ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,294, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to KES-Tech-Group GmbH (Bahrendorf, Germany).
"Wheel generator having a coupling system" was invented by Andreas Von Schuttenbach (Ingolstadt, Germany) and Maik Kraus (Magdeburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples include a wheel generator, namely a converter for obtaining electrical energy in a rolling wheel of a vehicle from the deformation of the wheel tyre due to contact with the road surface, a system for obtaining electrical energy comprising the converter, as well as a vehicle or wheel including the system."
The patent was filed on April 18, 2023, under Application No. 18/858,...