Gyroscopic Flywheel Exercise Device for Dynamic Resistance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current exercise equipment lacks dynamic resistance engagement and force vectoring, leading to overdevelopment of certain muscle groups and underdevelopment of others, potentially causing repetitive motion injuries and limiting muscle training to static weights and fixed resistance orientations.
Innovation Solution
A handheld exercise device utilizing a rotating flywheel or mass that generates gyroscopic resistance, allowing for adjustable resistance and force vectoring through controlled rotation speed and orientation, providing dynamic resistance engagement and haptic feedback.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If static weights or fixed resistance devices are used, then the device structure remains simple, but the resistance orientation cannot change dynamically and muscle training becomes limited to single movements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by replacing static resistance mechanisms with a dynamic flywheel system that can change its orientation and resistance characteristics during movement. The flywheel's rotating mass creates variable resistance based on its angular position and velocity, allowing the resistance orientation to adapt dynamically without requiring complex external adjustment mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes parameter changes by varying the flywheel's rotational speed, mass distribution, and orientation angle to dynamically adjust resistance characteristics. By changing these parameters during exercise, the device provides variable resistance patterns that adapt to different muscle groups and movement phases, eliminating the need for multiple fixed-weight devices.
2Adaptability or versatility
If single movement exercises are performed, then the exercise routine is simple, but certain muscle groups are overdeveloped while others remain underdeveloped
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements universality by designing a single exercise device that can target multiple muscle groups through varied flywheel orientations and resistance patterns. The same physical device performs multiple exercise functions by dynamically adjusting its mechanical properties, eliminating the need for separate equipment for different muscle groups while maintaining exercise program simplicity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If fixed orientation flywheels are used, then the device structure is simple, but resistance cannot be provided in multiple directions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dimensionality change by introducing rotational freedom to the flywheel system, allowing it to operate in multiple angular dimensions. The flywheel can rotate about different axes and change its orientation plane, creating resistance in multiple directions without requiring complex multi-axis mechanical structures. This dimensional freedom enables versatile resistance patterns while keeping the base mechanism relatively simple.
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
The device enables more comprehensive muscle training by varying resistance and force direction, enhancing muscle activation and engagement, and providing real-time feedback and data analysis through wireless connectivity.
Implementation Method 1
provides resistance to movement in any direction provided by one or more of gyroscopic forces generated by the device
Implementation Method 2
handheld device with an internal flywheel spinning around a central axis fixed in regard to the frame of the device, the device having a single handle. The flywheel rotates at a desired speed and provides a gyroscopic resistance to movement in a direction relative to the orientation of the axis in the device
Implementation Method 3
The exercise device can also function as a haptic device as the changing forces generated by the device are felt by the user
Data Source
AI summary
A portable, handheld exercise device comprises a spherical outer shell with multiple parallel handles mounted to the outer surface thereof containing a rotating mass therein. An inner shell located within is spaced from but attached to the outer shell. A gyroscopic energy-generating structure (GEGS) is located within the inner shell. The GEGS comprises a rotating disc or a rotating mass configured to simulate a rotating disc. The rotating disc or a rotating mass is powered to spin around a rotational axis orientated in a preselected orientation to the multiple parallel handles. When the one or more handles of the exercise device are held by an individual the spinning characteristics of the rotating disc or mass creates a force against the user's hands. An internal or external controller allows the user to vary the spinning characteristics of the spinning mass and the level and intensity of the resultant exercise provided to the user in counteracting the forces created. Multiple embodiments of the GEGS are provided.