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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2005
Douglas M. Periman, Paradise, CA (US);
Ronald A. Angstead, Longmont, CO (US);
Patrick Bertsch, Thornton, CO (US);
Brent W. Murray, Longmont, CO (US);
Armand J. Ferraro, Jr., Longmont, CO (US);
Ralph M. Martin, Longmont, CO (US);
Douglas M. Periman, Paradise, CA (US);
Ronald A. Angstead, Longmont, CO (US);
Patrick Bertsch, Thornton, CO (US);
Brent W. Murray, Longmont, CO (US);
Armand J. Ferraro, Jr., Longmont, CO (US);
Ralph M. Martin, Longmont, CO (US);
Rapid Pro Manufacturing, Martin and Periman Partnership, Longmont, CO (US);
Abstract
A non-battery operated rotating light and/or noise making toy apparatus is disclosed. The system includes a handle to which is connected an electro-mechanical LED power generation chamber. One or more LEDs are electronically connected to the power generation chamber. The power generation chamber contains a series of gears that drive a magnet through a rotational frequency dependent on the gear ratio. The magnet, in turn, induces a current into an induction coil with each rotation of the magnet as it rotates in a circular fashion via its positive and negative poles. The induced current consists of a positive and negative current. Current is fed into one or more LEDs or any type module such as a noisemaker, creating a standing pattern lighting effect and/or noisemaker. The frequency of the lighting of one LED is a function of the gear ratio with respect to the primary gear rotation to magnet rotation.