Modular power generation and energy storage devices
AssigneeRomeo Systems, Inc.
InventorsMichael William Patterson, Benjamin Philip Diaz Cannon, Anastasi William Michailidis
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides systems for storing electrical energy. A system for storing energy comprises a plurality of separable energy storage devices that are operatively connected in series or parallel. Each energy storage device of the plurality comprises a housing that includes a magnet that generates a magnetic field, an armature coil that rotates relative to the magnetic field upon user movement of the housing or the armature coil, and an energy storage unit electrically coupled to the armature coil and adapted to store electrical energy generated upon rotation of the armature coil in the magnetic field.
Claims20
A system for storing energy and generating electrical power, comprising:
- a plurality of separable energy storage and power generation devices that are operatively connected in series or parallel, wherein each energy storage device of the plurality comprises a housing that includes:
- (a) a magnetic member that provides a magnetic field;
- (b) an armature coil that rotates relative to the magnetic field upon movement of the housing or the armature coil;
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- (c) an energy storage unit electrically coupled to the armature coil and adapted to store electrical energy generated upon rotation of the armature coil in the magnetic field.
An energy storage device including a portable housing, comprising:
- (a) a magnetic member that provides a magnetic field;
- (b) an armature coil that rotates relative to the magnetic field upon movement of the portable housing or the armature coil;
- (c) a plurality of gears coupled to the armature coil, wherein each gear of the plurality effects a different frequency of rotation of the armature coil in the magnetic field;
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- (d) an energy storage unit electrically coupled to the armature coil and adapted to store electrical power generated upon rotation of the armature coil relative to the magnetic field.
A method of storing energy and generating electrical power, comprising:
- connecting two or more separable energy storage and power generation devices in series or parallel such that the two or more devices are in electrical and mechanical communication with each other, wherein each of the two or more separable energy storage and power generation devices comprises a housing containing (i) a magnetic member that provides a magnetic field, (ii) an armature coil that rotates relative to the magnetic field upon movement of the housing or the armature coil, and (iii) an energy storage unit electrically coupled to the armature coil and adapted to store electrical energy generated upon rotation of the armature coil in the magnetic field;
- subjecting the armature coil to motion relative to the magnetic field, thereby generating electrical current;
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- transmitting the electrical current to the energy storage unit.
The device of claim 19, wherein the at least one port is mechanically coupled to a source of kinetic energy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.