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ADAPTIVE, LOW-IMPACT VEHICLE ENERGY HARVESTER

  • US 20100192561A1
  • Filed: 11/27/2009
  • Published: 08/05/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. 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;

    a motor in communication with said hollow bodies such that said contents expelled from one end of said hollow bodies actuates said motor;

    a control unit that varies a resistance to a movement of said contents in said elongated hollow bodies.

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