Patent ID: 8497590
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: F03G

Abstract:
1. A spring operated generator, comprising: a pair of spring banks, each spring bank having a plurality of torsion springs each connected to an adjacent torsion spring in a serial configuration, said each spring bank being movable between wound and unwound configurations; a pair of primary shafts, each primary shaft having a first end operatively coupled to a respective spring bank that is rotated in a first direction when said respective spring bank is moving toward said unwound configuration; a pair of generators, each generator being operatively connected to a second end of a respective primary shaft, each said generator generating electricity when a respective spring bank is rotating said respective primary shaft in said first direction; a power source; a pair of startup motors, each startup motor being electrically connected to said power source and operatively connected to said first end of said respective primary shaft so as to rotate said respective primary shaft in a second direction when activated, said respective primary shaft operatively moving said respective spring bank toward said wound configuration when rotating in said second direction; a control unit electrically connected to said power source, said pair of startup motors, and said pair of generators, said control unit having means for sensing if one of said spring banks has enough energy to completely move another of said spring banks to said wound configuration; wherein said control unit actuates one respective spring bank to move toward said wound configuration while another respective spring bank moves toward said unwound configuration.