Patent ID: 8661806

Claim:
A system for converting energy of a moving vehicle into useful power, the system comprising: one or more compressible, elongated hollow bodies configured to be disposed longitudinally on or in a trafficway such that a movement of a vehicle along said trafficway causes contents in said elongated hollow bodies to be expelled from one end, the one or more compressible, elongated hollow bodies having a length in the direction of vehicle travel and a width in the direction transverse to the direction of vehicle travel; a motor in communication with said hollow bodies such that said contents expelled from one end of said hollow bodies actuates said motor; and a control unit programmed to control a deceleration of the vehicle as the vehicle travels over the one or more compressible, elongated hollow bodies by varying a resistance to a movement of said contents in said elongated hollow bodies based on at least one of a mass of the vehicle, a velocity of the vehicle, and a rate of change of velocity of the vehicle.