Patent ID: 11967885
Assignee: INDUCTIVE VENTURES, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 7:
8. A method for braking at least one wheel of a vehicle and for generating power for driving the same, the method comprising:
disposing a brake-generator system in connection with a vehicle's wheel axle, the brake-generator system comprising:
a rotor secured to a wheel of the at least one wheel, the rotor comprising a housing cylinder and a plurality of magnets affixed to an inner surface of the housing cylinder, wherein the plurality of magnets are radially arranged with alternating polarity; and
a stator fixed to the wheel axle, the stator comprising a plurality of steel laminations and a plurality of conductor blocks, each conductor block of the plurality of conductor blocks being disposed in a slot formed in a steel lamination of the plurality of steel laminations;
wherein the plurality of conductor blocks include a plurality of windings for carrying selectively-applied electrical current, such that with the rotor disposed around the stator and current being applied to the plurality of windings, a braking of the at least one wheel of the vehicle results; and

performing a braking and power generating operation, whereby the brake-generator system serves to both slow or stop the vehicle and to generate power for driving the same, by generating eddy currents between said stator and said rotor from transmission of the selectively-applied electrical current through the plurality of conductor blocks, resulting in a braking of the at least one wheel of the vehicle.