JP2010057347A - Manual generation type exercise bike - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a generating device which is independent of natural phenomena, because power generation by sun light and wind force which utilize natural phenomena in order to lessen the effect of global warming has such a problem that generating electric power is restricted depending on weather. <P>SOLUTION: An exercise bike is spread as a healthy countermeasure, so that this device and a generating device are combined to generate electricity by human power and store the generated electricity, and further, obtain the electricity without emitting CO<SB>2</SB>by using the electricity as needed. By integrating a generating device 11, a battery 9, and an exercise bike 6 and making the resultant device small and portable, the resultant device may be moved to a required place and disposed there without requiring the selection of a specific use place so as to convert a human energy to an electric energy and store the resultant electricity. Thereby, the battery storing the electricity can be carried when requiring an electric power and an illumination and other required electric power can be supplied. That is, a mobile power generating plant emitting no CO<SB>2</SB>can be made using an energy generated by converting the human energy to the electric energy. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention does not use natural energy such as solar or wind power for the purpose of contributing to environmental problems and CO2 reduction, which are becoming a hot topic in the general public and at home recently, but it uses human energy. The present invention relates to a human power generation and charging device for the purpose of converting into electric energy and generating and using electricity by human power.

  Many of the technologies that have been reported recently and that are useful for reducing environmentally friendly energy and CO2 require a large amount of equipment or a large amount of cost for the equipment. In order to generate electricity necessary to maintain social life, mineral resources such as petroleum and coal, which are underground resources, are used, and nuclear power is used in modern times. Does not exist infinitely, it is finite and resource depletion has become a problem, and as a result of using these resources, there is global warming, and the generation of CO2 is a problem. The use of natural energy, that is, the use of natural energy is screamed.

  Research has been conducted to secure electric energy by generating electricity through the use of sunlight, wind power, and the use of ocean wave power rather than river hydropower.

  However, in order to use these, a huge equipment cost is required, and the enormous energy required to manufacture the equipment has all led to deterioration of the global environment.

  Many manufacturers make efforts to reduce CO2 emissions as much as possible, develop equipment with low power consumption, reduce standby power consumption of equipment, improve inverter efficiency, etc., and automakers use hybrid vehicles to reduce oil consumption We are developing products such as development.

  All of the natural energy to use mentioned above has the disadvantage that it depends on the weather, and the biggest problem is that the conversion efficiency to convert to electric energy is very low compared to the method using earth resources. Have

  In other words, the current situation where cost effectiveness is not expected is one of the causes that does not lead to widespread use.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has devised means for effectively securing electric energy rather than utilizing naturally existing energy.

  In this case, it is necessary to secure electric energy. For this purpose, a generator is required, and if this generator is rotated manually, the rotational energy can be converted into electric energy.

  As a result of market research to achieve this purpose, we were able to achieve the initial purpose by using a commercially available generator with a patented special shape.

  The generators obtained for the above purposes are coreless permanent magnet type synchronous generators, two of which are attached back to back through a hollow cylinder, and the lead wires of the generator coil drawn out from the central axis of the generator Are connected in parallel or in series in the external casing to form a target electric circuit.

The above and other objects and novel features of the present invention will become more fully apparent when the following description is read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
However, the drawings are for explanation only and do not limit the technical scope of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.

  In the first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 to 3, the generator generally used has a central axis as a rotation axis and the outer casing is fixed. In the generator 1), the central shaft 2) is a fixed shaft and the outer casing is a rotating part 3). Therefore, when two generators are assembled back to back via a hollow cylinder 4), the central shaft 2) It is easy to assemble without shaking, and can be cantilevered when assembled with a single generator, so there will be a problem with durability. The rubber tire of the small wheel 8) can be brought into contact with the hollow cylinder 4), so that a speed increasing device can be easily constructed, and a generator pulling spring 10) is provided between the two to ensure contact. ing. Also, since the two generators rotate at the same speed, the same voltage and current can be taken out, so if the output AC voltage is converted to DC using a diode, one generator If it is connected in series, it becomes a double voltage, and if it is connected in parallel, twice the current can be taken out, and the utility value becomes high as a user side.

  The above is a description of the power generation unit device 11) of claim 1, but a description will be given for products using this power generation unit device.

  Recently, there have been discussions on how to take measures against earthquakes, but measures against human damage and damage to buildings are also important, but measures after a disaster is also considered to be an important measure. It would be very helpful if there was a mobile power plant-like device that could easily move around the power generation site at that time if it was water and electricity, especially if there was no lighting at night. Therefore, the method proposed as a countermeasure is the contents of claim 1. In other words, when a disaster occurs and a power outage occurs, you can take out the power from the power generation unit if you move and install the manpower generation exercise bike and battery to the place where you need electricity and perform the bicycle, so that it can be used for lighting and other purposes It can be used as a mobile power plant by using it directly or by transporting the charged battery 9) to a necessary place and using it for lighting or other necessary applications. Solar panels and wind power generators can not be moved and installed at the necessary site due to weight and other reasons, so the power plant's ability to move easily can be demonstrated.

  The next proposal is recently being advertised that electric bicycles are both environmentally friendly and useful for reducing CO2 emissions. However, because the electricity used in the home is used to charge the battery, It would be against the reduction, so it would be possible to charge the battery without using household electricity by using the human-powered exercise bike 6) of claim 1 for charging the battery mounted on the electric bicycle. By using your physical strength as an effective effect, it will also be a measure against metabolic syndrome, and you can expect a fitness exercise effect at home.

