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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2006
Albert Hartman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Benjamin Huang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
William Akin, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
John Masles, San Jose, CA (US);
Joe Tomasic, San Jose, CA (US);
Wendy Lorimer, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Albert Hartman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Benjamin Huang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
William Akin, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
John Masles, San Jose, CA (US);
Joe Tomasic, San Jose, CA (US);
Wendy Lorimer, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
High Tide Associates, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A power source that is powered by a user to generate electrical energy includes a generator assembly and a fluid source. The generator assembly includes a rotor, a stator, and a fluid driven motor that is coupled to the rotor. Movement of the rotor relative to the stator results in the generation of electrical energy. The fluid source is manually powered by the user to direct pressurized fluid to the fluid driven motor to move the rotor relative to the stator. The fluid source can include a first fluid pump that is powered by the user to generate the pressurized fluid and a second fluid pump that is powered by the user to generate the pressurized fluid. One or both of the fluid pumps can include a fluid bellows that is powered by the user to generate the pressurized fluid. Alternatively, one or both of the fluid pumps can include a cylinder and a piston that is moved within the cylinder by the user to generate the pressurized fluid.