Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for generating electricity from footsteps
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Application No.: US16300505Application Date: 2017-05-10
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Publication No.: US11309769B2Publication Date: 2022-04-19
- Inventor: Craig Webster , Ben Gordon
- Applicant: PAVEGEN SYSTEMS LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: PAVEGEN SYSTEMS LIMITED
- Current Assignee: PAVEGEN SYSTEMS LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: FisherBroyles, LLP
- Agent Jason P. Mueller
- Priority: GB1608199 20160510
- International Application: PCT/GB2017/051296 WO 20170510
- International Announcement: WO2017/194936 WO 20171116
- Main IPC: H02K7/06
- IPC: H02K7/06 ; H02K7/18 ; H02K7/02

Abstract:
A disclosed electrical generator includes a housing, an actuator, a rotatable member, a stator, a rotor, an electrical circuit, and a current controller. The actuator is movable relative to the housing and the rotatable member is also rotatable relative to the housing. The rotatable member cooperates with the actuator such that movement of the actuator causes rotation of the rotatable member. The stator is fixed relative to the housing and the rotor receives rotational kinetic energy from the rotatable member. Movement of the rotor relative to the stator generates electromagnetic induction in the rotor and/or the stator which produces a three-phase alternating current. The electrical circuit includes a rectifier that converts the alternating current to a direct current. The current controller regulates the direct current to thereby generate a fixed constant direct current.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190238028A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING ELECTRICITY FROM FOOTSTEPS Public/Granted day:2019-08-01
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