Roadway Electricity Generating Apparatus

Abstract

An electricity generation apparatus for use in generating electricity from an automobile operating on the roadway includes an input assembly first portion configured to rest on a roadway and a second portion coupled to the first portion and extending downwardly beneath the roadway. The first portion is configured to actuate the second portion when the automobile passes over the first portion. The input assembly second portion includes rack and pinion gears. The apparatus includes an output shaft having opposed first and second ends, the output shaft first end being operatively coupled to the input assembly second portion and configured to rotate when actuated by the input assembly second portion. A generator is operatively coupled to the output shaft second end and configured to generate electricity when the output shaft is actuated.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.