Patent ID: 8878373

Claim:
A variable electrical generator ( 20 ) for converting mechanical motion to electrical power, wherein the generator ( 20 ) includes at least a stator element ( 60 ) and a rotor element ( 50 ) including coils ( 320 ) and magnets ( 90 ), wherein the generator ( 20 ) includes a configuration of modules ( 80 ) including the coils ( 320 ) for generating wavelets ( 30 ) in response to the coils ( 320 ) interacting magnetically with the magnets ( 90 ), and wherein the modules ( 80 ) are operable to generate wavelets ( 30 ) whose duration (d) is shorter than a duration of cycle (D) of an alternating waveform supplied in operation to the output ( 10 ), and a control arrangement ( 70 ) for selectively combining the wavelets ( 30 ) for generating a composite synthesized power output ( 10 ) from the generator ( 20 ).