SB Brown, BS Hendrickson - US Patent 7,626,279, 2009 - Google Patents
An energy harvester is provided for converting an input force into electrical energy and also allowing for energy to be stored and then released at a later time. The energy harvester …
SB Brown, BS Hendrickson - US Patent 8,217,523, 2012 - Google Patents
An energy harvesting mechanism creates electrical energy from in vivo physiological motion, transforming low frequency, physiological excitation into high frequencies for …
SB Brown, BS Hendrickson - US Patent 7,605,482, 2009 - Google Patents
An energy harvester is provided for converting an input force into electrical energy and also allowing for energy to be stored and then released at a later time. The energy harvester …
G Despesse, Y Fouillet - US Patent 8,760,032, 2014 - Google Patents
An energy recovery device including: at least one capacitor with variable capacitance, the capacitor including a fixed electrode, a dielectric layer, and a liquid electrode; and a …
R Freeland, S Roberts - US Patent 7,999,402, 2011 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to an electromechanical gen erator for converting mechanical vibrational energy into elec trical energy. The present invention also relates to a method of …
A vibration-based power generator has a variable stiffness oscillator connected to a base. The oscillator comprises an inertial mass moving relative to the base in response to …
JJ McCoy, R Patel - US Patent App. 12/926,157, 2011 - Google Patents
A meta-material vibration energy harvester includes a housing element encapsulating a multiplicity of oscillators capable of harvesting a significant percentage of the total …