Internal combustion engine with integrated connectivity 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 an integrated device coupled to the internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine includes a flywheel or another rotating component. The integrated device is coupled adjacent to either the flywheel or a rotating component. The integrated device includes a printed circuit board with a wireless communications module and a power generation portion which 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 a flywheel with a magnetic portion;
- an integrated device comprising a printed circuit board with a wireless communications module, a power conditioner and a power generation portion;
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- the power generation portion is adjacent to the internal combustion engine such that the integrated device generates power wirelessly from the flywheel when the internal combustion engine is operating.
An engine assembly comprising:
- an internal combustion engine comprising a flywheel with a magnetic portion;
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- an ignition coil assembly comprising an integrated device coupled thereto wherein the integrated device receives power wirelessly from the internal combustion engine when the internal combustion engine is operating.
A power tool comprising:
- an internal combustion engine assembly comprising a rotating component and a source of a magnetic field;
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- an integrated device coupled to an inner surface of a cover comprising a printed circuit board with a power generation portion configured to harvest energy wirelessly from the source of magnetic field only when the internal combustion engine assembly is operating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.