ADAPTIVE, LOW-IMPACT VEHICLE ENERGY HARVESTER

An adaptive, low-impact vehicle energy harvester system, and a method of harvesting vehicle energy, is provided. The system includes a plurality of channels disposed longitudinally in a trafficway, wherein each of the plurality of channels includes one or more compressible, elongated hollow bodies s...

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1. Verfasser:	HENDRICKSON BRIAN S
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BLASTING DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVO-MOTORS HEATING HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL LIGHTING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	An adaptive, low-impact vehicle energy harvester system, and a method of harvesting vehicle energy, is provided. The system includes a plurality of channels disposed longitudinally in a trafficway, wherein each of the plurality of channels includes one or more compressible, elongated hollow bodies such that a movement of a vehicle along the trafficway causes contents in the elongated hollow bodies to be expelled from one end, a motor in communication with the hollow bodies such that the contents expelled from one end of the hollow bodies actuate the motor, and a control unit that varies a resistance to the movement of the contents in the elongated hollow bodies based on at least one of a mass of the vehicle, a velocity of the vehicle, and a rate of change of velocity of the vehicle.