Patent ID: 7336011

Claim:
A power generating system, comprising: a torque converter system receiving a rotational motion having a first torque from a source and producing a rotational output having a second torque, the torque converter comprising: a flywheel rotatable about a first axis, the flywheel including a first body portion having a first radius from a circumferential surface and a first radius of curvature, a first plurality of magnets mounted in the first body portion, each end of the first plurality of magnets having first ends disposed from the circumferential surface of the first body portion, and each of the first ends having a second radius of curvature similar to the first radius of curvature, and a second plurality of magnets mounted in the first body portion, each of the second plurality of magnets being located between a corresponding adjacent pair of the first plurality of magnets, the flywheel receiving the rotational motion having the first torque; and a generator disk rotatable about a second axis, the generator disk including a second body portion, and a third plurality of magnets within the second body portion magnetically coupled to the first and second pluralities of magnets, the generator disk coupled to produce the rotational output having the second torque; a transfer system having a first portion coupled to the rotational output of the torque converter system and a second portion magnetically coupled to the first portion; and a generator system coupled to the transfer system to produce an electrical output, the generator including a rotor having a first number of magnetic sources and at least one stator having a second number of coil members.