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c12) Patent Application Publication

(19)

Hughes, SR.
(54)

(76)

(43)

MICRO ELECTROMECHANICAL
GENERATOR AND METHOD OF
CONVERTING MECHANICAL
CENTRIFUGAL ENERGY INTO
ELECTRICAL ENERGY

(52)
(57)

Correspondence Address:
Anthony Shane Hughes Sr.
51291 Village Edge East, Apt. 44-302
New Baltimore, MI 48047 (US)
(21)

Appl. No.:

12/426,936

(22)

Filed:

Apr. 20, 2009

Publication Classification

(51)

Int. Cl.
F03G 7108

(2006.01)

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Pub. Date:
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ABSTRACT

A device for converting mechanical centrifugal energy into

electrical energy. This invention having a weighted gear that
spins around a shaft and engages a torque increasing gear
train to wind a spring. The force of the wound spring is
unleashed by means of a clutch and switch assembly and thus
engages a second gear train that increases speed and is connected to the shaft of a DC motor through a series of gears.
The DC motor sends the created electrical energy to a first
circuit board assembly that increases the electrical energy
output and transfers the increased electrical energy to a
capacitor where the electrical energy is stored. There is a
second circuit board assembly, which takes the overflow of
the electrical energy that is stored within the capacitor and
transfers the electrical to a rechargeable battery that is
encased within the master assembly thus providing a charge
to the said battery. A third circuit board assembly takes the
stored energy from the rechargeable battery and regulates the
electrical energy flow to the Positive and Negative connection
to regulate the energy flow to the master battery assembly's
specifications.

Anthony Shane Hughes, SR.,

Chesterfield, MI (US)

Inventor:

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Engages Gear train ( 4 ) that increases

torque to wind a coil spring 5

Coil spring 5 is wound and engages a

Mechanical lever 25

Mechanical Lever 25 allows a gear from

Clutch 6 to engage gear train 24

Gear train 24 increases speed output

and is attached to a shaft of a DC motor 7

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Figure 1 continued
As the shaft of the DC motor 7 is rotated Energy is created
and sent out through a Pos. (+)and a Neg. (-)wire

Electrical energy is carried from the DC motor 7

To circuit board 8 which increases the energy
And sends it to a capacitor 9

Capacitor 9 stores the energy and

Sends overflow energy to circuit board 10

Circuit board 10 receives energy from the capacitor 9

And transfers it to a standard rechargeable
Battery 11 that is inserted into the
housing of the self charging battery's assembly

Circuit board 12 takes the energy

from the battery and sets the
Flow constant to the main
self charging battery's
specifications

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MICRO ELECTROMECHANICAL
GENERATOR AND METHOD OF
CONVERTING MECHANICAL
CENTRIFUGAL ENERGY INTO
ELECTRICAL ENERGY
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STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY

SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
[0002] This is not in any way Federally Sponsored. I am an
Independent Inventor claiming small entity.
REFERENCE TO SEQUENCE LISTING, A
TABLE, ORA COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTING
COMPACT DISC APPENDIX
[0003]

There are no computer programs involved.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0004] 1. Technical Field

[0005] A micro electromechanical generator, which is
comprised of an electromechanical device for converting
mechanical centrifugal energy into electrical energy. This
electromechanical device having a weighted gear that spins
around a shaft and engages a torque increasing gear train to
wind a spring. The force of the wound spring is unleashed by
means of a clutch and switch assembly and thus engages a
second gear train that increases speed and is connected to the
shaft of a DC motor through a series of gears. The DC motor
sends the created electrical energy to a first circuit board
assembly that increases the electrical energy output and transfers the increased electrical energy to a capacitor where the
electrical energy is stored. There is a second circuit board
assembly, which takes the overflow of the electrical energy
that is stored within the capacitor and transfers the electrical
to a rechargeable battery that is encased within the master
assembly thus providing a charge to the said battery. A third
circuit board assembly then takes the stored energy from the
rechargeable battery and regulates the electrical energy flow
to the Positive and Negative connection ends to regulate the

