Two years ago, a group of the most outstanding students of Massachusetts Institute of Technology dormitory "spot", it is suggested to design a energy absorber. They not only said, but also really done, the result is GenShock. When the car bumps up and down movement of the power generated by this system, help to reduce alternator workload, ultimately achieve fuel purposes.
GenShock is actually a simple hydraulic system, the shock absorber piston will be liquid pump, driven by a hydraulic motor and a micro motor. The research team made the first sample using the four shock absorber can produce a total of 800 watts continuous power, if the road in the rugged wilderness, the highest can generate 5 kilowatts of electricity, about 7 times the ordinary automobile alternator generated electricity. GenShock the next generation version of power generation capacity will double, the commercial truck in the pavement on the fuel mileage increase by 2% to 5% vehicles, increased 6% (up by military vehicles, fuel consumption per gallon is amazing, can only run 4 to 8 miles), hybrid vehicles can be stored up to the electric GenShock, the highest energy saving 10%.
For heavy commercial trucks, this system is a great value. "A year of money can be introspective worth the price," said Ann Wade Hani. Although there are relatively few vibration of asphalt pavement, the regular rate of high frequency vibration can still generate considerable power. The icing on the cake is that if the car is equipped with detection of road conditions, adjust the damping level of the computer induction system, GenShock can make it better.
The intellectual property department at MIT on the patent is interested in, but the team in 2007 to set up his own company LevantPower. A teacher will introduce their invention to the Hummer manufacturer AMGeneral company president Paul J Cohen, the retired four-star general to send them a new Hummer H1, used in the experiment. Soon, the two sides signed a commercial contract, it is estimated that GenShock will soon appear in the u.s..
Now, the team members in the southern Boston to rent a warehouse and rough office run around, in the car to install GenShock and data acquisition device. In the real road 500 miles measured, they replaced with small parts product customization, to generate more power and achieve military stringent standards, such as for normal operation, flooding can also effectively work, limiting the electric noise (so as not to affect other devices and links, etc.).
The office of the U.S. Navy, army chariot research development and Engineering Center and Navistar, MackTrucks and other truck manufacturers are on the GenShock is very interested in, as long as they have a lower order, these young inventors have graduated without a resume for a job, GenShock is their work.
