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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2007
Colin Bulthaup, San Francisco, CA (US);
Saul Griffith, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dan Goldwater, Berkeley, CA (US);
Corwin Hardham, San Francisco, CA (US);
George Homsy, San Francisco, CA (US);
Eric Wilhelm, Oakland, CA (US);
Brian Warshawsky, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mitch Heinrich, Oakland, CA (US);
Michael Lin, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Lewis, San Francisco, CA (US);
Colin Bulthaup, San Francisco, CA (US);
Saul Griffith, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dan Goldwater, Berkeley, CA (US);
Corwin Hardham, San Francisco, CA (US);
George Homsy, San Francisco, CA (US);
Eric Wilhelm, Oakland, CA (US);
Brian Warshawsky, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mitch Heinrich, Oakland, CA (US);
Michael Lin, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Lewis, San Francisco, CA (US);
Potenco, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
An electric power generation system is disclosed. The electric power generation system comprises a string configured to be pulled. The electric power generation system further comprises a bobbin configured to rotate when the string is unwound from the bobbin. The electric power generation system further comprises an electric power generator having a rotor. The rotor is configured to rotate such that the ratio of number of rotations of the rotor and the bobbin is 1:1 when the string is being pulled.