Patent ID: 8362636

Claim:
A device for capturing the energy of wind around a moving auto body comprising: A vertical axis turbine with a plurality of blades which radially extend from a shaft that defines the vertical axis of rotation for the turbine, wherein the turbine rotates when impacted by air moving relative thereto; an electricity generator with an armature shaft that is mechanically coupled to the shaft of the turbine so that the armature shaft rotates with the rotation of said turbine; an electrical outlet from the generator; a non-cubical housing that has a base, a roof, and a sidewall, is generally cylindrical with an axis that aligns generally with the shaft of the turbine and the armature shaft of the generator, wherein the housing is pointed at the roof to form a crown at an intersection of the roof and sidewalls and wherein the housing is pointed around a midsection of the sidewall, features an opening that is defined by a cutaway in the sidewall for more than ninety degrees but less than three-hundred and sixty degrees around the axis of the generally cylindrical housing, wherein the opening is located below the roof but above the midsection of the sidewall, features drainage holes in the base; and, wherein the turbine is supported inside the housing above the generator and behind the opening.