Power producing apparatuses and methods of use
AssigneeFlowloopx
InventorsBarak Cilluffo, Heather Cilluffo
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Abstract
The present disclosure pertains to a device for capturing and converting kinetic energy into electrical energy. The device comprises a first substrate and a second substrate, with the second substrate covered by the first. The second substrate includes spaced-apart, semi-rigid plates. Positioned below the second substrate is a hose arranged in a serpentine configuration and filled with fluid, located directly underneath each plate. A third substrate is situated below the hose, forming part of the overall structure of the device.
Claims18
A device for capturing and converting kinetic energy into electrical energy, the device comprising:
- a first substrate;
- a second substrate that is covered by the first substrate, the second substrate comprising plates, wherein adjacent plates are spaced apart from one another, the plates each being semi-rigid;
- a hose positioned below the second substrate in a serpentine configuration such that the hose is located directly underneath each of the plates, the hose being filled with a fluid;
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- a third substrate located below the hose.
A method, comprising:
- providing a device comprising:
- a first substrate;
- a second substrate covered by the first substrate, the second substrate comprising primary plates that are spaced apart and semi-rigid;
- a hose positioned below the second substrate in a serpentine configuration, directly underneath each of the primary plates, the hose being filled with a fluid;
- a converter in closed-loop fluid communication with the hose, configured to create electrical energy as the hose is depressed by the primary plates;
- a sink for receiving the electrical energy;
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- permitting a vehicle to drive over the device, where wheels of the vehicle contact and depress the plates in series, wherein a first plate is depressed before a last plate by the vehicle so that the fluid in the hose is sequentially propagated through the hose towards the converter, thereby providing continuous flow of the fluid to the converter as the vehicle traverses over the plates.
A system for capturing and converting kinetic energy into electrical energy, the system comprising:
- a first device comprising:
- a first substrate;
- a second substrate that is covered by the first substrate, the second substrate comprising plates, wherein adjacent plates are spaced apart from one another, the plates each being semi-rigid;
- a hose positioned below the second substrate in a serpentine configuration such that the hose is located directly underneath each of the plates, the hose being filled with a fluid;
- a third substrate located below the hose;
- a converter that is in closed-loop fluid communication with the hose, the converter being configured to create electrical energy as the hose is depressed by the plates causing the fluid to interact with the converter;
- a sink for receiving the electrical energy;
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- a first device support frame configured to support the first device above a subordinate surface;
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- a second device configured identically to the first device, wherein a hose of the second device is configured to extend through the first device support frame and connect to another converter that is co-located with the converter associated with the first device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.