energy flow to the master battery assemblies to set within the

master battery's specifications.
[0006] 2. Description of Prior Art
[0007] There has been great advancement in the field of
rechargeable batteries throughout the world today. But as
technology in electronics increases, the demand for mobile
power is also increasing.
[0008] There is a form of self-powered energy and may be
practical in terms of It's application to mobile devices. As
motion-based electromagnetic fields produce power, energy
is converted into electricity; in other words, your movements
throughout the day can charge your mobile phone for a certain
period of time. There has also been advancement in Micro
Electrical Mechanical Systems (MEMS) these such devices
are described as being used for energy harvesting. The abovementioned devices are being investigated for powering wireless sensors.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0009] In my present invention, my idea is to charge a
rechargeable battery seated within my battery assembly by
utilizing mechanical centrifugal energy to convert to electrical energy. There have been similar methods used in the past
for automatic self-winding watches. My idea is different such
as the winding mechanism is used to wind a coil spring
through a clutch. Then on the other end of the clutch, a switch
transfers the mechanical force in the coil spring to a second
gear train that spins the shaft of a de motor.
[001 0] The power generated from the Positive and Negative
wire from the DC motor is then transferred to a circuit board
assembly that contains a de voltage amplifier circuit. The
amplified electricity is then transferred to a Capacitor. The
energy is then transferred from the capacitor to a second
circuit board assembly that sends the above energy to a
rechargeable battery within the assembly.
[0011] The energy is then sent from the rechargeable battery to a third circuit board assembly that controls the energy
flow to coincide with the outer battery specifications.
[0012] The constituting elements of the present invention
can be assembled into a casing so that it can be used almost
permanently without separate recharge although the assembly can be connected to a battery charger if a faster charge is
required.
[0013] The battery assembly of the present invention is
provided as one battery assembly, which can be used at any
application such as a Military personnel, toys, cell phones,
medical uses and prosthetics or pace makers.
[0014] The present design can be used in any size battery.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL
VIEWS OF THE DRAWING
[0015] Brief description of the present invention will now
be described by example with reference to the accompanying
drawings in that which,
[0016] FIG.1 is a flow chart that shows the entire operation
of my present invention. This shows the breakdown on how I
am taking mechanical centrifugal energy and turning it into
electrical energy.
[0017] FIG. 2 shows a section A-A view cut through the
center of the main full assembly, which is also shown in FIG.
2. The Section A-A shows an inside view of the assembly and
is pointing out various components that which make up the
full assembly.

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[0018] FIG. 3 shows a partial isometric exploded view,
which is created to capture the idea that the outer cover is
un-assembled and the inside sub assembly is fed inside of the
outer tube assembly thus making up the entire self-charging
battery assembly.
[0019] FIG. 4 shows a sub assembly of the main driving
centrifugal force gear to wind the spring. The figure is showing a weighted gear that spins around a shaft. FIG. 4 is also
showing a section cut through the main assembly as in FIG. 2.
This section cut is added to point out the location of the above
mentioned weighted centrifugal gear.
[0020] FIG. 5 shows an isometric exploded view of a partial
assembly of the entire assembly. The above mention FIG. 5 is
created to show the sub assembly of how the weighted main
driving centrifugal force gear is assembled into the assembly
and how the circuit board assembly and capacitor slide into
the inner housing that the weighted gear mounts onto the
inner housing.
[0021] FIG. 6 shows an isometric view of the gear train
assembly 4 which is used to increase torque and wind the
main clock spring. FIG. 6 is also showing the above mentioned gear train 4 assembly in a disassembled state for clarity
of how the parts are to be assembled. FIG. 6 is also showing
a section cut through the main assembly as in FIG. 2. This
section cut is added to point out the location of the above
mentioned gear train 4 assembly.
[0022] FIG. 7 shows an isometric view of the clutch assembly, which is used to Allow the transition to be from the gear
train 1 torque clock spring windup gear assembly to the gear
train 2, which is to allow the force of the pre wound clock
spring to engage the above said gear train 2 which is a speed
increasing gear train and is connected to the shaft of a DC
motor and is used to spin the shaft of the above said motor thus
creating electrical energy. FIG. 7 is also showing a section cut
through the main assembly as in FIG. 2. This section cut is
added to point out the location of the above mentioned clutch
assembly.
[0023] FIG. 8 shows an isometric view of the gear train
assembly 24 which is used to increase speed and is connected
to the shaft of a DC motor through a series of gears. FIG. 8 is
also showing the above-mentioned gear train 24 assembly in
a manner for clarity ofhow the parts are to be assembled. FIG.
8 is also showing a section cut through the main assembly as
in FIG. 2. This section cut is added to point out the location of
the above mentioned gear train 24 assembly.
[0024] FIG. 9 shows a partial isometric exploded view of
the Gear train 24 and it's surrounding components. FIG. 9 is
created to also show how the above mentioned gear train 24 is
to be sub assembled into it's armatures. FIG. 9 is also showing
the assembly sequence of the switch which is used along with
the clutch assembly to transfer power from the clock spring to
the gear train 24 to provide mechanical power to the shaft of
the DC motor. FIG. 9 is also created to show assembly
sequence of the clock spring and clutch sub assembly.
[0025] FIG. 10 shows an isometric view of the capacitor
and circuit board assembly 10 that is used to transfer electrical
energy from the capacitor to the rechargeable battery as will
bementionedin a later step. FIG.10 is also showing a section
cut through the main assembly as in FIG. 2. This section cut
is added to point out the location of the Above-mentioned
capacitor and circuit board assembly 10.
[0026] FIG. 11 shows an isometric view of circuit board
assembly 10 and the rechargeable battery, which is to be
encased within the main assembly. FIG. 11 also shows circuit

board assembly 12 which is used to take electrical energy

from the above said rechargeable battery and regulate the flow
of the electrical energy from this rechargeable battery and
send the regulated electrical energy to the specifications set
within the outer battery parameters. FIG. 11 is also showing a
section cut through the main assembly as in FIG. 2. This
section cut is added to point out the location of the above
mentioned rechargeable battery and circuit board assembly
10.
[0027]

