权利要求:
CLAIMS What is claimed is: 1. An apparatus, comprising: a lighting component; an energy storage assembly electrically connected to the lighting component; a control assembly electrically connected to the energy storage assembly; an energy receiving component electrically connected to the control assembly; and a housing; wherein the energy receiving component wirelessly receives energy; wherein the received energy is transferred to the energy storage assembly and powers the lighting component; wherein the energy storage assembly is a Graphene battery that includes a Graphene strip; wherein each of the energy storage assembly, the control assembly, and the energy receiving component is disposed in the housing; wherein the lighting component is disposed on the housing; and wherein the energy storage assembly that is disposed in the housing is a Graphene stack battery; and wherein the Graphene strip is a folded Graphene strip with a folded serpentine shape having intervening insulation strips disposed between a plurality of folded Graphene strip portions with leads at the two ends of the Graphene strip.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the Graphene strip is a single atom Graphene strip and the insulator strip is a cellulose strip.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: Page 39 of 52 Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-02 the energy storage assembly includes the Graphene strip and an insulator strip that are folded together in a stack configuration that is disposed in the housing, the stack configuration being attached via electrical leads to the lighting component; and the received energy powers the lighting component based on being transferred from the stack configuration disposed in the housing to the lighting component disposed on the housing via the electrical leads.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a mounting clip, wherein: the lighting component is an LED, the control assembly is a circuit board, and the energy receiving component is a coil; the housing includes a base portion disposed on an opposite side of the housing than the LED; and the base portion is configured to be received in a cavity of the mounting clip.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the energy receiving component is selected from the group consisting of a coil and a multi-level antenna.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the energy receiving component is a fractal antenna.
7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the energy storage assembly is a capacitor coil formed from the Graphene strip, which is a one atom thick Graphene strip.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the lighting component is a holiday decoration LED or a costume jewelry LED.
9. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a base portion disposed on an opposite side of the housing to the lighting component; and a mounting clip; wherein the base portion is removably attachable to the mounting clip; and Page 40 of 52 Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-02 wherein the base portion and the mounting clip form an aperture when the base portion is removably attached to the mounting clip.
10. An apparatus, comprising: a lighting assembly including a housing; an LED disposed on the housing, an energy storage assembly disposed in the housing and electrically connected to the LED, a control assembly disposed in the housing and electrically connected to the energy storage assembly, and an energy receiving component disposed in the housing and electrically connected to the control assembly; an energy source; and a clip assembly that is attachable to a holiday decoration or to clothing; wherein the energy receiving component wirelessly receives energy from the energy source; wherein the received energy is transferred from the energy receiving component to the energy storage assembly; wherein the energy storage assembly powers the LED with the received energy; wherein the energy storage assembly is a Graphene battery that includes a Graphene strip; wherein the lighting assembly is removably attachable to the clip assembly; and Page 41 of 52 Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-02 wherein the Graphene strip is a folded Graphene strip with a folded serpentine shape having intervening insulation strips disposed between a plurality of folded Graphene strip portions with leads at the two ends of the Graphene strip.
11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein: the energy source is a Wi-Fi radiation source and the energy is captured from Wi-Fi radiation; and the lighting assembly includes a base portion that is removably attachable to the clip assembly, the base portion and the clip assembly configured to attach to an artificial tree branch when the base portion is attached to the clip assembly.
12. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising a control circuit that controls the lighting assembly to selectively operate the LED.
13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein: the LED is an illuminated artificial tree light; and the clip assembly is sized so that it is removably attachable to an artificial Christmas tree.
14. An apparatus, comprising: a housing; a lighting component supported by the housing; an energy storage assembly disposed in a first cavity of the housing and electrically connected to the lighting component; a control assembly disposed in the first cavity of the housing and electrically connected to the energy storage assembly; and an energy receiving component electrically connected to the control assembly via at least one lead disposed in at least one second cavity of the housing; wherein the energy receiving component wirelessly receives energy; wherein the received energy is transferred to the energy storage assembly and powers the lighting component; Page 42 of 52 Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-02 wherein the energy storage assembly includes a Graphene strip; wherein each of the energy storage assembly and the control assembly is disposed in the housing; wherein the lighting component is disposed on the housing; wherein the energy receiving component is disposed in a base assembly that is attached to the housing; wherein the base assembly includes a base cavity; wherein the energy receiving component surrounds the base cavity; wherein an attachment assembly is removably attachable to the base assembly; and wherein the attachment assembly includes a protrusion that is removably received in the base cavity surrounded by the energy receiving component.
