Patent ID: 9136749
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: H02K

Abstract:
1. An electrical power system for generating electrical power in a building, the building having an elevator, the elevator having at least one elevator car, the at least one elevator car within an elevator shaft, the electrical power system comprising: at least one magnet counterweight connected to the at least one elevator car; and at least one coil mounted within the elevator shaft; wherein the at least one magnet is a flexible magnet mounted to a conveyor belt and the at least one coil is mounted to a conveyor frame; wherein the at least one magnet counterweight moves in a downward direction as the at least one elevator car moves in an upward direction; wherein the at least one magnet counterweight moves in an upward direction as the at least one elevator car moves in a downward direction; and wherein the magnet counterweight passes through the at least one coil thereby generating electrical current.