Patent ID: 7569963

Claim:
An electric generator adapted to be connected to a power transmission system, comprising: a generator housing, an armature assembly support structure housed within said generator housing, a rotation/counter-rotation drive assembly supported by said armature assembly support structure and adapted to be coupled to said power transmission system, a rotatable interior armature assembly connected to said rotation/counter-rotation drive assembly and supported by said armature assembly support structure, a counter-rotatable armature assembly spaced apart from and surrounding a portion of said rotatable interior armature assembly, wherein said counter-rotatable armature assembly is supported by said armature assembly support structure and is connected to said rotation/counter-rotation drive assembly, and wherein said rotation/counter-rotation drive assembly includes: a generator drive shaft adapted to be connected to said power transmission system, wherein said generator drive shaft is connected to said rotatable interior armature assembly for driving said rotatable interior armature assembly in a first rotational direction, a generator sun gear connected to said generator drive shaft, a plurality of generator planetary gears connected to said generator sun gear, a generator ring gear encircling and connected with said generator planetary gears, wherein said generator ring gear is in contact with a front wall of said counter-rotatable armature assembly for driving said counter-rotatable armature assembly in a second rotational direction which is counter-rotational to said first rotational direction.