US 12,065,178 B1
Kinetic energy conversion system
Peter Cacioppo, Cedar Rapids, IA (US)
Filed by Peter Cacioppo, Cedar Rapids, IA (US)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/529,730.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/115,937, filed on Nov. 19, 2020.
Int. Cl. B61B 13/00 (2006.01); B61K 13/00 (2006.01); H02K 7/18 (2006.01); H02K 53/00 (2006.01)
CPC B61B 13/00 (2013.01) [B61K 13/00 (2013.01); H02K 7/1861 (2013.01); H02K 53/00 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A kinetic energy conversion system configured to generate usable electrical energy from the kinetic energy of a plurality of railroad cars constructed at least partially of ferrous material and moving along a designated section of a railroad track of a railway network, said system comprising:
a magnetic rotor assembly including at least one rotor unit having at least one magnet mounted thereto, said magnetic rotor assembly further comprising an axle attached to said at least one rotor unit;
a generator assembly having at least one electrical generator disposed in an operative engagement with said magnetic rotor assembly to generate an amount of electrical energy; and
a support assembly dimensioned and configured to maintain said at least one rotor unit in a magnetically proximate orientation relative to the plurality of railroad cars moving along the designated section of the railroad track; wherein
said at least one rotor unit comprises at least one magnet housing, said at least one magnet disposed in said at least one magnet housing, and at least a portion of said at least one magnet is movable out of said at least one magnet housing into a magnetically attractive orientation relative to the plurality of railroad cars moving along the designated section of the railroad track.