FIG. 12 shows a section cut through the main assembly as in FIG. 2. This section cut is added to point out the
location of the Positive (+)wire routing and the Negative (-)
wire routing from the Circuit board assembly 12 to the outer
battery's Positive (+)and Negative (-)wire routing.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED
EMBODIMENTS
[0028] FIG. 1 is a flow chart that shows the entire operation
of my present invention. This shows the breakdown on how I
am taking mechanical centrifugal energy and turning it into
electrical energy. The above mentioned is started by providing an input buffer which is any movement that will force the
weighted gear 1 to spin around a shaft 2 and is seated such
onto bearings 3 that are located between the weighted gear 1
and the inner base 16 and are located in a racetrack which
provide less friction for the weighted gear to freely spin in a
360 degree manner and in either direction. The above mentioned weighted gear 1 has a gear built onto it and is centrally
located and is concentrically located also around the shaft 2.
As the weighted gear 1 spins around shaft 2 it engages gear
train 4 that is a torque increasing gear train. The abovementioned gear train 4 has a reversing gear built into it's
assembly which allows the load to be put onto a coil spring 5
(which will be mentioned later) in the same load direction to
wind the coil spring 5. Gear train 4 is connected to a clutch
assembly 6 that is concentrically located within the assembly.
The clutch assembly 6 is created to allow the force from the
gear train 4 to wind a coil spring 5 to provide the drive torque
force for a gear train 24 which will be mentioned later. Once
the coil spring 5 is pre tensioned to capacity it then engages a
switch 25 that is connected to the end of the coil spring 5 and
is seated such that the end of the switch 5 is provided as a
stopper to a clutch assembly 6 sub component 28 that is part
of the clutch assembly 6. The switch 25 is actuated by the
force of the coil spring 5 and is then moved out of the way of
the above mentioned clutch assembly 6 sub component 28
thus allowing the pre wound force of the coil spring 5 to now
engage gear train 24 which is set to increase the speed output
through a series of gears that which will be mentioned later.
Gear train 24 is connected to a gear 37 within it's assembly
that is connected to the shaft of a DC motor 7. The above
mentioned gear train 24 is set to increase the output speed in
such a manner that the shaft of the DC motor 7 spins a speed
rate to allow the DC motor 7 to create electrical energy from
it's Positive ( +) and Negative (-) terminals. The Electrical
energy created from the DC motor 7 is then carried to a circuit
board 8 through a Positive (+)and Negative (-)wires. Circuit
board 8 then takes the energy from the DC motor 7 and
increases that energy through a series of circuits and then
sends the above mentioned electrical energy to a capacitor 9
through a Positive (+)and Negative (-)wire that is connected
from the above mentioned circuit board 8 to the capacitor 9
which is located under the circuit board 8 and seated inside of
the inner base 16 and onto circuit board 10 within the assem-

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bly. The capacitor 9 is allowed to reach its full capacity before
sending the said electrical energy through the circuits of
circuit board 10 which is located under the capacitor 9 and is
also seated inside of the inner base 16. The electrical energy
is carried from the capacitor 9 and sent to a pre assembled
standard rechargeable battery 11 through a series of circuits
within circuit board 10 through a Positive (+) and Negative
(-)wire that is located underneath circuit board 10 and seated
within the assembly thus providing an electrical charge to the
rechargeable battery 11. The electrical energy from the
rechargeable battery is then carried to a circuit board 12
through a Positive ( +) and Negative (-) wire from the
rechargeable battery to the circuit board 12. The above-mentioned circuit board 12 is created to manage the flow of the
electrical energy to be set to the outer main battery's specifications. The Positive (+)wire is connected from circuit board
12 and routed inside through the main battery's assembly and
connected to the main battery's Positive (+) cap 15. The
Negative (-) wire is connected from circuit board 12 and is
routed within the main battery's assembly and is connected to
the main battery's Negative cap 13. This creates the outer
battery's circuit.
[0029] FIG. 2 shows a section A-A view cut through the
center of the main full assembly, which is also shown in FIG.
2. The Section A-A shows an inside view of the assembly and
is pointing out various components that which make up the
full assembly. Component 1 is a weighted gear that spins
around a shaft to create centrifugal force to wind a spring.
Component 2 is the main shaft, which runs through the center
of the assembly and allows the various components of the
assembly to remain concentrically located for alignment.
Component 3 is a set ofbearings that allow the weighted gear
to spin around the shaft 2 easier. Component 4 is a gear train
assembly that increases the torque output to wind a coil
spring. Component 5 is a coil spring used to create the force.
Component 6 is a clutch assembly. Component 7 is a DC
motor assembly. Component 8 is a circuit board assembly to
increase electrical energy. Component 9 is a capacitor used to
store electrical energy. Component 10 is another circuit board
assembly to take electrical energy from the capacitor and send
the above said electrical energy to a rechargeable battery built
within the main assembly. Component 11 is a thin standard
rechargeable battery built within my self charging battery
assembly. Component 12 is a circuit board assembly which is
used to take stored electrical energy from the above mentioned component 11 rechargeable battery and regulate that
said electrical to match the outer main battery's specification.
component 13 is a cap to the main assembly and is located
onto the bottom side of the main assembly and is to be designated as the main battery assembly's Negative (-)terminal.
Component 14 is a metal tube that is also the main outer
encasement of the entire main self charging battery assembly.
Component 15 is a cap to the main assembly and is located
onto the top side of the main self charging battery assembly
and is to be designated as the main battery assembly's Positive (+)terminal. Component 16 is an inner base which is used
to seat the shaft 2 and also has a racetrack built within the
topside to allow positioning and free movement of the ball
bearings 3 and also acts as a protective housing to the circuit
board 8, capacitor 9 and circuit board 10 that which are to be
housed within the above mentioned inner base 16 which is to
be fit within the self charging battery's main assembly tube
14. Component 17 is a lower housing of which is used to seat
the shafts of each gear that is a sub component of gear train 24

