Patent ID: 7419326
Filing Date: 2008-09-02
Classification: B64F,E01C,E01F,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A method for accelerating a passengered vehicle upon a roadway, the method comprising: providing a plurality of movable panels on the roadway upon which the passengered vehicle travels, the plurality of movable panels being arranged in a direction of travel of the passengered vehicle; fixing the plurality of movable panels in a depressed state to store potential energy associated with the plurality of movable panels; releasing one of the plurality of movable panels from the fixed state as a tire of the passengered vehicle moves over the one of the plurality of panels to transfer the stored potential energy to the tire to thereby propel the vehicle; and repeating the releasing for one or more subsequent panels of the plurality of panels in the direction of travel in a controlled manner as the tire passes over the one or more subsequent panels to continue propelling the vehicle.