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The battery that never needs charging
The Actutec Power Pod
Introducing the Actutec Power Pod, the "battery" that generates its own elictricity and never needs charging. It is a modular brick-sized 1.25 kW power pod that can be snapped together like Lego blocks to form up to a 25 kW “frame”. Multiple frames can then be linked together to produce a 100 kW or more power system, free of fuel, with set-and-forget care and maintenance. These pods are relatively inexpensive to produce and can be applied to a wide range of applications that can benefit from having a fuel-free power source.
E-Bike Battery Assist. This application is designed to use a single pod to continusously charge the bike’s battery on the go. Unlike battery extenders that simply add more battery storage, the Actutec Power Pod generates its own electricity keeping the bike’s battery charged between 70-100% regardless of how far the bike has traveled. This feature is specifically aimed at bikes designed for transport like Rivian’s new TM-B, making deliveries free of range restrictions and charging delays under normal conditions (20-28 MPH, no overload).
EV Battery Assist. This application functions the same as the e-bike assist, but does so with a frame of up to 20 pods, giving it an output of 25 kW for charging the EV’s battery pack. This frame is 132 lbs measuring 3’ L, 2’ W, and 1.5’ H. Since EVs typically draw 20-22 kW in normal driving, the pod frame can keep the battery charged most of the time but, in extreme conditions where the battery is drawn down, it will fully recharge the pack in 2-4 hours during rest intervals and overnight stops, depending on pack sze.
Off Grid Power. Another obvious use for Actutec Power Pods is to provide electricity for homes and facilities where there is no power infrastructure. While this application would ordinarily go to a solar solution or maybe a mini hydroelectric installation, a utility pod frame would be less expensive, would operate 24/7, and require little or no maintenance. Utility pods are the no-contest solution.
ON Grid Power. Many people use solar to power their homes with the utility grid as their backup, or they use the grid for power and have a stand-by generator for backup. In both cases they would be much better off using utility pods for their prime power source. A single 25 kW pod frame gives most home owners all the power they need, when they need it. No utility bill. No generator noise. No fuel costs. No brainer.
Mobile Power. Pod frames can be configured for AC/DC and for specific voltage (12-240V) by the frame control pod. There is one control pod in each frame and its job is to set the output parameters (set once and forget) and to keep the power pods operating in unison. Frames can be as small as 2 pods or up to a maximum of 20. These units are reasonably compact, quiet to operate with no need for fuel or recharging, so workers can take it to their worksite, plug in their equipment and go on about their job.
Unattended Applications. This field has yet to be explored, but there must be many situations where continuous power is needed for months or years at a time but that are inaccessible due to location or circumstance. Something, for example, like a drone used in emergencies that needs to stay on station providing communications to a wide area devastated by a huricane. Actutec Power Pods operate friction-free and can run continuously for as long as needed. Maybe self-powered robotics might be something to explore.
Actutec (Actuator Technology) is a design house and our products iare the intellectual property (IP) of inventions like the Actutec ower Pod covered above. Our objective is to patent products that have high commercial or environmental benefit and then partner with established manufacturers to develop and implement the end product. The device described above is an entirely new and original design and we are actively seeking a partner to build the product. Please see the links to Market Value and Product Development for further information.
