Trigger-Powered Remote Control
Power-click battery-free remote control I worked on the Power-click battery-free remote control product as part of a 17-student team in 2.009 The Product Engineering Process class. The Power-click remote control gets power by the user pressing a trigger multiple times to charge the remote. Instead of replacing batteries, you just press the trigger a few times and the remote keeps working. My job was to devise a mechanical system to convert the linear motion of the trigger movement to rotaional motion that could spin an internal generator. I used a kevlar thread wrapped around a capstan to accomplish this.
Power-click prototype
Internal design of Power-click
Exploded view of Power-click
Video of our final presentation (click to view). I speak in an earlier video on the Power-Stroke, and keystroke-powered wireless keyboard.
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