Patent ID: 7363887

Claim:
A rapid response power conversion system comprising: a chamber having at least one fluid port configured to supply combustible fluid to said chamber, and an out-take port; a local compressor for displacing a piston within said chamber, said piston and said at least one fluid port configured to selectively provide a variable pressure to said chamber and to at least partially facilitate a combustion therein; a controller for initiating and controlling said combustion of said combustible fluid in a combustion portion of said chamber to generate energy; a rapid response component in fluid communication with said chamber and said combustion portion of said chamber, said rapid response component configured to extract an optimized portion of said available energy generated from said combustion and to convert said optimized portion of said energy into kinetic energy; an energy transfer component independent of said rapid response component and configured to convert available energy to power a powered device; a dynamic mass structure situated between said rapid response component and said energy transfer component, said dynamic mass structure configured to receive and store said kinetic energy upon interacting with said rapid response component, wherein said dynamic mass structure is displaced and caused to impact said energy transfer component to transfer substantially all of said kinetic energy into said energy transfer component to power said powered device.