Kinetic energy conversion system

A kinetic energy conversion system configured to generate usable electrical energy from the kinetic energy of a plurality of railroad cars constructed at least partially of ferrous material and moving along a designated section of a railroad track of a railway network, said system comprising:

• a magnetic rotor assembly including at least one rotor unit having a plurality of magnets mounted thereto, said magnetic rotor assembly further comprising an axle attached to said at least one rotor unit, wherein said at least one rotor unit comprises a plurality of magnet housings, wherein each magnet of said plurality of magnets is disposed in a corresponding magnet housing of said plurality of magnet housings and at least a portion of each of said plurality of magnets is moveable out of said corresponding magnet housing into a magnetically attractive orientation relative to the plurality of railroad cars moving along the designated section of the railroad track;
• a generator assembly having at least one electrical generator disposed in an operative engagement with said magnetic rotor assembly to generate an amount of electrical energy;
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• a support assembly dimensioned and configured to maintain said at least one rotor unit in a magnetically proximate orientation relative to the plurality of railroad cars moving along the designated section of the railroad track.

A kinetic energy conversion system configured to generate usable electrical energy from the kinetic energy of a plurality of railroad cars constructed at least partially of ferrous material and moving along a designated section of a railroad track of a railway network, said system comprising:

• a magnetic rotor assembly including at least one rotor unit having at least one magnet mounted thereto, said magnetic rotor assembly further comprising an axle attached to said at least one rotor unit;
• a generator assembly having at least one electrical generator disposed in an operative engagement with said magnetic rotor assembly to generate an amount of electrical energy;
• a support assembly dimensioned and configured to maintain said at least one rotor unit in a magnetically proximate orientation relative to the plurality of railroad cars moving along the designated section of the railroad track;
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• a control assembly having a controller in a communicative relation with said generator assembly to dispose said at least one electrical generator between a static mode and a generating mode, wherein said control assembly further comprises at least one pressure sensor positioned in a portion of the railroad track proximate to the designated section of the railroad track and disposed in communication with said controller, said at least one pressure sensor actuated by the weight of one of the plurality of railroad cars on the portion of the railroad track in which said at least one pressure sensor is positioned.