Patent ID: 6530816
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
A pinwheel comprising:a body with multiple blades extending outward from the body; a securing base securely attached to the body; a lighting device mounted on each respective blade; a securing cap securely connected to the securing base; and a generator received between the securing base and the securing cap and electrically connected to the lighting devices to provide electric power to the lighting devices while the body rotates, the generator composed of: an annular coil seat securely mounted between the securing base and the securing cap and having a winding wound around the coil seat, the winding having two ends respectively connected to two electrodes of the lighting devices; an annular permanent magnet rotatably mounted between the securing base and the securing cap and in a center of the coil seat; and a gap defined between an outer periphery of the permanent magnet and an inner periphery of the coil seat.