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US 2020/0060077 A1Published application
Internal combustion engine with wireless communications device
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorAndrew Bejcek
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Abstract
A power tool is provided. The power tool includes an internal combustion engine and a wireless communications device coupled to the internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine includes an ignition coil assembly and a flywheel. The wireless communications device is coupled adjacent to either the flywheel or to the ignition coil assembly. The wireless communications device receives power wirelessly from the internal combustion engine only when the internal combustion engine is operating.
Claims20
A power tool comprising:
- an internal combustion engine comprising an ignition coil assembly and a flywheel;
- and
- a wireless communications device coupled to said internal combustion engine such that said wireless communications device is adjacent to one of said flywheel and said ignition coil assembly, said wireless communications device receives power wirelessly from said internal combustion engine only when said internal combustion engine is operating.
An engine assembly comprising:
- an internal combustion engine comprising a rotating component, an ignition coil, and a source of a magnetic field;
- and
- a wireless communications device coupled to said internal combustion engine, said wireless communications device receives power wirelessly from said internal combustion engine only when said internal combustion engine is operating.
A power tool comprising:
- an internal combustion engine comprising a rotating component and a source of magnetic field;
- and
- a wireless communications device comprising a power generation coil configured to harvest energy from said source of magnetic field only when said internal combustion engine is operating, wherein said wireless communications device receives power wirelessly from said internal combustion engine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.