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Color changing gyroscopic exerciser

US8652012B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 7, 2011
Grant dateFeb 18, 2014
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 7, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63B2220/36
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A gyroscopic wrist exerciser has a transparent plastic housing and a gyroscopic rotor mounted on an axle rotating on a primary axis of rotation about the axle. Ends of the axle are extended into a circumferential housing groove disposed on an inside surface of the transparent plastic housing to rotate in a secondary axis of rotation about the circumferential groove to provide precession of the gyroscopic rotor. A permanent magnet cooperating with a coil produces an electric current proportional to the speed of the rotor. A microcontroller connected to and powered by the coil has three separate outputs, namely a first output, a second output and a third output which receive degrees of voltage depending upon an input voltage from the coil. A first LED chip, a second LED chip, and a third LED chip are connected to the microcontroller at the three outputs.

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