ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,550, issued on April 14.
"Land vehicle wheel mounted electricity generator" was invented by David Cunningham (Fort Wayne, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A land vehicle wheel mounted electricity generator comprises a non-rotating axle secured to the land vehicle, a wheel rotatably mounted to the axle and rotatable about an axle longitudinal axis, inboard and outboard magnets secured to the wheel and rotatable therewith about the axle longitudinal axis, and one or more conductors secured to the non-rotating axle. The inboard and outboard magnets define a magnetic field space therebetween and the one or more conductors extend in t...