  In fitness clubs etc., exercise using an exercise bike is performed, but in this case the kinetic energy of the person using the exercise bike only consumes calories and does not serve anything. If this energy can be used to charge the battery, the effect of two birds with one stone will be born and contribute to CO2 reduction. Those who are trying to use their exercise bikes to improve their health will be encouraged more by knowing that their health promotion measures will help reduce CO2 and have two birds with one stone, and a fully charged battery 9 ) In the storage area, it can be transported to the site of use according to night lighting and other necessary uses and used immediately on site.

  Each of the explanations described above efficiently uses the two generators shown in claim 1 to increase the number of revolutions of the generator using the speed increasing effect utilizing the rotation of the wheels, and doubles the electric power generated as a result. A system for charging a battery is proposed.

  The above description is a description of a method for extracting electric power from the generator, but the correlation between the electric power to be extracted next and the human power for rotating the generator will be described.

  In the state where electricity is not taken out from the generator, that is, in the no-load state, the physical strength required to squeeze the pedal is about a bicycle that runs on flat ground.However, as more power is taken out, the upward slope becomes gradually steeper and the force to squeeze the pedal A situation that requires a lot is generated, that is, the power to be taken out is proportional to the power of the person who rotates the pedal, and this correlation is shown in FIG.

  Claim 3 proposes a method for solving this problem as claims. To explain in detail, by using this relationship, you can choose the power generation that meets your physical strength, that is, if you increase the output voltage of the generator given to the connected battery, more current flows into the battery, If the output voltage is lowered, less current flows. By controlling the current flowing into the battery in this way, it is possible to obtain power generation suitable for human power. The method is to adjust the output voltage of the generator to the control device. This can be achieved by changing the volume, and a power generation suitable for the physical strength of the person who pedals is obtained. The relationship is shown in FIG.

Different embodiments of the invention

  There are various ways of using the function of the manpower generation exercise bike shown in claim 1, but for example, a vertical power generator incorporating a speed increasing device for a low wind speed of an urban type when used as a wind power generator. Is easy to manufacture.

  In the case of hydroelectric power generation, especially offshore power generation, the speed of the speed increasing device is necessary because the water flow is slow, but the present proposal without using a belt or the like is effective.

The invention's effect

As is clear from the above description, the present invention has the following effects.
(1) Since the human-powered exercise bike configured in claim 1 can be commercialized as a single unit as a single unit, it can be used as a small and light-weight power generation device in each home and can cooperate in reducing CO2.
(2) Since it is comprised by the requirements of Claim 1, it becomes a field study that it is useful for the physical strength improvement of a student etc. by using this system in a school etc., and at the same time human power energy is useful for reduction of CO2. In addition, as a secondary effect, it is stored at school and used for classes, so that it can be useful for solving two problems of low usage frequency and storage location for the purpose of use in a disaster.
(3) Although there are an increasing number of buyers of electric bicycles at home, there is a problem that it does not reduce CO2 because electricity is used to charge the installed battery, but this proposal is a solution to this problem, In addition, measures against metabolic syndrome can be taken free of charge at home, resulting in health promotion effects.
(4) For villages without electricity in remote areas outside the country, by placing several units at the village meeting place, the villagers can charge the battery with a bicycle hook during the day and take it home for use at night. Bring the battery again the next day. You can escape from the dark life by charging and taking it home.
(5) Charging a battery by combining a power generation unit with a fitness club exercise bike that is being used for a fee, measuring the amount of charge and returning it to the user as a point to satisfy the user The use of the charged battery for nighttime lighting and other purposes saves money and helps to reduce CO2 and increase the name recognition.

  As a result of the effects of the invention as described above, the foolishness of pursuing only the exercise effect and discarding human energy as in the present is effectively utilized, and the natural energy and the energy possessed by the human are utilized. The effect of the present invention is exhibited if it can contribute even a little to global warming and CO2 reduction.

1 is a perspective view showing a human power generation exercise bike device according to claim 1 of the present invention. The perspective view of the form of the electric power generation unit apparatus used for the apparatus of FIG. Similarly, the perspective view of the principal part of Claim 1 of this invention. The perspective view which shows the internal structure of FIG. The figure which showed the electrical data. The correlation diagram of a generated voltage and rotational force.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Generator 2 Center axis | shaft 3 Rotating part 4 Hollow cylinder 5 Circuit leader line 6 Manual power generation exercise bike 7 Generator mounting frame 8 Small wheel 9 Battery 10 Generator pulling spring 11 Power generation and charging unit device 12 Control device 13 Variable volume 14 Pedal

Claims (3)

  Two radial coreless permanent magnet type synchronous generators are used, the fixed central shaft from which the coil lead wire is drawn out from the shaft is on the outside, the rotating part is on the inside, and the two rotating parts are connected by a hollow cylinder Then, the generator unit device, which unites the fixed central shafts of the two generators with a frame, is connected to the rotating part of an exercise bike that is used for health promotion. The cylindrical outer peripheral part is brought into contact with a rubber tire of a small wheel attached to the rotating part of the exercise bike, and by rotating the exercise bike pedal, the generator that is in contact with this rotates at high speed to generate electricity, A human-powered exercise bike with a structure that uses the generated power to the outside.   A generator unit using a structure in which only one generator of the generator unit described in claim 1 is a rotating part from which an internal generator is removed is used to generate power by the method described in claim 1. A human-powered exercise bike with a structure to do.   Since the electric power taken out from the generator unit described in claim 1 is determined by the physical strength of the person who rotates the pedal, the output voltage from the generator is measured and the variable volume is operated to a voltage suitable for his physical strength. A human-powered exercise bike with a structure that extracts the output of the generator that matches the physical strength of the person who operates the pedal.

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