HEATED SHOE

• US 20120260522A1
• Filed: 05/05/2011
• Published: 10/18/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Company Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Company Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: SHI, ZHENG, LIU, JIANG-FENG
• Application Number:
  US13/101,272
• Publication Number:
  US 20120260522A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 36/2.6
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 1/0054 provided with magnets, magnetic parts or magnetic substances
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 13/182 Helicoidal springs
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 21/26 Resilient heels
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/34 with electrical or electronic arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/35 with electric heating arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/38 with power sources
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/42 where power is generated by conversion of mechanical movement to electricity, e.g. by piezoelectric means
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 7/02 with heating arrangements with electric heating arrangements A43B3/35
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 7/144 situated under the heel, i.e. the calcaneus bone
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/32 for charging batteries from a charging set comprising a non-electric prime mover rotating at constant speed

Abstract

A heated shoe includes a main body, a sole, a heat conducting layer and a heat generating module. The heat generating module includes a power generating unit, a rectifying circuit and a heat generating unit, which are electrically connected in series. The power generating unit and the rectifying circuit are located in the sole, and the heat generating unit is located at the heat conducting layer. The power generating unit provides and outputs induced current, the rectifying circuit receives, rectifies and processes the induced current from the power generating unit. The heat generating unit converts electric energy from the rectifying circuit into heat, and the heat conducting layer outputs the heat.

Claims

1. A heated shoe, comprising:

a main body;

a sole located at one side of and adjacent to the main body;

a heat conducting layer located between the main body and the sole; and

a heat generating module comprising;

a power generating unit located within the sole, the power generating unit for providing and outputting induced current;

a rectifying circuit electrically connected to the power generating unit and located within the sole; and

a heat generating unit electrically connected to the rectifying circuit, wherein the rectifying circuit receives, rectifies and processes the induced current from the power generating unit, the heat generating unit is located at the heat conducting layer and converts electric energy from the rectifying circuit into heat, and the heat conducting layer outputs the heat.

2. The heated shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sole is made of elastic material and is capable of elastically deforming and automatically restoring elastic deformation.

3. The heated shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sole comprises a receiving space and a spring, the power generating unit and the rectifying circuit are received within the receiving space, and the opposite ends of the spring are fixed at the upper wall and the bottom wall of the receiving space respectively.

4. The heated shoe as claimed in claim 3, wherein the power generating unit comprises a magnet and a coil, the magnet is a permanent magnet and is located at the upper wall of the receiving space, the coil is an inductive coil and is located at the bottom wall of the receiving space and is aligned with the magnet, and when the sole and spring elastically deform or restore elastic deformation, the sole drives the magnet to reciprocate in the coil, the coil cuts magnetic field lines of the magnet and generates induced current.

5. The heated shoe as claimed in claim 4, wherein the rectifying circuit is in electronic communication with the coil of the power generating unit and comprises filter, transformers, rectifiers, rectifier diodes, and other electronic components, the rectifying circuit is capable of receiving and converting the induced current from the coil into corresponding direct current.

6. The heated shoe as claimed in claim 4, wherein the heat generating module further comprises a first switch and a power storage, the first switch is a single pole double throw switch and comprises a common end, a first fixed contact and a second fixed contact, the common end is in electronic communication with the rectifying circuit, and the first fixed contact and the second fixed contact are electrically connected to the power storage unit and the heat generating unit respectively.

7. The heated shoe as claimed in claim 6, wherein the power storage unit is a heater strip and is arranged as grid-like arrangement, the power storage unit is for storing and providing the electric energy for the heat generating unit, when the common end of the first switch is switched on to electrically connect the first fixed contact, the power storage unit receives and stores the electric energy from the rectifying circuit;

when the common end is switched on to electrically connect the second fixed contact, the heat generating unit electrically connects the rectifying circuit and converts the electric energy from the rectifying circuit into heat for the heated shoe.

8. The heated shoe as claimed in claim 7, wherein the heat generating module further comprises a second switch electrically connected between the power storage unit and the heat generating unit, the second switch is a signal pole single throw switch, and when the second switch is turned on, the power storage unit selectively and electrically connects to the heat generating unit to provide electric energy for the heat generating unit, and the heat generating unit coverts the electric energy into heat.

