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Apparatus for Generating Electricity Within a Pneumatic Wheel Assembly

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6691007
A generator characterized by a circular track attached to the relieved circumferential surface of a wheel, a carriage coupled to the track by rotary bearings, a generator supported by the carriage, and a clutch wheel coupling an armature of the generator to the track. The track, which preferably has a T shaped cross section, has a driving surface which causes the clutch wheel to rotate when there is relative motion between the track and the carriage and/or between the carriage and the air within the tire.
Assignee:
EDB-84-138044
Patent Number(s):
US 4429232
OSTI ID:
6691007
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English