Energy harvesting road
AssigneeOakes LTD
InventorsSimon OAKES, Frank OAKES
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Abstract
An energy harvesting apparatus comprising: a movable road component (106) that is configured to move away from a raised position due to a weight of one or more vehicles on the movable road component; a link (108) that is coupled to the movable road component, the link being movable between a rigid configuration and a flexible configuration, wherein in the rigid configuration, the link is configured to transfer force from the movable road component to act as a work input; and wherein in the flexible configuration, the link is configured to substantially isolate the movement of the movable road component to prevent the link from acting as a work input.
Claims21
An energy harvesting apparatus comprising:
- a movable road component that is configured to move away from a raised position due to a weight of said one or more vehicles on the movable road component;
- a link that is coupled to the movable road component, the link being movable between a rigid configuration and a flexible configuration,
- wherein in the rigid configuration, the link is configured to be transfer force from the movable road component to act as a work input;
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- wherein in the flexible configuration, the link is configured to substantially isolate the movement of the movable road component to prevent the link from acting as a work input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.