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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2007
Gene S. Fein, Lenox, MA (US);
Edward Merritt, Lenox, MA (US);
Gene S. Fein, Lenox, MA (US);
Edward Merritt, Lenox, MA (US);
Genedics LLC, Lenox, MA (US);
Abstract
Creating a large fleet of vehicles, which gather wind energy and generate wind generated energy, such as electricity, is impeded by the cost to an individual vehicle owner. Accordingly, a system and corresponding method to gather wind energy and deposit stored wind generated energy for system credit is provided. The present invention includes a vehicle-based wind energy gathering device to gather wind energy and generate wind generated energy, a vehicle-based energy storage system, electrically coupled to the wind energy gathering device, to store wind generated energy, and means for depositing the stored wind generated energy for system credit. As such, individual vehicle owners have an incentive to participate in gathering wind energy and depositing wind generated energy, such as electricity. By taking advantage of potentially millions of participants and participating vehicles, the present invention creates a format for generating energy from multiple forms of wind energy on a wide-scale.