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US 11,140,940 B2Granted
Generator spinning in a wearable system
AssigneeThe Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorNathan Sharpes
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Abstract
A wearable system, such as a footwear system, can employ a generator. The generator can be an electro-mechanical generator with a portion that spins to create an electricity. The portion that spins can be spun in such a manner that it does not stop, but instead a next spin beings before a previous spin completes. This can repeat until the generator reaches a terminal velocity.
Claims20
A method, performed by a footwear system, the method comprising:
- causing a generator that is part of the footwear system to being a first spin at a first time;
- and
- causing the generator that is part of the footwear system to begin a second spin at a second time,
- where the second time is after the first time,
- where the first spin comprises a spin-up followed by a spin-down, and
- where the second spin begins during the spin-down.
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A footwear system comprising:
- a generator;
- a hardware transfer component configured to transfer a first energy at a first time to the generator and transfer a second energy at a second time to the generator;
- and
- a spring configured to capture the first energy transferred by the hardware transfer component and capture the second energy transferred by the hardware transfer component,
- where the generator is configured to produce a first spin in response to reception of the first energy,
- where the generator is configured to produce a second spin in response to reception of the second energy,
- where the second time is after the first time, and
- where the production of the second spin occurs before completion of the first spin.
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A method, performed by a wearable system, the method comprising:
- causing a generator that is part of the wearable system to engage in a first spin sequence over a first time span with a first power output range;
- and
- causing the generator that is part of the wearable system to begin a second spin sequence over a second time span with a second power output range,
- where the second time span and the first time span are separate and distinct from one another,
- where the second time span follows the first time span,
- where a low value of the first power output range is lower than a low value of the second power output range, and
- where a high value of the first power output range is lower than a high value of the second power output range.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.