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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2004
John Erik Hershey, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Kenneth Brakeley Welles, Ii, Scotia, NY (US);
Charles Erklin Seeley, Niskayuna, NY (US);
David Michael Davenport, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Harold Woodruff Tomlinson, Jr., Scotia, NY (US);
Thomas Paul Feist, Niskayuna, NY (US);
John Erik Hershey, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Kenneth Brakeley Welles, II, Scotia, NY (US);
Charles Erklin Seeley, Niskayuna, NY (US);
David Michael Davenport, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Harold Woodruff Tomlinson, Jr., Scotia, NY (US);
Thomas Paul Feist, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
An electrical power generation system comprises a variable capacitor and a power source. The electrical power generation system is configured to generate electric power via movements of the rail. The power source is used in the form of a generator to prime the variable capacitor that effectively multiplies the priming energy of the power source by extracting energy from the passing vehicle. By alternately priming the variable capacitor using charge from the power source and discharging it at a later time in a cyclic manner to change the capacitance, a significantly large amount of electrical energy is produced due to change in capacitance than from the power source itself.