Spring-driven generator
AssigneePontiac Coil, Inc.
InventorWeston C. Bye
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Abstract
A spring-driven permanent magnet generator comprising a bobbin-mounted coil, inner and outer frame members defining diametrically opposite pole pieces and a structure which cages or essentially surrounds the bobbin and coil combination. A rotor comprising the integral combination of disc and shaft portions carries a two-pole permanent magnet and is, in the assembled structure, located such that the shaft portion extends through the frame structure and the caged coil to place a permanent magnet between the pole pieces which are defined by the caging frame structure. A flat wound spring drives the shaft portion relative to the frame structure to induce a short duration voltage in the coil which can be used, by way of example, as an electronic fuse in an explosive device such as a hand grenade.
Claims9
A spring-driven generator comprising:
- a rotor of non-magnetic material having integral shaft and disc portions;
- a permanent magnet mounted to said rotor to rotate the poles of said magnet;
- a conductive coil;
- first and second annular frame members of magnetically conductive material surroundingly caging said coil and providing diametrically opposite pole pieces therefor;
- said rotor being assembled to said frame members such that the disc lies on one axial side of the coil, the shaft projects through the frame members and caged coil in a non-contacting fashion and the magnet is disposed between the pole pieces;
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- a spring which may be wound up to provide rotational drive for the rotor.
A spring-driven generator comprising:
- a bobbin having an annular conductive coil mounted thereon;
- a magnetic frame providing diametrically opposite pole pieces within the interior of said coil;
- a rotor carrying a permanent magnet for rotation between said pole pieces;
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- a spring which can be wound up and released to produce rotation of the rotor relative to the pole pieces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.