Patent ID: 7504737

Claim:
A device for generating and storing electrical power, said device comprising: an at least a first battery for storing electrical power; an at least a first bridge rectifier connected to the at least the first battery; a permanent magnet generator alternator adapted for generating three-phase alternating electrical current, wherein the permanent magnet generator alternator is located in close proximity to the at least the first battery, the permanent magnet generator alternator comprising: a first structure comprising a plurality of electricity-conducting structures mounted in a substantially circular pattern equidistant from a first point in the first structure, each of the electricity-conducting structures of the plurality of electricity-conducting structures comprising a material adapted for conducting electricity, each of the electricity-conducting structures comprising a portion through which a magnetic flux can pass, wherein each of the electricity-conducting structures of the plurality of electricity-conducting structures is connected to the at least the first bridge rectifier, and wherein the plurality of electricity-conducting structures comprises a number of electricity-conducting structures that is divisible by the number three and is also divisible by the number two; two rotatable structures, coaxial to the first point of the first structure, mounted on each side of the first structure, wherein the first structure is stationary in relation to a rotation of the two rotatable structure, each rotatable structure comprising a respective plurality of permanent magnets mounted in a substantially circular pattern substantially equidistant from a respective center point in the respective rotatable structure such that the mounted permanent magnets expose alternating exposed magnetic poles, wherein the plurality of permanent magnets comprises a number of permanent magnets that is divisible by the number two; an aligning structure for aligning in counterposed magnet pairs, the alternating exposed magnetic poles of the respective permanent magnets mounted on one of the respective rotatable structures in counterposed magnetic polarity to the alternating exposed magnetic poles of the respective permanent magnets mounted on the respective opposing rotatable structure; a rotating structure for rotating the counterposed magnet pairs of the two rotatable structures relative to the electricity-conducting structures of the first structure; a manually operable crank connected to the rotating structure; and a first portion of magnetic shielding located between the permanent magnet generator alternator and the at least the first battery, wherein at least a portion of the permanent magnet generator alternator abuts the first portion of magnetic shielding, and wherein at least a portion of the first battery abuts the first portion of magnetic shielding.