Integrated Booster Air Pump Using Shared Capacitor Power
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing portable battery booster and jump starter devices require separate devices for energy and air supply, necessitating users to ensure each has stored energy, which is inefficient and cumbersome.
Innovation Solution
A combined fluid and power provision apparatus integrating a power provision device, pump assembly, and air supply conduit, utilizing a capacitor to transfer energy to a motor, which drives a piston assembly to pump air through a flowpath system, allowing a single device to provide both functions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If separate devices are used for battery boosting and air supply, then each device can be optimized for its specific function, but the user must ensure each device has stored energy, increasing device complexity and user burden
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines a battery booster device and an air supply device into a single integrated apparatus. The battery booster includes a capacitor for energy storage, while the air supply device includes a pump assembly with a motor, transmission system, and piston assembly. Both functions share a common energy source (capacitor) and are housed in a single unit, eliminating the need for users to manage separate devices and their individual energy reserves.
Solution Approach 2:
The single apparatus performs multiple functions: it can boost vehicle batteries using the capacitor and electrical conduits, and it can supply air using the pump assembly. The device is designed to provide both energy transfer for battery boosting and fluid supply for air inflation through integrated components and shared energy storage.
2Device complexity
If a single combined device is used for both battery boosting and air supply, then device complexity is reduced, but the apparatus size and volume increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the pump assembly within the battery booster housing. The motor, transmission system, and piston assembly are positioned inside the same housing that contains the capacitor and battery boosting components. This nested arrangement allows the air supply mechanism to occupy space within the existing structure rather than requiring additional external volume.
Solution Approach 2:
The pump assembly utilizes vertical space within the housing by positioning the piston assembly and collar assembly in a vertically oriented configuration. The piston moves vertically within the piston sleeve, and the collar assembly is positioned above the piston, effectively using the height dimension of the housing to accommodate additional components without significantly increasing the footprint.
3Reliability
If separate energy storage is provided for each device, then each function has dedicated energy, but the total energy storage requirement and weight increase
Solution Approach 1:
The capacitor serves as a shared energy source for both the battery boosting function and the air supply function. The motor driving the piston assembly draws power from the same capacitor that provides energy for battery boosting, eliminating the need for a separate energy storage system for the air pump and reducing total weight.
Solution Approach 2:
The capacitor is designed with sufficient capacity to support multiple functions: it can deliver high current for battery boosting and also provide power to the motor for air inflation. This universal energy source replaces what would otherwise require two separate energy storage systems, reducing both weight and volume.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables a compact, portable device that efficiently combines battery boosting and air supply capabilities, reducing the need for multiple devices and ensuring energy is available for both functions.
Implementation Method 1
A combined fluid and power provision apparatus integrating a power provision device, pump assembly, and air supply conduit, utilizing a capacitor to transfer energy to a motor
Implementation Method 2
utilizing a capacitor to transfer energy to a motor, which drives a piston assembly
Implementation Method 3
drives a piston assembly to pump air through a flowpath system
Data Source
AI summary
A fluid and power provision apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a power provision device and a pump assembly. The pump assembly includes a motor, a transmission system, a piston assembly, and a collar assembly. The piston assembly includes a piston sleeve, a piston, and a piston arm operably coupled to the piston and the transmission system to transmit energy from the motor to articulate the piston within the piston sleeve. The collar assembly forms a collar plenum, a first flowpath, and a second flowpath. The piston sleeve extends at least in part into the collar plenum. The first flowpath extends in fluid communication from the collar plenum to a fluid supply outlet. The second flowpath extends in fluid communication from an interior of the apparatus to the first flowpath.