US 9,239,043 B1Granted

Conversion of kinetic into electric energy utilizing the universal principles of gravity and magnetism

OwnerJaime (“James”) Teodoro Zeasinventor

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Abstract

The present invention is directed to a method of generating electricity from the unharnessed existing kinetic movement of various self-propelled sources: vehicles, wheeled vehicles, pedestrians, objects and/or wheeled objects with the aid of natural phenomena (i.e., gravity, buoyancy, magnetism, etc.) in combination with supporting undersurfaces, over surfaces and side surfaces upon which or about which they translate. In a first embodiment, floating platforms over which moving objects pass are implanted into a road surface. In a second embodiment, rollers rather than platforms are utilized. In a third embodiment, the moving vehicles, pedestrians and/or objects are provided with magnetic material generating electricity by passing over, under or by magnetized kinetic capturing panels containing coiled metallic wire (“kinetic panels”).

Claims18

Dependent claims

A method of generating electricity utilizing the weight and/or kinetic energy of translating vehicles on a supporting undersurface, comprising:

(a) embedding along the supporting undersurface a series of electricity-generating elements that utilize the weight and/or kinetic energy of the translating vehicles;
(b) said step (a) comprising choosing the electricity-generating series of elements from at least one of the following group of series consisting of:
a first series of floatingly-mounted platforms having a series of a rotatably-mounted, substantially cone-shaped, electricity-generating components mounted below the floatingly-mounted platforms;
or a second series of electricity-generating friction rollers rotatable by frictional contact with the tires or wheels of the translating vehicles;
(c) generating electricity in said electricity-generating series of elements by passing the translating vehicles thereover;
and
(d) outputting the electricity generated to a one of:
a storage battery system, an electrical network, or the electrical grid, to power nearby highway or roadway lighting, traffic lights, and nearby commercial and residential buildings;
and
(e) the method of generating electricity utilizing the weight and/or kinetic energy of translating vehicles on a supporting undersurface according to steps (a) thru (d), wherein said step (b) comprises mounting at least one electricity-conducting metallic wire and at least one electricity-generating metallic plate in the interior of each said cone-shaped component or friction roller, and providing each said cone-shaped component and friction roller with magnetic material, whereby as each said cone or roller rotates, electricity is generated in each said wire or plate.

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A system for generating electricity utilizing the kinetic energy of translating vehicles, pedestrians and objects on a supporting undersurface, over surface or side surface comprising:

a series of electricity-generating elements on top of or embedded within an undersurface, over surface or side surface upon or by which the translating vehicles travel, said elements utilizing the kinetic energy of the translating vehicles;
said series of kinetic panels containing metallic wire coils;
wherein said series of kinetic panels contain an interior of magnets and embedded therein or thereupon said series of metallic wire coils;
generating electricity in said electricity-generating series of elements by passing the translating vehicles, pedestrians or objects thereover, thereunder or thereby;
output circuitry outputting the electricity generated to one of:
a storage battery system, an electrical network, or the electrical grid, in order to power nearby highway and roadway lighting, traffic lights, and nearby commercial and residential buildings, or retaining or reintroducing the generated electricity to the kinetic panels for further electrical dissemination;
and
further comprising full-wave rectifying circuitry coupled to the output of said series of kinetic panels for converting the whole of the input waveform thereto to one of constant polarity at its output in order to utilize the electricity generated during movement of the vehicles, pedestrians or objects toward, over and away from said series of magnetized kinetic panels.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/706,417Filed 16 Feb 2010 · us provisional application
Priority: 17 Feb 2009
Granted: 19 Jan 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

F03G 5/063
Driven by humans: operated by the leg or foot
F03G 7/087
Using devices on streets or on rails: magnetic or electromagnetic devices, e.g. linear electric generators
G08G 1/042
Detecting movement of traffic to be counted or controlled: using inductive or magnetic detectors
H02K 7/1853
Rotary generators: driven by intermittent forces