A vehicle-mounted generator is powered by relative wind produced by the
combination of ambient wind and motion of the vehicle, or by movement of
water when mounted on the hull of a water-borne vehicle. A rigid
cylindrical housing forms an enclosed interior chamber. Wind
asymmetrically enters the chamber through an inlet located on one side of
a central longitudinal drive shaft, and exits through an outlet located
at the top of the housing. A spiraling parabolic deck forms a floor of
the interior chamber, and spirals around the central longitudinal shaft
from the bottom of the housing to the outlet at the top. A turbine
mounted on the drive shaft within the outlet converts energy of the
exiting wind to mechanical energy. An electrical generator converts the
mechanical energy into electrical energy for recharging a battery or
powering an electric motor.