Impact Powered Devices

• US 20100283264A1
• Filed: 07/19/2010
• Published: 11/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Omnitek Partners LLC
• Original Assignee: Omnitek Partners LLC
• Inventors: Spinelli, Thomas, Rastegar, Jahangir S.
• Application Number:
  US12/839,305
• Publication Number:
  US 20100283264A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 290/1R
• CPC Class Codes: F21L 13/00 Electric lighting devices with built-in electric generators with solar cells F21L4/00
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 35/02 with moving magnets and stationary coil systems
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 7/1876 with reciprocating, linearly oscillating or vibrating parts
• CPC Class Codes: H02N 2/183 using impacting bodies high voltage generators in spark lighters F23Q
• CPC Class Codes: H10N 30/306 Cantilevers

Abstract

A device including: a housing; a powered element disposed on or in the housing; and an impact power producing element housed on or in the housing and operatively connected to the powered element, the impact power producing element producing power upon an impact of at least a portion of the housing with another surface; wherein the impact power producing element comprises a mass and one or more spring elements connected at a first end to the mass and at a second end directly or indirectly to the housing and the impact power producing element further comprises one or more magnet elements and a coil, wherein the impact causes a relative motion between the one or more magnet elements and the coil.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a housing;

a powered element disposed on or in the housing; and

an impact power producing element housed on or in the housing and operatively connected to the powered element, the impact power producing element producing power upon an impact of at least a portion of the housing with another surface;

wherein the impact power producing element comprises a mass and one or more spring elements connected at a first end to the mass and at a second end directly or indirectly to the housing and the impact power producing element further comprises one or more magnet elements and a coil, wherein the impact causes a relative motion between the one or more magnet elements and the coil.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the one or more magnet elements is at least the mass.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the one or more spring elements comprises one or more cantilever beams and the impact power producing element comprises a piezoelectric element disposed on one or more surfaces of the one or more cantilever beams.

4. A device comprising:

a housing;

a powered element disposed on or in the housing; and

an impulsive motion producing element housed on or in the housing and operatively connected to the powered element, the impulsive motion producing element producing power upon an application of an impulsive motion to the housing;

wherein the impulsive motion producing element comprises one or more masses operatively connected to one or more transition elements for storing potential energy from the impulsive motion;

wherein the impulsive motion producing element further comprises a power producing element operatively connected to the one or more transition elements for converting the stored potential energy to electrical energy and the power producing element comprises a magnet and coil.