Power generating system using wasting energy from moving objects

• US 8,872,368 B1
• Filed: 03/19/2014
• Issued: 10/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: K-Technology USA Incorporated
• Original Assignee: K-Technology USA Incorporated
• Inventors: Kim, Ki Il, Kim, Young, Duncanson, Sarah
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Tulsidas C
• Assistant Examiner(s): QUIGLEY, THOMAS K
• Application Number:
  US14/219,840
• Time in Patent Office: 223 Days
• Field of Search: 290/1.C, 290/3
• US Class Current: 290/3
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2200/26 Rail vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 8/006 Converting flow of air into electric energy, e.g. by using wind turbines
• CPC Class Codes: B61D 43/00 Devices for using the energy of the movements of the vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 30/00 Transportation of goods or passengers via railways, e.g. energy recovery or reducing air resistance

Abstract

Provided is a power generating system that includes at least one power generator connected to a first rotating shaft having at least one of a first gear, a first pulley, a first crankshaft, or a first eccentric shaft, the first rotating shaft connected to a second rotating shaft of at least one of a moving object or a rotating machine producing wasting mechanical energy and having at least one rotating wheel, the second rotating shaft having a second gear, a second pulley, a second crankshaft, or a second eccentric shaft.

Claims

1. A power generating system comprising:

a plurality of wheels of one of a train and a trailer, wherein at least one wheel has a first circumferential surface in contact with a train rail, and a second circumferential surface which has a first plurality of gear teeth thereon; and

at least one power generator for generating power and connected to a rotating shaft having a second plurality of gear teeth configured to engage with the first plurality of gear teeth of the at least one wheel,

wherein the at least one power generator is located adjacent to the at least one wheel.

2. The power generating system of claim 1, wherein the at least one power generator includes a center shaft and one or more fan blades connected to the center shaft for cooling the at least one power generator.

3. The power generating system of claim 2, wherein at least one of the one or more fan blades includes a replaceable weight adjuster attached at one end of the at least one of the one or more fan blades to increase the centrifugal force of the at least one fan blade.

4. The power generating system of claim 2, wherein the rotating shaft of the second plurality of gear teeth includes a jointer configured to connect the rotating shaft to the center shaft of the generator.

5. The power generating system of claim 1, further comprising an output power jack configured to be connected to the grid.

6. The power generating system of claim 1, further comprising one of a voltage regulator, a transformer, or a rectifier.

7. A power generating system comprising:

a plurality of wheels of one of a train and a trailer, wherein at least one wheel has a first circumferential surface in contact with a train rail, and a second circumferential surface which has a groove thereon; and

at least one power generator for generating power and connected to a rotating shaft having another groove for engaging with a belt configured to engage with the groove of the at least one wheel,

wherein the at least one power generator is located adjacent to the at least one wheel.

8. The power generating system of claim 7, wherein the at least one power generator includes a center shaft and one or more fan blades connected to the center shaft for cooling the at least one power generator.

9. The power generating system of claim 8, wherein at least one of the one or more fan blades includes a replaceable weight adjuster attached at one end of the at least one of the one or more fan blades to increase the centrifugal force of the at least one fan blade.

10. The power generating system of claim 8, wherein the rotating shaft of the worm includes a jointer configured to connect the rotating shaft to the center shaft of the generator.

11. The power generating system of claim 7, further comprising an output power jack configured to be connected to the grid.

12. The power generating system of claim 7, further comprising one of a voltage regulator, a transformer, or a rectifier.