ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,896, issued on March 11.
"Power generation from vehicle wheel rotation" was invented by Anthony Macaluso (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy system can store and provide energy to power a vehicle. The energy system can comprise a generator configured to generate an electrical output, a capacitor configured to receive the electrical output from the generator and store the electrical output as a capacitor energy, a battery configured to receive the capacitor energy from the capacitor, a diode electrically positioned between the capacitor and the battery and configured to convey the capacitor energy from the capacitor t...