Patent ID: 9092831
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: F03G,G06Q,H02K,H02N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus that extracts and controls recapturable energy from vehicular traffic, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of energy recapture modules interconnected in a manner providing at least N+I mechanical redundancy and at least N+I electrical redundancy with each module containing at least one energy recapture source where each energy recapture module comprises; at least one mechanical energy recapture device that transforms linear motion into rotational motion by means of a third-class lever mechanically urging a unidirectional clutch; at least one flywheel mechanically linked to and urged by the unidirectional clutch which retains rotational energy; at least one electromagnetic generator device mechanically linked to and urged by the rotational torque of the said flywheel through use of at least one speedup gearbox; at least one primary piezoelectric plate placed in the line of vehicular traffic that is activated by the said vehicular traffic in advance of activation of the said mechanical energy recapture device where the activation of the said primary piezoelectric plate serves as a signal that activates rotor and stator electromagnetic fields of the said electromagnetic generator device; a storage device that stores electrical energy; a real-time integrated controller connecting the said electromagnetic generator, the said primary piezoelectric source plate, and the said storage device that stores electrical energy and conditioning the said electrical energy for commercial power generation where the real-time integrated controller activates the rotor and stator electromagnetic fields of the said electromagnetic generator; at least one internet-accessible computer connected to, monitoring, and managing the said real-time integrated controller for commercial distribution of the said electrical energy where at least one of the said real-time integrated controllers communicates with, transmits control signals to, and receives monitoring signals from one or more of the said recapturable energy sources and is controlled by one or more of the remote said internet-accessible monitoring and control computers.