Screw force accumulation / return benefits drive train efficiency.
Throttle response generates "hub lift" for lever effect.
"Freedom of movement" expressed as elastic potential.
Response rate of pneumatic tires measured in seconds. ERW milliseconds.
The 140 year old Pneumatic Tire has run it's course.
Specific application funding opportunities.
Industrial production required to meet peoples price point.
Opportunity...Support NEVER FLAT... Poor Road Commuter.
Britek Goals
License / OE
Produce low price point ERW
Replace only what is worn with #renewables. Replace-Able Treads
Increase existing fleet fuel efficiency.
End flat tires.
Reduce rubber in air, water and streets.
Return profitability to the $300 billion tire industry.
ERW first year ROI 886%
Robotic Automation Franchise in Development
Auto ERW
"Cool Wheel for a Hot World"
Heavy Truck ERW
Vacuum Pressure is up to the Task...Massive efficiency improvements are Now possible. Serviceable Hoops, Bellows, 'Prescribed Tread Block'...Replce only what is Worn. #autonomousvehicles
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Aviation ERW
Vacuum Pressurized Composite Hoops VS Pneumatic Tires?
Reliable Takeoffs & Landings. Anti-bounce..."Screw Force" For Traction / Wear.
ERW Testing
USDOT Laboratory tested ERW demonstrated 50% better coast down 55 mph. - 0 vs a 35.5 psi. pneumatic tire.
ERW INSTALL
Bicycle ERW tested Oxylane Laboratory Finland 42 watts to turn a 1.5 meter drum at a constant 20 kph while weighted with 50 kilos. The other "airless" test 75-80 watts.
ERW at NASA Rover Challenge 2014 airless requirement back to back top ten finishes.
2014 MTSU moon buggy team earns Neil Armstrong Design Award
2015 Third in world, MTSU lunar rover team regains lofty U.S. status
Tennessee Tech NASA Rover Challenge 2014
TTU Lunar Rover Team Places Seventh in NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge
Screw Force Accumulation and Return 16% - 22% increase in drive train efficiency. Balance irregular bicycle pedal stroke.
Hub Displacement and Screw Force Powered "Rebound Response" to the Pull of Gravity...Plus for the first time in history... "Wind Resistance". Linear displacement returned as surge.
ERW Patents
Energy return wheel systems and methods
US 6701985 B2
Energy return wheel systems and methods
US 7104297 B2
Energy efficient wheel system
US 8127809 B2
Wheel system
US 9004120 B2
WO 2010/009329 PCT/US 2009/050871
CN 03817173.2 CN 100546840C CN 80134303.1
JP 4664672
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