ELECTRIC ENERGY GENERATING APPARATUS AND MOBILE ELECTRIC DEVICE THEREOF

• US 20120181989A1
• Filed: 01/19/2011
• Published: 07/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation Shanghai, Inventec Appliances Company Limited (Inventec Corporation), Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation Shanghai, Inventec Appliances Company Limited (Inventec Corporation), Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Inventors: LI, HUI-FANG, FAN, BING-HAO, TSAI, TONY
• Application Number:
  US13/009,336
• Publication Number:
  US 20120181989A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/137
• CPC Class Codes: F03G 7/08 recovering energy derived from swinging, rolling, pitching or like movements, e.g. from the vibrations of a machine
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 9/04 Control effected upon non-electric prime mover and dependent upon electric output value of the generator

Abstract

An electric energy generating apparatus and a mobile electronic device equipped with the electric energy generating apparatus are disclosed. The electric energy generating apparatus includes a kinetic energy generating module, a kinetic energy transmission module, an electric generator and a voltage regulation module. The kinetic energy generating module is provided for generating kinetic energy; the kinetic energy transmission module is provided for transmitting the kinetic energy generated by the kinetic energy generating module to the electric generator; the electric generator is provided for converting the kinetic energy into electric energy; and the voltage regulation module is provided for regulating and outputting a voltage. The invention can convert the kinetic energy into the electric energy anytime and anywhere to overcome the problems of running out of battery power or resulting in a failure of operating the mobile electronic device and provide an easily accessible green power source from man power.

Claims

1. A mobile electronic device equipped with an electric energy generating apparatus, wherein the electric energy generating apparatus comprises :

a kinetic energy generating module for generating kinetic energy;

a kinetic energy transmission module;

an electric generator, wherein the kinetic energy transmission module is used for transmitting the kinetic energy to the electric generator, and the electric generator is used for converting the kinetic energy into electric energy; and

a voltage regulation module for regulating the electric energy to a voltage and outputting the voltage.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the kinetic energy transmission module comprises:

an active gear fixed coaxially with the kinetic energy generating module;

a passive gear fixed coaxially with a rotor of the electric generator; and

a transmission mechanism for transmitting a motion of the active gear to the passive gear.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the kinetic energy generating module is a pendulum with an end coaxially fixed with the active gear of the kinetic energy transmission module, and the other end suspended and swung with respect to the fixed end to generate the kinetic energy.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the transmission mechanism comprises at least one transmission gear.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the passive gear is rotated in a direction determined by a number of the transmission gears, and a rotor of the electric generator is rotated at a speed determined by the size of the active gear, the transmission gear and the passive gear, such that when the pendulum swings in a direction, an even number of the transmission gears is used for transmitting the kinetic energy, so that the active gear and the passive gear are rotated in the same direction, and when the pendulum swings in the other direction, an odd number of the transmission gears is used for transmitting the kinetic energy, so that the active gear and the passive gear are rotated in opposite directions.

6. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the transmission mechanism comprises a belt.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electric energy generating apparatus further comprises a power management module for controlling a component connected to an output terminal of the voltage regulation module, such that when it is necessary to charge a battery component of the electronic device, the output terminal of the voltage regulation module is connected to an electrode of the battery;

when the electronic device requires a power supply for its operation, the output terminal of the voltage regulation module is connected to a power input terminal of the electronic device.

8. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the electronic device is a mobile phone, and the voltage regulation module has an output voltage value of 5 volts.

9. An electric energy generating apparatus, comprising:

a kinetic energy generating module, for generating a kinetic energy;

a kinetic energy transmission module;

an electric generator, wherein the kinetic energy transmission module is used for transmitting the kinetic energy to the electric generator; and

the electric generator is used for converting the kinetic energy into an electric energy; and

a voltage regulation module, for regulating the electric energy to a voltage and outputting the voltage.

10. The electric energy generating apparatus of claim 9, wherein the kinetic energy transmission module comprises

an active gear fixed coaxially with the kinetic energy generating module;

a passive gear fixed coaxially with a rotor of the electric generator; and

a transmission mechanism for transmitting a motion of the active gear to the passive gear.

11. The electric energy generating apparatus of claim 10, wherein the kinetic energy generating module is a pendulum with an end coaxially fixed with the active gear of the kinetic energy transmission module, and the other end suspended and swung with respect to the fixed end to generate a kinetic energy.

12. The electric energy generating apparatus of claim 11, wherein the transmission mechanism comprises at least one transmission gear, and the passive gear is rotated in a direction determined by the number of the transmission gears, and a rotor of the electric generator is rotated at a speed determined by the size of the active gear, the transmission gear and the passive gear, such that when the pendulum swings in a direction, an even number of the transmission gears is used for transmitting the kinetic energy, so that the active gear and the passive gear are rotated in the same direction, and when the pendulum swings in the other direction, an odd number of the transmission gears is used for transmitting the kinetic energy, so that the active gear and the passive gear are rotated in opposite directions.

13. The electric energy generating apparatus of claim 9, further comprising a power management module for controlling components connected to an output terminal of the voltage regulation module, such that when a battery of the electronic device requires a battery charge, the output terminal of the voltage regulation module is connected to an electrode of the battery, and when the electronic device requires a power supply for its operation, the output terminal of the voltage regulation module is connected to an input terminal of the power source of the electronic device.