and also acts as an encasement to the coil spring 5 and is to be

seated within the main assembly outer encasement tube 14.
Component 18 is an upper housing of which is used to seat the
shafts of each gear that is a sub component of gear train 24 and
is to be seated within the main assembly outer encasement
tube 14. component 19 is a lower housing of which is used to
seat the shafts of each gear that is a sub component of gear
train 4 and is to be seated within the main assembly outer
encasement tube 14. Component 20 is a clip which is used to
hold in the bottom cap 13 and thus allows the removal of the
bottom cap 13 and to remove and replace the rechargeable
battery 11 for the event of recycling thus returning the main
self-charging battery assembly to a full rechargeable state.
Component 24 is a gear train that is used to increase speed
through a series of gears and is connected to a drive gear 37
that is connected to the shaft of a DC motor 7. Component 25
is a switch to be used in conjunction with the coil spring 5 and
the clutch assembly 6 and is used to unlock a gear for free
spinning to activate the gear train 24.
[0030] component 37 is a drive gear that which is connected
from a gear train 24 and to the shaft of the de motor 7.
Component 38 is a plate to help bolster the coil spring 5 and
is located within the main battery assembly.
[0031] FIG. 3 shows a partial isometric exploded view,
which is created to capture the idea that the outer cover is
un-assembled and the inside sub assembly is fed inside of the
outer tube assembly thus making up the entire self-charging
battery assembly. Component 1 is shown and is the weighted
gear that which engages the gear train 4 (not shown on FIG.
3), which winds the coil, spring 5 (not shown on FIG. 3).
Component 7 is a DC motor used to provide electrical energy
by means of turning the shaft of the DC motor such as a
dynamo style electrical generator. Component 11 is a standard rechargeable battery to be built into my self-charging
battery assembly and is to be housed within such main battery
assembly. Component 13 is a cap to the main assembly and is
located onto the bottom side of the main assembly and is to be
designated as the main battery assembly's Negative (-) terminal Component 14 is a metal tube that is also the main outer
encasement of the entire main Self-charging battery assembly. Component 15 is a vented cap to the main assembly and
is located onto the top side of the main self charging battery
assembly and is to be designated as the main battery assembly's Positive (+) terminal. Component 16 is an inner base
which is used to seat the shaft2 (not shown on FIG. 3) and has
a racetrack built within the topside to allow positioning and
free movement of the ball bearings 3 (not shown on FIG. 3)
and also acts as a protective housing to the circuit board 8 (not
shown on FIG. 3), capacitor 9 (not shown on FIG. 3) and
circuit board 10 (not shown on FIG. 3) that which are to be
housed within the above mention inner base 16 which is to be
fit within the self charging battery's main assembly tube 14.
Component 17 is a lower housing of which is used to seat the
shafts of each gear that is a sub component of gear train 24
(not shown on FIG. 3) and also acts as an encasement to the
coil spring 5 (not shown on FIG. 3) and is to be seated within
the main assembly outer encasement tube 14. Component 18
is an upper housing of which is used to seat the shafts of each
gear that is a sub component of gear train 24 (not shown on
FIG. 3) and is to be seated within the main assembly outer
encasement tube 14. Component 19 is a lower housing of
which is used to seat the shafts of each gear that is a sub
component of gear train 4 (not shown on FIG. 3) and is to be
seated within the main assembly outer encasement tube 14.