9. The heated shoe as claimed in claim 7, wherein the heat generating module further comprises an interface implemented to links one device with another, and the interface is electrically connected to the power storage unit, and the power storage unit is electrically connected to an electronic device to power the electronic device.

10. The heated shoe as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an insole and a protection layer, wherein the insole is located within the main body and is made from heat insulation material and soft magnetic material, and the protection layer is located at one side of and adjacent to the insole and is made from insulation material, the protection layer is for preventing the electric energy from transmission to users.

11. The heated shoe as claimed in claim 4, wherein the sole further comprises an iron plate located on and adjacent to the magnet, the iron plate is for maintaining and enhancing the magnetism of the magnet.

12. A heated shoe, comprise:

a sole;

a heat conducting layer located at one side of the sole; and

a heat generating module located adjacent to the heat conducting layer, the heat generating module comprising;

a power generating unit located within the sole, the power generating unit for generating induced current by electromagnetic induction;

a rectifying circuit located within the sole and is electrically connected to the power generating unit, the rectifying circuit for rectifying and processing the induced current;

a first switch located within the sole and electrically connected to the rectifying circuit;

a power storage unit located within the sole, the power storage unit for storing and providing electric energy; and

a heat generating unit located at the heat conducting layer, wherein the first switch is selectively switched on to electrically connect the power storage unit and the heat generating unit, when the first switch is switched on to electrically connect the power storage unit, the power storage unit receives and stores the electric energy from the rectifying circuit;

when the first switch is turned on to electrically connect the heat generating unit, the heat generating unit converts the electric energy from the rectifying circuit into heat, the conducting layer outputs the heat.

13. The heated shoe as claimed in claim 12, wherein the sole comprises a receiving space and a spring, the power generating unit, the first switch, the rectifying circuit, and the power storage unit are received within the receiving space, and the opposite ends of the spring are fixed at the upper wall and the bottom wall of the receiving space respectively.

14. The heated shoe as claimed in claim 13, wherein the power generating unit comprises a magnet and a coil, the magnet is a permanent magnet and is located at the upper wall of the receiving space, the coil is an inductive coil and is located at the bottom wall of the receiving space and is aligned with the magnet, when the sole and spring elastically deform or restore elastic deformation, the sole drives the magnet to reciprocate in the coil, the coil cuts magnetic field lines of the magnet and generates induced current.

15. The heated shoe as claimed in claim 14, wherein the first switch is a single pole double throw switch and comprises a common end, a first fixed contact and a second fixed contact, the common end is in electronic communication with the rectifying circuit, and the first fixed contact and the second fixed contact are electrically connected to the power storage unit and the heat generating unit respectively.

16. The heated shoe as claimed in claim 15, wherein the power storage unit is a heater strip and is arranged as grid-like arrangement, the power storage unit stores and provides the electric energy for the heat generating unit, when the common end of the first switch is switched on to electrically connect the first fixed contact, the power storage unit receives and stores the electric energy from the rectifying circuit;

when the common end of the first switch is switched on to electrically connect the second fixed contact, the heat generating unit electrically connects the rectifying circuit and converts the electric energy from the rectifying circuit into heat for the heated shoe.

17. The heated shoe as claimed in claim 12, wherein the heat generating module further comprises a second switch electrically connected between the power storage unit and the heat generating unit, the second switch is a single pole single throw switch, and when the second switch is turned on, the power storage unit selectively and electrically connects to the heat generating unit to provide electric energy for the heat generating unit, and the heat generating unit coverts the electric energy into heat.

18. The heated shoe as claimed in claim 12, wherein the heat generating module further comprises an interface implemented to links one device with another, and the interface is electrically connected to the power storage unit, and the power storage unit is electrically connected to an electronic device to power the electronic device.

19. The heated shoe as claimed in claim 12, further comprising an insole and a protection layer, wherein the insole is located within the main body and is made from heat insulation material and soft magnetic material, and the protection layer is located at one side of and adjacent to the insole and is made from insulation material, the protection layer is for preventing the electric energy from transmission to users.

20. The heated shoe as claimed in claim 13, wherein the sole further comprises an iron plate located on and adjacent to the magnet, the iron plate is for maintaining and enhancing the magnetism of the magnet.