Gyroscopic Exerciser with Motorized Starting and Multi-Plane Resistance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional gyroscopic exercisers are limited in their ability to simultaneously exercise multiple large muscle groups, such as back muscles, deltoids, pectorals, and triceps, and often require complex or underpowered starting mechanisms, making them difficult to use effectively for achieving vigorous resistance and cardiovascular exercise.
Innovation Solution
A gyroscopic exercise device with a pair of handles that includes a power supply for starting the gyroscopic movement, featuring a precession rotor and a dynamic electrical connection for motor initialization, allowing for easy starting and operation with either electrical or manual power, and a ring-shaped frame assembly for reduced weight and smooth operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Power
If conventional gyroscopic exercisers use complex starting mechanisms to achieve sufficient precession speed, then the device can provide vigorous resistance exercise, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to difficulty in starting
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the traditional mechanical hand-pull starting mechanism with an electrical motor-driven starting mechanism. The motor automatically accelerates the rotor to the required precession speed without requiring manual effort, thereby maintaining high power output while significantly improving ease of operation. The electrical system substitutes for the mechanical system in the starting phase.
2Volume of moving object
If conventional gyroscopic exercisers are designed for hand and wrist movements to produce compact precession, then the device size can be reduced to fit in the palm, but the adaptability deteriorates as it cannot exercise multiple large muscle groups simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs the gyroscopic exerciser with multiple attachment points and configurable resistance mechanisms that can be applied to different body parts beyond just hands and wrists. The device can be mounted on arms, legs, or torso, and the gyroscopic resistance can be adjusted to target various large muscle groups simultaneously, thereby achieving multi-functionality without significantly increasing device volume.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extends the application from hand-wrist movements to full-body exercise by adding vertical and lateral mounting options. The gyroscopic unit can be positioned centrally and resist movements in multiple planes (sagittal, frontal, transverse), enabling exercise of multiple muscle groups simultaneously while maintaining a compact core design.
3Ease of operation
If conventional gyroscopic exercisers use electrical motor-driven starters to simplify starting, then the ease of operation improves, but the device complexity increases due to additional electrical components
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the electrical motor and power supply components into a separate, self-contained starting mechanism that can be independently maintained and replaced. This modular approach simplifies the main gyroscopic exercise mechanism while isolating the electrical complexity into a dedicated starting module that does not interfere with the mechanical exercise function.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The device provides effective resistance and cardiovascular exercise for multiple muscle groups simultaneously, with a durable design requiring minimal maintenance and easy operation, enabling users to build explosive muscular strength and muscle mass.
Implementation Method 1
A user holds and rotates the handles along a cone-like path causing precession of a rotor, which is rotating about its spin axis, to provide resistance to the user
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AI summary
A gyroscopic exercise device has a pair of handles attached to a housing. A user holds and rotates the handles along cone-like paths causing precession of a rotor, which is rotating about its spin axis, to provide resistance to the user. The device has an axle disc that holds ends of an axle of the rotor. The periphery of the axle disc and the ends of the rotor axle are within a circular race in the housing. A retracting spool allows pull starting. An optional motor attached to the axle disc has a wheel for rotating the rotor about a spin axis by a temporary supply of power from included batteries in one of the handles. An optional abdominal rolling ring provides abdominal exercise.