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Component 20 is a clip which is used to hold in the bottom cap
13 and thus allows the removal of the bottom cap 13 and to
remove and replace the rechargeable battery 11 for the event
of recycling thus returning the main self-charging battery
assembly to a full rechargeable state.
[0032] FIG. 4 shows a sub assembly of the main driving
centrifugal force gear to wind the spring. The figure is showing a weighted gear that spins around a shaft. FIG. 4 is also
showing a section cut through the main assembly as in FIG. 2.
This section cut is added to point out the location of the above
mentioned weighted centrifugal gear. Component 1 shows
the weighted gear which is used to actuate the gear train 4 (not
shown in FIG. 4), which then winds the coil spring 5 (not
shown in FIG. 4) Component 2 is a shaft, which is used to
concentrically hold the weighted gear 1 around and other
various gears in place. Component 3 is a set of bearings that
allow the weighted gear to spin around the shaft 2 with minimum drag. Component 6 is the clutch assembly and is created
to allow the transition of force from the gear train 4 (not
shown in FIG. 4) to wind a coil spring 5 (not shown in FIG. 4)
to provide the drive torque force for a gear train 24 (not shown
in FIG. 4) Component 8 Is a circuit board assembly to
increase electrical energy. Component 9 is a capacitor used to
store electrical energy. Component 19 is a lower housing of
which is used to seat the shafts of each gear that is a sub
component of gear train 4 (not shown on FIG. 4) and is to be
seated within the main assembly outer encasement tube 14
(not shown on FIG. 4)
[0033] FIG. 5 shows an isometric exploded view of a partial
assembly of the entire assembly. The above mention FIG. 5 is
created to show the sub assembly of how the weighted main
driving centrifugal force gear is assembled into the assembly
and how the circuit board assembly and capacitor slide into
the inner housing that the weighted gear mounts onto the
inner housing. Component 1 shows the weighted gear which
is used to actuate the geartrain4 (not shown in FIG. 5), which
then winds the coil spring 5 (not shown in FIG. 5) Component
2 is a shaft, which is used to concentrically hold the weighted
gear 1 around and other various gears in place. Component 3
is a set of bearings that allow the weighted gear to spin around
the shaft 2 with minimum drag. Component 4 is a gear train
assembly, which is used to take the mechanical energy from
the weighted gear 1 and increase the torque to wind the coil
spring 5 (not shown in FIG. 5) and works with the added gear
to keep the output direction in the same manner so the
weighted gear is allowed to rotate in either direction and still
winds the coil spring 5 (not shown in FIG. 5) Component 8 is
a circuit board assembly to increase electrical energy. Component 9 is a capacitor used to store electrical energy. Component 10 is a circuit board assembly which is used to transfer
electrical energy from the capacitor 9 to the rechargeable
battery 11. Component 16 is an inner base which is used to
seat the shaft 2 (not shown on FIG. 5) and also has a racetrack
built within the topside to allow positioning and free movement of the ball bearings 3 and also acts as a protective
housing to the circuit board 8, capacitor 9 and circuit board 10
that which is to be housed within the above mentioned inner
base which is to be fit within the self-charging battery's main
assembly tube 14 (not shown on FIG. 5). Component 19 is a
lower housing of which is used to seat the shafts of each gear
that is a sub component of gear train 4 and is to be seated
within the main assembly outer encasement tube 14 (not
shown on FIG. 5)

[0034] FIG. 6 shows an isometric view of the gear train

assembly 4 which is used to increase torque and wind the
main clock spring. FIG. 6 is also showing the above mentioned gear train 4 assembly in a disassembled state for clarity
of how the parts are to be assembled. FIG. 6 is also showing
a section cut through the main assembly as in FIG. 2. This
section cut is added to point out the location of the above
mentioned gear train 4 assembly. Component 1 shows the
weighted gear that is used to actuate the gear train 4, which
then winds the coil spring 5. Component 4 is a gear train
assembly that increases the torque output to wind a coil
spring. Component 21 is a step reversing gear that drives
Component 22 and is used to allow the gear component 22 to
rotate in a clockwise manner to wind the clock spring in the
correct manner. Component 23 is a gear set inside of component 22 gear that is used to keep the rotation of the gear train
assembly in a clockwise motion when the weighted gear 1 is
moving in either direction and keeps the torque force moving
in the clockwise direction therefore always winding the coil
spring 5 by means of a ratcheting motion. This gear train
assembly 4 works in conjunction with Component 6, which is
the clutch.
[0035] FIG. 7 shows an isometric view of the clutch assembly, which is used to Allow the transition to be from the gear
train 1 torque clock spring windup gear assembly to the gear
train 2, which is to allow the force of the pre wound clock
spring to engage the above said gear train 2 which is a speed
increasing gear train and is connected to the shaft of a DC
motor and is used to spin the shaft of the above said motor thus
creating electrical energy. FIG. 7 is also showing a section cut
through the main assembly as in FIG. 2. This section cut is
added to point out the location of the above mentioned clutch
assembly. Component 6 is the full clutch assembly. Component 26 is a gear which is connected from component 4 gear
train assembly and is contacted by component 23 from the
above-mentioned gear train 4. The gear on component 23 is
considerably smaller than the component 26 gear thus allowing maximum torque. Component 27 is a transitional gear
part of the component 6 clutch assembly and is used bolster
the end of the component 5 coil spring and has teeth built
within itself perpendicular to the gear teeth which are used to
allow the transitional gear to provide force to wind the coil
spring 5 in it's proper direction and once wound, allows the
coil spring 5 to unwind freely by means of a ratcheting manner. Component 28 is amain drive gearwhichhas stopper tabs
built onto it's side for a switch activation, which will be
discussed later in my claims. Component 28 gear is thus
connected to the component 29 gear of component 24 gear
train assembly. Component 28 is the powered by the
mechanical force of the pre wound component 5 clock spring
and is to be the driving force to actuate component 24 gear
train assembly.
[0036] FIG. 8 shows an isometric view of the gear train
assembly 24 which is used to increase speed and is connected
to the shaft of a DC motor through a series of gears. FIG. 8 is
also showing the above-mentioned gear train 24 assembly in
a manner for clarity ofhow the parts are to be assembled. FIG.
8 is also showing a section cut through the main assembly as
in FIG. 2. This section cut is added to point out the location of
the above mentioned gear train 24 assembly. Component 25 is
a stopper switch that is in contact with the stopper tabs, which
are a part of component 28 that is a main drive gear. As the
component 5 coil spring (not shown in FIG. 8) is in the pre
wound state, the end of the coil spring 5 is connected to the

