Information
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Patent Grant
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6674190
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Patent Number
6,674,190
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Date Filed
Thursday, September 20, 200123 years ago
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Date Issued
Tuesday, January 6, 200421 years ago
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Inventors
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Original Assignees
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Examiners
- Ramirez; Nestor
- Jones; Judson H.
Agents
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CPC
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US Classifications
Field of Search
US
- 310 67 R
- 310 67 A
- 310 75 C
- 310 75 R
- 310 75 D
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International Classifications
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Abstract
A vehicle electrical generator comprises a magnetic ring on one side of a wheel, and an inductive coil on a shaft of the wheel corresponding to the magnetic ring, thus when rolling the wheel, the magnetic ring rotating with the wheel within the inductive coil, this rotation produces electricity, which then transferred by a pair of negative and positive wires to the load.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to an electrical generator, and more particular to a vehicle generates electricity by rolling the wheels.
2. Description of the Prior Art
There are various kinds of recreational vehicles, such as skateboards, tricycles or bicycles for fin or convenience of short distance travel. Some of the vehicles are equipped with a generator to generate electricity for illumination purpose. However, this generator can provide only to some illumination parts, and is not able to provide other devices, which requires electricity to operate, this design is not attractive.
A modernized design was invented, which is equipped with many auxiliaries, such as horns, lights, etc., however, these also require many wires.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is the primary object of the present invention to provide a renovated vehicle electrical generator, which is able to provide electricity itself for auxiliaries.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a renovated vehicle electrical generator, which is economical in produce.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a renovated vehicle electrical generator, which is easy to operate, and able to provide a safety signal for the users.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1
is a front view of a vehicle incorporated with the present invention, with partially sectioned;
FIG. 2
is an enlarged view of the present invention; and
FIG. 3
is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
A renovated electrical generator of the present invention, as shown in
FIGS. 1 and 2
, comprises a body
1
seating on top of a shaft
13
, when wheels
11
and
12
are rolling, electricity is generated. The body
1
may be a scooter, a tricycle or a bicycle.
The body
1
has a load
14
which may be in any kind of drawings formed by a set of diodes, or a sounding equipment powered by electricity. The design is limited to any particular shape or device. In this case, illuminating diodes are adopted as the load
14
, which has a pair of feet
141
and
142
connected to the generator
3
, shafts
111
and
112
of the wheel
11
are made of plastic material with an isolating sleeve
1111
extending from one side of the shaft
111
for a magnetic ring
2
to sleeve thereon.
The generator
3
has an inductive coil
31
with a positive wire
311
and a negative wire
312
extending from two ends thereof, and a barrel
32
extending outwardly.
To assemble, the generator
3
is slid onto the shaft
13
of the wheels
11
and
12
with the barrel
32
, whereas the magnetic ring
2
will extend into the inductive coil
31
, thus when rolling the wheels
11
and
12
, the magnetic ring
2
sleeved on the sleeve
1111
will rotate in the inductive coil
31
, which produces electricity and is transformed through the positive and the negative wires
311
and
312
to the two feet
141
and
142
of the load
14
.
The present invention may be applied on the vehicle body
4
, as shown in
FIG. 3
, which is to insert the generator set
3
on to a shaft
42
of a wheel
41
, and the magnetic ring
2
on a sleeve
4111
of a shaft
411
of the wheel
41
, when rolling the wheel
41
, the magnetic ring
2
on the sleeve
4111
rotate in the inductive coil
31
, simultaneously, the electricity produced thereafter is transferred through two feet
431
and
432
to a load
43
.
Further, the wheels
11
,
12
,
41
and generator
3
all are in set, when consumers purchased the product, all they have to do is to follow instruction to connect the feet
141
,
142
,
431
,
431
of the load
14
to the positive wire
311
and the negative wire
312
, which simplifies the assembly procedure and minimizes any wrong doing.
Claims
- 1. An electrical generator for a vehicle having at least one wheel mounted on an axle shaft for rotation of the wheel relative to the axle shaft, said electrical generator comprising:a housing having a centrally disposed barrel extending longitudinally from one side thereof, said barrel having a longitudinally directed through bore formed therein for mounting said housing on the axle shaft; an annular induction coil disposed in a perimeter portion of said housing and having a pair of output leads coupled to a load; an isolating sleeve coupled to the wheel for rotation therewith and extending over the axle shaft into said housing; and, a magnetic ring mounted on said sleeve for rotation therewith, said magnetic ring being disposed within said housing and located between said isolating sleeve said annular induction coil, wherein electrical energy is induced in said induction coil and supplied to the load responsive to rotation of the wheel.
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