Apparatus for illuminating wheeled devices
OwnerRobert Bailey, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for illuminating rotating wheels on vehicles includes a stepper motor mounted on the rotating wheel, a counterweight mounted on the shaft of the stepper motor, and a plastic tube mounted on the wheel for rotation therewith containing a plurality of light emitting diodes interconnected with a wire attached to the stepper motor. Rotation of the wheel causes the stepper motor body to turn relative to the counterweighted shaft thereby producing electrical pulses sufficient to illuminate the light emitting diodes.
Claims18
An apparatus for illuminating a rotating wheel comprising:
- a stepper motor including a shaft mounted on the wheel for providing electrical pulses;
- eccentric weight means mounted on the shaft of the stepper motor for keeping the shaft substantially non-rotational as the wheel rotates;
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- a plurality of light emitting diodes electrically connected to the stepper motor and mounted on the wheel, wherein
- the electrical pulses generated by the stepper motor illuminate the plurality of light emitting diodes at a predetermined frequency based on a diameter of the shaft and an angular resolution of the stepper motor,
- the plurality of light emitting diodes being illuminated when a voltage of the stepper motor exceeds a threshold voltage of the plurality of light emitting diodes, and
- the predetermined frequency ranges from a blinking frequency to a frequency that causes the plurality of light emitting diodes to appear continuously illuminated.
An apparatus for illuminating a rotating wheel comprising:
- a stepper motor including a shaft mounted on the wheel;
- eccentric weight means mounted on the shaft of the stepper motor for keeping the shaft substantially non-rotational as the wheel rotates;
- a plurality of light emitting diodes electrically connected to the stepper motor and mounted on the wheel, wherein electrical pulses generated by the stepper motor illuminate the plurality of light emitting diodes;
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- a transparent tube mounted on the wheel for containing the plurality of light emitting diodes, wherein the transparent tube contains a viscous fluid with reflective spangles.
An apparatus for illuminating a rotating wheel comprising:
- a stepper motor including a shaft mounted on the wheel;
- eccentric weight means mounted on the shaft of the stepper motor for keeping the shaft substantially non-rotational as the wheel rotates;
- a plurality of light emitting diodes electrically connected to the stepper motor and mounted on the wheel, wherein electrical pulses generated by the stepper motor illuminate the plurality of light emitting diodes;
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- a tube mounted on the wheel for containing the plurality of light emitting diodes, wherein the tube is mounted on the wheel with an adhesive such as room temperature vulcanizing rubber cement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.