Color changing gyroscopic exerciser

• US 8,652,012 B2
• Filed: 07/07/2011
• Issued: 02/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Floyd T. Smith
• Original Assignee: Farren Smith Mataele
• Inventors: Smith, Tom
• Primary Examiner(s): Thanh, Loan
• Assistant Examiner(s): LEE, JOSHUA S
• Application Number:
  US13/178,082
• Publication Number:
  US 20130012361A1
• Time in Patent Office: 957 Days
• Field of Search: 362/23.08, 362/109, 362/458, 362/800, 482/1, 482/44, 446/233
• US Class Current: 482/44
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0053 using alternators or dynamos
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/22 Resisting devices with rotary bodies A63B21/0608 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/222 by overcoming gyroscopic forces, e.g. by turning the spin axis
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/36 Speed measurement by electric or magnetic parameters
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/14 for wrist joints

Abstract

A gyroscopic wrist exerciser has a transparent plastic housing and a gyroscopic rotor mounted on an axle rotating on a primary axis of rotation about the axle. Ends of the axle are extended into a circumferential housing groove disposed on an inside surface of the transparent plastic housing to rotate in a secondary axis of rotation about the circumferential groove to provide precession of the gyroscopic rotor. A permanent magnet cooperating with a coil produces an electric current proportional to the speed of the rotor. A microcontroller connected to and powered by the coil has three separate outputs, namely a first output, a second output and a third output which receive degrees of voltage depending upon an input voltage from the coil. A first LED chip, a second LED chip, and a third LED chip are connected to the microcontroller at the three outputs.

Claims

1. A gyroscopic wrist exerciser having a transparent plastic housing and a gyroscopic rotor mounted on an axle rotating on a primary axis of rotation about the axle, wherein ends of the axle are extended into a circumferential housing groove disposed on an inside surface of the transparent plastic housing, wherein the ends of the axle rotate in a secondary axis of rotation about the circumferential groove to provide precession of the gyroscopic rotor, wherein the gyroscopic wrist exerciser is configured for color changing and comprises:

a. a permanent magnet cooperating with a coil to produce an electric current, wherein the electric current is proportional to the speed of the rotor;

b. a microcontroller connected to and powered by the coil, wherein the microcontroller has three separate outputs, namely a first output, a second output and a third output which receive degrees of voltage depending upon an input voltage from the coil;

c. a first LED chip connected to the microcontroller at the first output;

d. a second LED chip connected to the microcontroller at the second output;

e. a third LED chip connected to the microcontroller at the third output, wherein the microcontroller is configured to produce a varied output depending upon the input voltage from the coil;

f. wherein at a minimum voltage the first chip activates producing a first LED maximum output, wherein the second LED chip begins at a second LED lower range shut off output, wherein the third LED chip begins at a third LED lower range shut off of no light intensity;

g. wherein an increase of rotational speed and voltage to a lower middle voltage range provides a drop in intensity of the first LED chip, and increasing the intensity of the second LED chip and a minor increase in the intensity of the third LED chip;

h. wherein a middle voltage range produces a first LED lower output at the first LED chip, wherein the second LED chip proceeds to a second LED midrange maximum output, while the third LED chip moves to a third LED medium range output;

i. wherein an upper middle voltage range produces decreasing intensity of the first chip, decreasing intensity of the second chip and increasing intensity of the third chip; and

j. wherein a voltage maximum produces a first LED upper range shut off output of the first LED chip, a second LED upper range shut off output from the second LED chip, and a third LED upper range maximum output from the third LED chip.

2. The gyroscopic wrist exerciser of claim 1, further comprising a rotor groove formed as a circumferential groove around an external periphery of the rotor, wherein the rotor groove further comprises an LED bulb mounting hole.

3. The gyroscopic wrist exerciser of claim 2, further comprising an LED bulb mounted within the LED bulb mounting hole, wherein the LED bulb includes the first LED chip, the second LED chip and the third LED chip encapsulated within the LED bulb.

4. The gyroscopic wrist exerciser of claim 3, wherein the first LED chip, the second LED chip and the third LED are formed in an LED chip package which is encapsulated within the LED bulb.

5. The gyroscopic wrist exerciser of claim 4, wherein the microcontroller is encapsulated within the LED bulb.

6. The gyroscopic wrist exerciser of claim 5, further comprising a groove lens having a groove lens body and a groove lens sidewall, wherein the groove lens caps the LED bulb mounting hole to present a substantially flush outer surface.

7. The gyroscopic wrist exerciser of claim 5, further comprising a protective cover mounted over the permanent magnet.

8. The gyroscopic wrist exerciser of claim 1, wherein the first LED chip, the second LED chip and the third LED are formed in an LED chip package which is encapsulated within the LED bulb.

9. The gyroscopic wrist exerciser of claim 1, further comprising an LED bulb mounted within the LED bulb mounting hole, wherein the microcontroller is encapsulated within the LED bulb.

10. The gyroscopic wrist exerciser of claim 1, further comprising an LED bulb mounted within the LED bulb mounting hole, further comprising a groove lens having a groove lens body and a groove lens sidewall, wherein the groove lens caps the LED bulb mounting hole to present a substantially flush outer surface.

11. The gyroscopic wrist exerciser of claim 5, further comprising a protective cover mounted over the permanent magnet.