An electrical power generating apparatus, comprising:
- a raised platform positioned on a surface that an object traverses, the platform including a cavity configured to receive at least one protrusion, at least one rotating shaft, and at least one generator wherein the at last one protrusion, the at least one shaft, and the at least one generator are operatively connected;
- the platform having an elongated top portion which includes at least one aperture;
- wherein the at east one protrusion is configured to move through the at least one aperture and extend above the top portion in an initial state of the at least one protrusion, and the at least one protrusion is contained within the at least one aperture in a secondary state, such that the at least one protrusion is positioned to fill the at least one aperture relative to the top portion in the secondary state such that no indentation remains in the top portion when the at least one protrusion is moved from the initial state to the secondary state;
- a reset member configured to move the at least one protrusion between the initial state and the secondary state;
- a first subset including the at least one protrusion, the at least one shaft, and the at least one generator, and further comprising a first plurality of protrusions, a first plurality of shafts, and a first plurality of generators;
- a second subset including the at least one protrusion, the at least one shaft, and the at least one generator, and further comprising a second plurality of protrusions, a second plurality of shafts, and a second plurality of generators,
- wherein the at least one aperture comprises a plurality of apertures, and each respective protrusion of the first and second plurality of protrusions is associated with a respective aperture of the plurality of apertures,
- a push force to rotation force conversion system translating a push force applied to the first subset of the first plurality of protrusions to a rotational force applied to the first plurality of rotating shafts and the first plurality of generators, and translating a push force applied to the second subset of the plurality of protrusions to a rotational force applied to the second plurality of rotating shafts and the second plurality of generators,
- wherein in the first subset, at least one respective generator of the first plurality of generators is mounted to and positioned around one respective rotating shaft of the plurality of first rotating shafts, and in the second subset, at least one respective generator of the second plurality of generators is mounted to and positioned around one respective rotating shaft of the second plurality of rotating shafts, the first and second plurality of rotating shafts causing rotation of one or more electrical generating elements of the first and second plurality of generators,
- wherein the one or more electrical generating elements include a first circumferential array including one of a plurality of permanent magnets and a plurality of insulated coils and a second circumferential array includes the other of the plurality of permanent magnets and the plurality of insulated conductor coils, such that the first circumferential array is positioned a) radially outside of the second circumferential array or b) radially inside of the second circumferential array,
- wherein the movement or rotation of the first and/or second plurality of generators requires downward movement of a portion of the respective first and/or second plurality of protrusions through a portion of an associated respective plurality of apertures,
- wherein the push force to rotation force conversion system is configured to convert weight or force of at least one object that rotationally contacts the top portion, and when the rotational weight or force of the at least one object moves over the top portion and contacts the portion of the first and/or second plurality of protrusions of the first and/or second subsets, respectively, only the portion of the first and/or second plurality of protrusions contacted moves, and the at least one object is not moved away from the top portion of the platform by contact with the portion of the first and/or second plurality of protrusions,
- wherein the first subset and the second subset are spaced apart relative to each other such that the top portion includes an inactive area, and the inactive area is positioned between the first subset and the second subset, such that the first subset, the inactive area, and the second subset are positioned in an axial alignment relative to each other and relative to an axial alignment of the elongated top portion of the platform which is positioned on the surface
- comprising a lane of a roadway, the at least one object moving over at least one of the first subset, the second subset, and the inactive area.