Generation of Electrical Power From Fluid Flows

AR Bowles, SJ Eaton, JG Gore, RC Mcbride… - US Patent App. 12 …, 2008 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A device for the generation of electrical power from a fluid flow, and more
particularly for harvesting power from flows downhole in oil or gas wells, comprises a …

Device and a method for downhole energy generation

BM Tinnen, H Sørtveit - US Patent 8,786,113, 2014 - Google Patents
2020-02-21 Assigned to TENDEKA AS reassignment TENDEKA AS CORRECTIVE
ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT …

Method and apparatus for energy harvesting using rotational energy storage and release

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 …

Apparatus for in vivo energy harvesting

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 …

Method and apparatus for energy harvesting using energy storage and release

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 …

Energy recovering device with a liquid electrode

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 …

Electromechanical generator for converting mechanical vibrational energy into electrical energy

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 …

Vibration-based power generator

M Soliman, EM Abdel-Rahman, RR Mansour… - US Patent …, 2012 - Google Patents
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 …

Meta-material vibration energy harvester

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 …

Magnetic impulse energy harvesting device and method

ET Tanner - US Patent App. 12/341,141, 2009 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT Correspondence Address: NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC 901 NORTH
GLEBE ROAD, 11TH FLOOR ARLINGTON, VA 22203 (US) An example embodiment of an …