Electromagnetic power generator
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1. An electro-magnetic power generator for use inside a vehicular tire and the like, comprising a core having a coil wound around at least a portion thereof;
- a movable bar normally closing a magnetic circuit through said core;
one of said core or movable bar being permanently magnetized, and a flexible restraining member constrained to follow movement of the inner tire periphery, holding with one of its portions said movable member and holding said core with another of its portions, intermittently to move the movable member away from said core during rotation of the tire when the same slightly flattens upon contact with the ground, whereupon magnetic attraction pulls back said bar to said core, and a small electromotive force is induced in said coil.
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Abstract
An electromagnetic power generator for installation in the interior of a vehicular tire, working on the principle of deriving energy from the fact that a portion of the tire becomes flattened once every revolution, causing a change in the length of the corresponding chord. A small closed magnetic circuit is alternately opened and closed by this movement, by means of a flexible strap coupled between the tire interior and the magnetic circuit. The circuit is reclosed by magnetic attraction.
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1. An electro-magnetic power generator for use inside a vehicular tire and the like, comprising a core having a coil wound around at least a portion thereof;
- a movable bar normally closing a magnetic circuit through said core;
one of said core or movable bar being permanently magnetized, and a flexible restraining member constrained to follow movement of the inner tire periphery, holding with one of its portions said movable member and holding said core with another of its portions, intermittently to move the movable member away from said core during rotation of the tire when the same slightly flattens upon contact with the ground, whereupon magnetic attraction pulls back said bar to said core, and a small electromotive force is induced in said coil. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
- a movable bar normally closing a magnetic circuit through said core;
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