15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein: the at least one second cavity is an elongated channel that is formed in at least one rib of the housing; the at least one rib extends from the housing; and the at least one rib, the at least one lead, and the elongated channel extend from the control assembly, which is disposed at a top portion of the apparatus, to the energy receiving component, which is disposed at a bottom portion of the apparatus.
16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein: the at least one second cavity is an elongated channel that is formed between a plurality of ribs of the housing; the plurality of ribs extend from the housing; and the plurality of ribs, the at least one lead, and the elongated channel extend from the control assembly, which is disposed at a first portion of the apparatus, to the energy receiving Page 43 of 52 Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-02 component, which is disposed at a second portion of the apparatus that is an opposite portion of the apparatus to the first portion.
17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein: the attachment assembly is a clip; and the energy receiving component is a coil that encircles a wall member that forms the base cavity, the wall member also separating the base cavity from a second cavity of the base assembly in which the energy receiving component is disposed.
18. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein: the lighting component is a flickering LED and the housing is an insulating tube; and the received energy powers the lighting component based on being transferred from the energy storage assembly disposed in the housing to the lighting component disposed on the housing via the at least one electrical lead.
19. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the energy storage assembly is a Graphene stack battery and the Graphene strip is a folded Graphene strip or a coiled Graphene strip having intervening insulation strips disposed between a plurality of folded Graphene strip portions or coiled Graphene strip portions.
20. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the energy receiving component is selected from the group consisting of a coil and a multi-level antenna.
21. A system, comprising: a lighting apparatus including a housing, an LED supported by the housing, an energy storage assembly disposed in a first cavity of the housing and electrically connected to the LED, a control assembly disposed in the first cavity of the housing and electrically connected to the energy storage assembly, and Page 44 of 52 Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-02 an energy receiving component electrically connected to the control assembly via at least one lead disposed in at least one second cavity of the housing; an energy source; and an attachment assembly that is removably attachable to a base assembly of the lighting apparatus; wherein the energy receiving component wirelessly receives energy from the energy source; wherein the received energy powers the LED; wherein the at least one second cavity extends from the control assembly, which is disposed at a first portion of the lighting apparatus, to the energy receiving component, which is disposed at a second portion of the lighting apparatus that is an opposite portion of the lighting apparatus to the first portion; wherein the energy receiving component is disposed in the base assembly; wherein the base assembly includes a base cavity; wherein the energy receiving component surrounds the base cavity; and wherein the attachment assembly includes a protrusion that is removably received in the base cavity surrounded by the energy receiving component.
22. The system of claim 21, wherein the control assembly includes a double- sided electronics board.
23. The system of claim 21, wherein the energy source is a Wi-Fi radiation source and the received energy is captured from Wi-Fi radiation and stored in the energy storage assembly.
24. The system of claim 21, further comprising a remote control device configured to control the energy source that is selected from the group consisting of a wireless Wi-Fi device and a wireless RF device.
25. The system of claim 21, wherein: Page 45 of 52 Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-02 the housing includes at least one rib that forms the at least one second cavity that is an elongated channel; and the elongated channel is formed within the at least one rib and surrounded by wall portions of the at least one rib.
26. The system of claim 21, further comprising a support structure to which the lighting apparatus is removably attachable via the attachment assembly, wherein the support structure is selected from the group consisting of a candelabra, an artificial or real tree branch, and a chandelier.
27. An apparatus, comprising: a candle-shaped insulating tube; a flickering LED supported by the candle-shaped insulating tube; a battery disposed in a first cavity of the candle-shaped insulating tube and electrically connected to the flickering LED; a circuit board disposed in the first cavity of the candle-shaped insulating tube and electrically connected to the battery; and an energy harvesting coil electrically connected to the circuit board via at least one lead disposed in at least one second cavity of the candle-shaped insulating tube; wherein the energy harvesting coil wirelessly receives energy; wherein the received energy is transferred from the energy harvesting coil to the battery; wherein the battery powers the flickering LED with the received energy; wherein the battery includes a Graphene strip; wherein the at least one second cavity is an elongated channel that is formed by at least one rib of the candle-shaped insulating tube; wherein the at least one rib extends from the candle-shaped insulating tube; Page 46 of 52 Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-02 wherein the at least one rib, the at least one lead, and the elongated channel extend from the circuit board, which is disposed at a first portion of the apparatus, to the energy harvesting coil, which is disposed at a second portion of the apparatus that is an opposite portion of the apparatus to the first portion; wherein each of the battery and the circuit board are disposed in the candle- shaped insulating tube; and wherein the flickering LED is disposed on the candle-shaped insulating tube.
28. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the energy harvesting coil is disposed in a coil cavity of a base assembly that is attached to the candle-shaped insulating tube; wherein the base assembly includes a base cavity; and wherein the energy harvesting coil surrounds the base cavity.
29. The apparatus of claim 28, further comprising an attachment assembly having a protrusion that is removably receivable in the base cavity of the base assembly; wherein a wall member of the base assembly forms the base cavity and separates the base cavity from the coil cavity; and wherein the energy harvesting coil is coiled around the wall member.
30. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein the base cavity includes a flexible ring that is molded into the wall member that forms the base cavity and is configured to removably receive the protrusion.
31. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein the base assembly is a candle-tray- shaped assembly and the attachment assembly is a clip.
32. An apparatus, comprising: a lighting component; an energy storage assembly electrically connected to the lighting component; and a housing; Page 47 of 52 Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-02 wherein the energy storage assembly is a Graphene stack battery that includes Graphene strip; wherein the energy storage assembly is disposed on or in the housing; wherein the lighting component is disposed on or in the housing; and wherein the Graphene strip is a folded Graphene strip with a folded serpentine shape having intervening insulation strips disposed between a plurality of folded Graphene strip portions with leads at the two ends of the Graphene strip.
33. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein the lighting component forms a segment of an exterior surface portion of the housing.
34. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the lighting component is an LED and the segment is an LED color stripe.
35. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein the lighting component is a multi- colored lighting component that is configured to change color based on control by a remote control device.
36. The apparatus of claim 32, further comprising an energy receiving component electrically connected to the energy storage assembly; wherein the energy receiving component wirelessly receives energy.
37. The apparatus of claim 36, wherein: the lighting component is an LED; and the energy receiving component is a coil or a multi-level antenna;
38. The apparatus of claim 36, wherein: the received energy is transferred to the energy storage assembly and powers the lighting component; and the energy receiving component is disposed in the housing.
39. The apparatus of claim 36, wherein: Page 48 of 52 Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-02 the energy storage assembly is attached via electrical leads to the lighting component; and the received energy powers the lighting component based on being transferred from the energy storage assembly disposed in the housing to the lighting component disposed on or in the housing via the electrical leads.
40. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein the apparatus is a ball ornament or a bell ornament.
41. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein the Graphene strip is a single atom Graphene strip and the insulator strip is a cellulose strip.
42. A method, comprising: providing a plurality of lighting components; electrically connecting an energy storage assembly to the plurality of lighting components; and disposing the plurality of lighting components and the energy storage assembly on or in a housing; wherein the energy storage assembly is a Graphene stack battery that includes Graphene strip; and wherein the Graphene strip is a folded Graphene strip with a folded serpentine shape having intervening insulation strips disposed between a plurality of folded Graphene strip portions with leads at the two ends of the Graphene strip.
43. The method of claim 42, further comprising disposing each of the plurality of lighting components as a segment of an exterior surface portion of the housing to form a segmented exterior of the housing.
44. The method of claim 43, wherein each segment formed by each of the plurality of lighting components is an LED color stripe.
45. The method of claim 43, further comprising selectively operating each of the plurality of lighting components to independently light each corresponding segment to be a desired color. Page 49 of 52 Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-02
46. The method of claim 45, further comprising selectively operating each of the plurality of lighting components to provide a chasing effect in which the desired color is displayed in succession across adjacent segments.
47. The method of claim 42, further comprising: disposing an energy receiving component on or in the housing; electrically connecting the energy receiving component to the energy storage assembly; and wirelessly receiving energy using the energy receiving component.
48. The method of claim 47, further comprising: transferring the received energy from the energy receiving component to the energy storage assembly; and powering the plurality of lighting components with the energy storage assembly using the received energy.
49. An apparatus, comprising: a plurality of lighting components; an energy storage assembly electrically connected to the plurality of lighting components; and a housing; wherein the energy storage assembly is a Graphene stack battery that includes Graphene strip; wherein the energy storage assembly is disposed on or in the housing; wherein the plurality of lighting components are disposed on the housing; and wherein the Graphene strip is a folded Graphene strip with a folded serpentine shape having intervening insulation strips disposed between a plurality of folded Graphene strip portions with leads at the two ends of the Graphene strip. Page 50 of 52 Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-02
50. The apparatus of claim 49, wherein the plurality of lighting components disposed on the housing form a segmented exterior of the housing.
51. The apparatus of claim 50, wherein each of the plurality of lighting components is a multi- color LED component configured to be selectively, independently operated to provide a chasing effect in which a desired color is displayed in succession across adjacent lighting components. Page 51 of 52 Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-02