- Document Number:
20240253720
- Appl. No:
18/104182
- Application Filed:
January 31, 2023
- نبذة مختصرة :
In an embodiment, a personal mobility device is disclosed. The personal mobility device includes a wheel, a support structure coupled to the wheel, a load component and a generator device coupled to the support structure. The generator device is configured to frictionally engage against the wheel such that a rotation of the wheel causes the generator device to generate electrical energy. The personal mobility device is configured to power the load component based at least in part on the generated electrical energy.
- Assignees:
Jetson Electric Bike LLC (Brooklyn, NY, US)
- Claim:
1. A personal mobility device comprising: a wheel; a support structure coupled to the wheel; a load component; and a generator device coupled to the support structure, the generator device being configured to frictionally engage against the wheel such that a rotation of the wheel causes the generator device to generate electrical energy, the personal mobility device being configured to power the load component based at least in part on the generated electrical energy.
- Claim:
2. The personal mobility device of claim 1 wherein: the generator device comprises a rotor and a stator; and the rotor is configured to frictionally engage against the wheel such that the rotation of the wheel causes the rotor to rotate about the stator, the stator being configured to generate the electrical energy based at least in part on the rotation of the rotor.
- Claim:
3. The personal mobility device of claim 1 wherein the load component comprises at least one lighting component.
- Claim:
4. The personal mobility device of claim 1 wherein the personal mobility device comprises an electrical storage component electrically interposed between the generator device and the load component, the electrical storage component being configured to supply electrical energy to the load component, the electrical storage component being configured to charge based at least in part on the electrical energy generated by the generator device.
- Claim:
5. The personal mobility device of claim 1 wherein the personal mobility device comprises voltage regulation circuitry disposed between the generator device and the load component, the voltage regulation circuitry being configured to regulate at least one of a voltage and a current of the electrical energy generated by the generator device.
- Claim:
6. The personal mobility device of claim 1 wherein the personal mobility device comprises an output connection that is configured to provide the electrical energy to an electrical device that is separate from the personal mobility device.
- Claim:
7. The personal mobility device of claim 6 wherein the output connection comprises at least one of a port, plug and a socket.
- Claim:
8. The personal mobility device of claim 6 wherein the output connection comprises a wireless power transmitter.
- Claim:
9. The personal mobility device of claim 1 wherein the generator device is biased against the second wheel by a biasing component.
- Claim:
10. The personal mobility device of claim 9 wherein the biasing component comprises a spring.
- Claim:
11. The personal mobility device of claim 9 wherein the support structure comprises a support member and a housing, the housing defining a cavity therein, the cavity being configured to slidingly receive the generator device therein such that the biasing component engages against the housing to bias the generator device towards the second wheel.
- Claim:
12. The personal mobility device of claim 11 wherein the support member comprises a second cavity that is configured to receive the housing therein.
- Claim:
13. The personal mobility device of claim 12 wherein the second cavity comprises at least one channel and the housing comprises at least one flange, the at least one channel being configured to receive the at least one flange of the housing therein when the housing is received in the second cavity.
- Claim:
14. The personal mobility device of claim 11 wherein the cavity comprises at least one channel and the generator device comprises at least one flange, the at least one channel being configured to slidingly receive the at least one flange of the generator device therein when the generator device is received in the cavity.
- Claim:
15. The personal mobility device of claim 14 wherein the generator device is configured to linearly translate within the cavity along the at least one channel.
- Claim:
16. A personal mobility device comprising: a first wheel; a second wheel; a support structure disposed between the first wheel and the second wheel; a load component; and a generator device coupled to the support structure, the generator device being configured to frictionally engage against the second wheel such that a rotation of the second wheel causes the generator device to generate electrical energy, the personal mobility device being configured to power the load component based at least in part on the generated electrical energy.
- Claim:
17. The personal mobility device of claim 16 wherein: the support structure comprises a support member and platform coupled to a top surface of the support member, the platform being configured for standing on by a user of the personal mobility device; and the generator device is coupled to the support member at least partially below the platform.
- Claim:
18. The personal mobility device of claim 17 wherein the generator device is coupled to an end of the support member and is disposed between the support member and the second wheel.
- Claim:
19. A scooter comprising: a handlebar; a stem; a first wheel; a second wheel; a support structure coupled to the second wheel; a load component; and a generator device coupled to the support structure, the generator device being configured to frictionally engage against the second wheel such that a rotation of the second wheel causes the generator device to generate electrical energy, the scooter being configured to power the load component based at least in part on the generated electrical energy.
- Claim:
20. The scooter of claim 19 wherein: the generator device comprises a rotor and a stator; and the rotor is configured to frictionally engage against the second wheel such that the rotation of the second wheel causes the rotor to rotate about the stator, the stator being configured to generate the electrical energy based at least in part on the rotation of the rotor.
- Current International Class:
62; 62; 62; 02
- الرقم المعرف:
edspap.20240253720
Processing Request
No Comments.