Patent ID: 7279799
Filing Date: 2007-10-09
Classification: F03G,H02K,H02P

Abstract:
1. A device for powering an electric generator, said device comprising: a base for supporting the generator: an idler roller assembly including at least one load bearing idler roller mounted rotatably within said base for circumferentially engaging and supporting a driving wheel of a motor vehicle; and a drive roller mounted rotatably to said base for maintaining non-load bearing circumferentially tangential interengagement with the driving wheel of the motor vehicle such that rotation of the wheel causes said drive roller to axially rotate; said drive roller for operably connecting to the generator such that axial rotation of said drive roller is transmitted to the generator and the generator is operated to produce electricity; said idler roller assembly including a carriage that is movably supported in said base and further including an adjustment mechanism that is operated to adjust said carriage within said base and position said idler roller assembly a selected distance away from said drive roller that permits a driving wheel of a corresponding size to operably engage and rotate said drive roller.