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US 2001/0039844 A1Published application
Precessional device and method thereof
OwnerPeter Winston Hamadyinventor
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Abstract
A precessional device featuring a pair of axles each containing at least one flywheel forming a pair of rotors. The pair of axles are each mounted on circular track assemblies in which they rotate and generate a precessional torque that provides variable resistance along a first axis and a balancing of the precessional torque along a second axis.
Claims61
An apparatus comprising:
- a first rotor spinning about a first spin axis and rotating around a rotational axis;
- and
- a second rotor spinning about a second spin axis and rotating around the rotational axis.
An apparatus comprising:
- a first rotor spinning about a first spin axis;
- a second rotor spinning about a second spin axis;
- said first rotor rotating inside a first track assembly;
- and
- said second rotor rotating inside a second track assembly.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a first rotor spinning on a first spin axis;
- a second rotor spinning on a second spin axis;
- said first rotor rotating inside a first track assembly;
- said second rotor rotating inside a second track assembly;
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- wherein the first and second axes are on substantially the same plane.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a first rotor spinning on a first spin axis;
- said first rotor including first and second flywheels;
- and
- said first rotor rotating inside a support structure.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a first rotor spinning on a first spin axis and rotating inside a first track assembly;
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- a second rotor spinning on a second spin axis and rotating inside a second track assembly.
An apparatus comprising:
- a first rotor spinning on a first spin axis;
- a second rotor spinning on a second spin axis;
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- a transmission operatively connected to said first and second rotors.
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A precessional exercise device comprising:
- a first rotor spinning on a first spin axis and a second rotor spinning on a second spin axis;
- said first rotor including first and second flywheels;
- said second rotor including third and fourth flywheels;
- said first and second rotors rotating inside a support structure;
- wherein said support structure includes first and second circular tracks;
- a central column aligned with a rotational axis;
- and
- wherein said first and second rotors rotate in opposite directions about said rotational axis.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a means for inputting a deflecting torque;
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- a means for substantially reinforcing precessional torques about a first axis and substantially canceling precessional torques about a second axis.
An apparatus comprising:
- a first means for producing precessional torques about a first axis and a second axis;
- a second means for producing precessional torques about said first axis and said second axis;
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- wherein said precessional torques substantially add along said first axis and substantially cancel along said second axis.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a first means for producing precessional torques along a first axis and a second axis;
- a second means for producing precessional torques along said first axis and a second axis;
- and
- wherein said precessional torques create a variable resistance along said first axis.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a first means for producing a plurality of precessional forces acting on a first track assembly;
- a second means for producing a plurality of precessional forces acting on a second track assembly;
- wherein said first and second track assemblies are connected to form a support structure;
- a plurality of handles mounted to the support structure;
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- wherein said precessional forces created by said first and second means create a variable resistance at said plurality of handles.
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A method comprising:
- inputting a deflecting torque through a plurality of handles to a precessional device;
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- pulling and pushing against a variable torque produced by said precessional device along one axis.
A method comprising:
- rotating a first rotor around a rotational axis in a first direction;
- rotating a second rotor around said rotational axis in a second direction;
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- wherein said first and second directions are opposite.
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A method comprising:
- rotating a first rotor around a track assembly;
- rotating a second rotor around a second track assembly attached to said first track assembly;
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- creating a variable resistance along one dimension.
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A method comprising:
- rotating a first spin axle containing a plurality of flywheels around a first track assembly;
- rotating a second spin axle containing a plurality of flywheels around a second track assembly in an opposite direction;
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- outputting a variable resistance along a first axis and substantially canceling forces acting along a second axis.
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A method comprising:
- inputting a first deflecting torque to a first rotor rotating in a first direction and a second deflecting torque to a second rotor rotating in a second direction within a support structure;
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- grasping handles attached to said support structure and inputting a third deflecting torque against a variable resistance provided by the first and second rotors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.