US Patent Issued to COPLUS on July 14 for "Power generating wheel rim device" (Taiwanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,462, issued on July 14, was assigned to COPLUS INC. (Tainan City, Taiwan).

"Power generating wheel rim device" was invented by Po-Hua Wu (Tainan City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power generating wheel rim device includes a wheel rim body, a power generating mechanism, a cover mechanism, and a circuit mechanism. The wheel rim body includes a central plate and a central slot recessed into the central plate. The power generating mechanism is embedded in the central slot and is operable to be driven by the wheel rim body to rotate and to generate electricity. The cover mechanism covers the power generating mechanism, is moun...