Patent ID: 6930403

Claim:
A power source for use by a user, the power source comprising: a housing; a stator component secured to the housing; a rotor component that rotates relative to the stator component, the rotor component including a rotor input, wherein rotation of the rotor component relative to the stator component results in the generation of electrical energy; a crank assembly including a first crank output that is rotated by the user and a second crank output that is rotated by the user; and a first one-way drive mechanism that couples the the first crank output to the rotor component and a second one-way mechanism that couples the second crank output to the rotor component, the first one-way drive mechanism inhibiting rotation of the first crank output relative to the rotor input when the first crank output is rotated in a first rotational direction and allows for rotation of the first crank output relative to the rotor input when the first crank output is rotated in a second rotational direction that is opposite from the first rotational direction, the second one-way drive mechanism inhibiting rotation of the second crank output relative to the rotor input when the second crank output is rotated in one rotational direction and allows for rotation of the second crank output relative to the rotor input when the second crank output is rotated in the other rotational direction that is opposite from the first rotational direction.