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component 25 stopper switch thus pulling the switch over and
moving the end of the component 25 stopper switch out of the
drive path of the stopper tabs on component 28 drive gear and
allowing the above mentioned component 28 drive gear to
freely spin in a 360 degree manner and allowing the component 28 drive gear to actuate the component 24 gear train.
Component 29 is a first contact of the above mention component 28 drive gear and is a double sized gear where the small
size gear is in contact with component 28 to increase speed
output, while the larger sized gear part of the component 29 is
the connected to the smaller sized gear in the part of component 30 which is also a two staged gear is also is used to
increase the speed output. Component 30 as mentioned above
is a two stage gear to where the larger sized gear is connected
to the smaller sized gear of component 31 that is also a two
staged gear to increase the speed output. Component 31 is a
two staged gear to where the larger gear is connected to the
smaller gear of component 32 which is also a two stage gear
set for increasing speed output and is connected to component
33 which is a single gear to regulate the spacing of the above
mentioned speed drive gears. Component 33 is connected to
component 34 which is a single gear that is used to also
regulate the proper spacing between component 33 and component 35 which is a two stage speed increasing drive gear.
Component 34 drive gear is connected to the smaller sized
gear of the above mentioned component 35 two-stage speed
drive gear. The larger gear in component 35 two stage drive
gear is connected to component 37 which is smaller in size
and is also a speed increasing gear set. Component 37 is a
drive gear that is connected from the larger sized gear of
component 35 to the shaft of the component 7 DC motor (not
shown in FIG. 8) and thus provides actuation at a proper rate
of speed thus rotating the shaft of the component 7 DC motor
(not shown in FIG. 8) and creating electrical energy from the
Positive (+) and Negative (-) wires such that as a dynamo
style power generation technique.
[0037] FIG. 9 shows a partial isometric exploded view of
the Gear train 24 and it's surrounding components. FIG. 9 is
created to also show how the above mentioned gear train 24 is
to be sub assembled into it's armatures. FIG. 9 is also showing
the assembly sequence of the switch 25 which is used along
with the clutch assembly to transfer power from the clock
spring to the gear train 24 to provide mechanical power to the
shaft of the DC motor. FIG. 9 is also created t Component 18
is an upper housing of which is used to seat the shafts of each
gear that is a sub component of gear train 24 (not shown on
FIG. 3) and is to be seated within the main assembly outer
encasement tube 14.o show the assembly sequence of the
clock spring and clutch sub assembly. Component 2 is a shaft
that is assembled up through the entire assembly shown in
FIG. 9 and is used to concentrically locate the various components of the self charging battery assembly. Component 26
is a gear which is connected from component 4 gear train
assembly (not shown in FIG. 9) and is contacted by component 23 from the above-mentioned gear train 4.
[0038] The gear on component 23 is considerably smaller
than the component 26 gear thus allowing maximum torque.
Component 38 is a retainer plate that works to bolster the coil
spring 5 for positioning of the coil spring 5 and has a center
opening to allow the above mentioned component 26 gear to
pass through. Component 5 is a coil spring, which is used to
create centrifugal torque force to provide a drive actuation to
component 24 gear train assembly which then works to drive
the shaft of a DC motor 7 (not shown in FIG. 9) thus trans-

