ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,007, issued on Jan. 13.
"Manually-powered mobile telephone" was invented by Stanton Tangeman (San Francisco) and Yugen Lockhart (Palo Alto, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of a manually-powered communication device such as a cellular mobile telephone, a satellite phone, or a walkie-talkie include a manually operable crank; a dynamo flywheel generator arranged to receive energy input from the manually operable crank; a low wattage power supply, such that the power supply is operably connected to the dynamo flywheel generator and receives energy therefrom; a capacitor with a buffer that comprises a power storage capac...