Electric bicycle charger assembly
OwnerAnthony Browninventor
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Abstract
An electric bicycle charger assembly includes a trailer that can be attached to a seat post of an electric bicycle thereby facilitating the electric bicycle to tow the trailer. A pair of wheels is each of the wheels is rotatably attached to the trailer and a pair of charging units is each integrated into a respective one of the wheels generate electricity when the trailer is being towed. Each of the charging units is electrically coupled to the electric bicycle for charging the electric bicycle. A braking system is integrated into the trailer and the braking system is in communication with a braking apparatus of the electric bicycle thereby assisting with slowing and stopping.
Claims19
An electric bicycle charger assembly for generating electricity while being towed by an electric bicycle, said assembly comprising:
- a trailer having a gooseneck hitch wherein said gooseneck hitch is configured to be attached to a seat post of the electric bicycle thereby facilitating the electric bicycle to tow said trailer;
- a pair of wheels, each of said wheels being rotatably attached to said trailer wherein each of said wheels is configured to roll along ground when said trailer is being towed;
- a pair of charging units, each of said charging units being integrated into a respective one of said wheels such that each of said charging units rotates when said respective wheel rotates wherein each of said charging units is configured to generate electricity when said trailer is being towed thereby facilitating each of said charging units to charge the electric bicycle;
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- a braking system being integrated into said trailer, said braking system having a communication port wherein said communication port is configured to be placed in communication with a braking apparatus of the electric bicycle, said braking system being actuated into a braking condition when said communication port receives a braking command wherein said braking system on said trailer is configured to be actuated when the braking apparatus on the electric bicycle is actuated thereby assisting with slowing and stopping.
An electric bicycle charger assembly for generating electricity while being towed by an electric bicycle, said assembly comprising:
- a trailer having a gooseneck hitch wherein said gooseneck hitch is configured to be attached to a seat post of the electric bicycle thereby facilitating the electric bicycle to tow said trailer, said trailer having a lower wall and a perimeter wall extending upwardly from said lower wall, said trailer having a pair of wheel brackets each extending laterally away from a respective one of a first lateral side and a second lateral side of said perimeter wall, each of said wheel brackets being aligned with said lower wall, each of said wheel brackets including an outer member being spaced from and being oriented parallel with said respective first lateral side and said second lateral side of said perimeter wall, each of said wheel brackets including a pair of wheel mounts each extending downwardly from said outer member, each of said wheel mounts having a channel extending inwardly on a rear edge of a respective wheel mount which curves upwardly toward said outer member such that said channel in each of said wheel mounts has a J-shape;
- a plurality of stabilizers, each of said stabilizers being slidably integrated into said trailer, each of said plurality of stabilizers being deployable to extending downwardly from said trailer wherein each of said plurality of stabilizers is configured to abut the ground for stabilizing said trailer, each of said plurality of stabilizers extending into a bottom end of a respective one of a plurality of corner posts of said perimeter wall of said trailer, each of said plurality of stabilizers having a lock which releasably engages a respective one of a plurality of engagement points integrated into said respective corner post for retaining said plurality of stabilizers at a selected length of extension, each of said plurality of stabilizers having a foot wherein said foot on each of said plurality of stabilizers is configured to abut the ground;
- a pair of wheels, each of said wheels being rotatably attached to said trailer wherein each of said wheels is configured to roll along ground when said trailer is being towed;
- a pair of charging units, each of said charging units being integrated into a respective one of said wheels such that each of said charging units rotates when said respective wheel rotates wherein each of said charging units is configured to generate electricity when said trailer is being towed thereby facilitating said pair of charging units to charge the electric bicycle, each of said charging units comprising:
- an axle extending through a hub of said respective wheel, said axle having a first end and a second end, said axle extending into said channel in each of said wheel mounts associated with a respective one of said wheel brackets having said axle resting against a terminal end of said channel in each of said wheel mounts such that said respective wheel is positioned between said outer member of said respective wheel bracket and said perimeter wall of said trailer;
- a pair of nuts, each of said nuts being threadable onto a respective one of said first end and said second end of said axle for tightening against a respective one of said wheel mounts thereby attaching said axle to said wheel mounts;
- a bearing being positioned around said axle, said bearing engaging said hub of said respective wheel thereby enhancing rotation of said wheel around said axle, said bearing being centrally positioned between said first end and said second end of said axle;
- a pair of bowls, each of said bowls having an outer wall and a perimeter wall extending away from said outer wall, said axle extending through said outer wall of each of said bowls, each of said pair of bowls being oriented on said axle such that said a distal edge of said perimeter wall of each of said bowls is directed toward said wheel;
- a pair of generators, each of said generators being positioned inside a respective one of said bowls, each of said generators including a winding section and a magnet section, said winding section of each of said generators being attached to said perimeter wall of said respective bowl having said axle extending through said winding section of each of said generators, said magnet section each of said generators being attached to said wheel such that said magnet section of each of generators is rotated around said winding section of a respective generator when said wheel rotates wherein each of said generators is configured to generate electrical energy when said respective wheel rotates;
- a rechargeable battery being secured to said trailer, said rechargeable battery having an input and an output, said input being electrically coupled to each of said pair of generators such that said pair of generators charges said rechargeable battery wherein said rechargeable battery is configured to be charged when said trailer is being towed;
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- a conductor being electrically coupled to said output of said rechargeable battery associated with each of said charging units, said conductor being routed along said gooseneck hitch such that a connector on said conductor is positioned adjacent to a coupling point on said gooseneck hitch wherein said connector is configured to be electrically coupled to a charging port on the electric bicycle thereby facilitating said rechargeable battery to charge the electric bicycle;
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- a braking system being integrated into said trailer, said braking system having a communication port wherein said communication port is configured to be placed in communication with a braking apparatus of the electric bicycle, said braking system being actuated into a braking condition when said communication port receives a braking command wherein said braking system on said trailer is configured to be actuated when the braking apparatus on the electric bicycle is actuated thereby assisting with slowing and stopping, said braking system including a pair of brakes each being associated with a respective one of said wheels, each of said brakes comprising:
- a brake caliper being attached to a respective one of said wheel brackets, said brake caliper having a pair of grips each extending beyond said respective wheel, said pair of grips being urged toward each other when said brake caliper is actuated, each of said grips compressing against said respective wheel when said brake caliper is actuated for slowing a rotating of said wheel;
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- a brake cable being in communication with said brake caliper, said brake cable being routed along said gooseneck hitch, said brake cable having a communication port being positioned adjacent said coupling point on said gooseneck trailer wherein said communication port on said brake cable is configured to be coupled to a brake cable of the braking apparatus on the electric bicycle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.