ferring mechanical energy to Electrical energy. Component

27 is a transitional gear part of the component 6 clutch assembly and is used bolster the end of the component 5 coil spring
and has teeth built within itself perpendicular to the gear teeth
which are used to allow the transitional gear to provide force
to wind the coil spring 5 in it's proper direction and once
wound, allows the coil spring 5 to unwind freely by means of
a ratcheting manner. Component 17 is a lower housing of
which is used to seat the shafts of each gear that is a sub
component of gear train 24 and also acts as an encasement to
the coil spring 5 and is to be seated within the main assembly
outer encasement tube 14 (not shown in FIG. 9). Component
25 is a stopper switch that is in contact with the stopper tabs,
which are a part of component 28 that is a main drive gear. As
the component 5 coil spring is in the pre wound state, the end
of the coil spring 5 is connected to the component 25 stopper
switch thus pulling the switch over and moving the end of the
component 25 stopper switch out of the drive path of the
stopper tabs on component 28 drive gear and allowing the
above mentioned component 28 drive gear to freely spin in a
3 60 degree manner and allowing the component 28 drive gear
to actuate the component 24 gear train. Component 24 is a
gear train that is used to increase speed through a series of
gears and is connected to a drive gear 37 that is connected to
the shaft of a DC motor 7 (not shown in FIG. 9). Component
37 is a drive gear that is connected from the larger sized gear
of component 35 (which is a sub component of component 24
gear train assembly) to the shaft of the component 7 DC motor
(not shown in FIG. 9) and thus provides actuation at a proper
rate of speed thus rotating the shaft of the component 7 DC
motor (not shown in FIG. 9) and creating electrical energy
from the Positive (+) and Negative (-) wires such that as a
dynamo style power generation technique. Component 18 is
an upper housing of which is used to seat the shafts of each
gear that is a sub component of gear train 24 and is to be seated
within the main assembly outer encasement tube 14 (not
shown in FIG. 9).
[0039] FIG. 10 shows an isometric view of the capacitor
and circuit board assembly 2 which is used to transfer electrical energy from the capacitor to the rechargeable battery as
will be mentioned in a later step. FIG. 10 is also showing a
section cut through the main assembly as in FIG. 2. This
section cut is added to point out the location of the Abovementioned capacitor and circuit board assembly 10. Component 9 is a capacitor used to store electrical energy that is
transferred from component 8 which is a circuit board assembly that receives electrical energy from component 7 DC
motor. Component 10 is a circuit board assembly which is
used to transfer electrical energy from the capacitor 9 to the
rechargeable battery 11.
[0040] FIG. 11 shows an isometric view of circuit board
assembly 10 and the rechargeable battery, which is to be
encased within the main assembly. FIG. 11 also shows a
circuit board assembly 12 which is used to take electrical
energy from the above said rechargeable battery and regulate
the flow of the electrical energy from this rechargeable battery
and send the regulated electrical energy to the specifications
set within the outer battery parameters. FIG. 11 is also showing a section cut through the main assembly as in FIG. 2. This
section cut is added to point out the location of the above
mentioned rechargeable battery and circuit board assemblies
10 and 12. Component 12 is a circuit board assembly which is
used to take stored electrical energy from the above men-

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tioned component 11 rechargeable battery and regulate that

said electrical to match the outer main battery's specification.
[0041] FIG.12 shows a section cut through the main assembly as in FIG. 2. This section cut is added to point out the
location of the Positive (+)wire routing and the Negative (-)
wire routing from The Circuit board assembly 12 to the outer
battery's Positive (+) and Negative (-) wire routing. This
section cut is added to point out the location of the above
mentioned rechargeable battery and circuit board assemblies
10 and 12. Component 9 is a capacitor used to store electrical
energy that is transferred from component 8 which is a circuit
board assembly that receives electrical energy from component 7 DC motor. Component 10 is a circuit board assembly
which is used to transfer electrical energy from the capacitor
9 to the rechargeable battery 11. Component 12 is a circuit
board assembly that is used to take stored electrical energy
from the above mentioned component 11 rechargeable battery and regulate that said electrical to match the outer main
battery's specification.
1. What is claimed is a Micro electromechanical generator
and method of converting mechanical centrifugal energy into
electrical energy.
2. What is claimed is by providing an input buffer which is
any movement that will force the weighted gear 1 which is an
offset weight and most of the weight is on the outside to create
the most effective outer diametrical force that is a precision
piece that rotates centrifugally to spin around a shaft 2 and is
seated such onto bearings 3 that are located between the
weighted gear 1 and the inner base 16 and are located in a
racetrack which provide less friction for the weighted gear to
freely spin in a 360 degree manner and in either direction and
the above mentioned weighted gear 1 is named such that in the
center top surface of the part there is a precision gear which
protrudes from that surface away from the mass of the part
and is centrally located and is concentrically located also
around the shaft 2 which is a precision metallic shaft.
3. What is claimed as the weighted gear 1 spins around
shaft 2 it engages gear train 4 that is a torque increasing gear
train and the above-mentioned gear train 4 has a reversing
gear built into it's assembly which allows the load to be put
onto a coil spring 5 (which will be mentioned later) in the
same load direction to wind the coil spring 5 if weighted gear
1 is rotated in either direction.
4. What is claimed as Gear train 4 is connected to a clutch
assembly 6 that is concentrically located within the assembly
and the clutch assembly 6 is created to allow the force from
the gear train 4 to wind a coil spring 5 without back slippage
and to use that force to provide the drive torque force for a
second gear train 24 (which will be mentioned later) therefore
once the coil spring 5 is pre tensioned to a set capacity it then
engages a switch 25 that is connected to the end of the coil
spring 5 and is seated such that the end of the switch 5 when
in stop state to allow for the coil spring 5 to be wound is
provided as a stopper to a clutch assembly 6 sub component
28 that is part of the clutch assembly 6 and the switch 25 is
actuated by the force of the coil spring 5 and is then moved out
of the way of the above mentioned clutch assembly 6 sub
component 28 thus allowing the pre wound force of the coil
spring 5 to now engage gear train 24.
5. What is claimed as gear train 24, sub component 29 is a
first contact of the above mention component 28 drive gear
and is a double sized gear where the small size gear is in
contact with component 28 to increase speed output, while
the larger sized gear part of the component 29 is then con-

