Patent ID: 8164204

Claim:
An electrical generator system configured to convert an external actuation force applied by a vehicle traveling on a roadway into electrical energy, the electrical generator system comprising: a plurality of electrical generator apparatuses, a first of said plurality of electrical generator apparatuses being arranged in mirrored relationship to a second of said plurality of electrical generator apparatuses, the first and second electrical generator apparatuses being mirrored with respect to a reference plane that extends in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the roadway, and the first and second electrical generator apparatuses each including: a rotatable top portion adapted to receive the external actuation force applied by the vehicle traveling on the roadway; a plurality of first linkage members, each first linkage member having a first end and a second end, the first end of each of the first linkage members being operatively coupled to a lower surface of the rotatable top portion; a plurality of second linkage members, each second linkage member having a first end and a second end, the first end of each second linkage member being operatively coupled to the second end of a respective one of the first linkage members; a plurality of third linkage members, each third linkage member having a first end and a second end, the first end of each third linkage member being operatively coupled to the second end of a respective one of the second linkage members; a plurality of rotatable shafts, each rotatable shaft being operatively coupled to the second end of a respective one of the third linkage members; a plurality of flywheels, at least one of the plurality of flywheels being operatively coupled to a respective one of the plurality of rotatable shafts; and a plurality of electrical generators, at least one of the plurality of electrical generators being operatively coupled to a respective one of the rotatable shafts, the electrical generators adapted to convert a rotational movement of each of the rotatable shafts into electrical energy.