nected to the smaller sized gear in the part of component 30

which is also a two staged gear and is also is used to increase
the speed output also component 30 as mentioned above is a
two stage gear to where the larger sized gear is connected to
the smaller sized gear of component 31 that is also a two
staged gear to increase the speed output (component 31 is a
two staged gear to where the larger gear is connected to the
smaller gear of component 32 which is also a two stage gear
set for increasing speed output) and is connected to component 33 which is a single gear to regulate the spacing of the
above mentioned speed drive gears and next component 33 is
connected to component 34 which is a single gear that is used
to also regulate the proper spacing between component 33
and component 35 which is a two stage speed increasing drive
gear then component 34 drive gear is connected to the smaller
sized gear of the above mentioned component 35 two-stage
speed drive gear and the larger gear in component 35 two
stage drive gear is connected to component 37 which is
smaller in size and is also a speed increasing gear set and
component 37 is a drive gear that is connected from the larger
sized gear of component 35 to the shaft of the component 7
DC motor.
6. What is claimed as Gear train 24 is connected to a gear 37
within it's assembly and is connected to the shaft of a DC
motor 7 at the opposite end of gear 37 and the above mentioned gear train 24 is set to increase the output speed in such
a manner that the shaft of the DC motor 7 spins a speed rate to
allow the DC motor 7 to create electrical energy from it's
Positive ( +) and Negative (-)terminals.
7. What is claimed as The electrical energy created from
the DC motor 7 is then carried to a circuit board 8 through
Positive (+)and Negative (-)wires at this point circuit board
8 then takes the energy from the DC motor 7 and increases
that energy through a series of circuits and then sends the
above mentioned electrical energy to a capacitor 9 through a
Positive (+)and Negative (-)wire that is connected from the
above mentioned circuit board 8 and to the capacitor 9 which
is located under the circuit board 8 and seated inside of the
inner base 16 and onto circuit board 10 within the assembly.
8. What is claimed as the capacitor 9 is allowed to reach its
full capacity before sending the said electrical energy through
the circuits of circuit board 10 which is located under the
capacitor 9 and is also seated inside of the inner base 16 then
the electrical energy is carried from the capacitor 9 and sent to
a pre assembled standard rechargeable battery 11 through a
series of circuits within circuit board 10 through a Positive (+)
and Negative (-)wire that is located underneath circuit board
10 and seated within the assembly thus providing an electrical
charge to the rechargeable battery 11.
9. What is claimed as the electrical energy from the
rechargeable battery is then carried to a circuit board 12
through a Positive ( +) and Negative (-) wire from the
rechargeable battery to the circuit board 12 and the abovementioned circuit board 12 is created to manage the flow of
the electrical energy to be set to the outer main battery's
specifications.
10. What is claimed is the Positive (+)wire is connected
from circuit board 12 and routed inside through the main
battery's assembly and connected to the main battery's Positive (+) cap 15 and the Negative (-) wire is connected from
circuit board 12 and is routed within the main battery's assembly and is connected to the main battery's Negative cap 13
thus creating the outer battery's circuit.

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11. What is claimed as a metallic cap that is located on the
top of the main assembly of the main assembly and is to be
vented for any heat and air to escape the main assembly thus
cooling the unit.

12. What is claimed as a battery unit that has an entire

micro power generation unit that slides into the main assembly unit and is protected by the component 14 outer tube and
is pre assembled prior to being inserted into the component 14
outer tube.

13. What is claimed as a method of recycling a rechargeable battery within the main self charging battery's main
assembly by means of removing component 13 bottom cap by
removing component 20 locking clip to release component 13
bottom cap and thus removing component 11 rechargeable
battery and replacing that battery with a new component 11
rechargeable battery and then re assembling component 13
bottom cap and component 20 locking clip to return the main
self charging battery assembly to a new life status.

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