Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Self charging fluid flow sensor system
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Application No.: US17124897Application Date: 2020-12-17
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Publication No.: US11415480B2Publication Date: 2022-08-16
- Inventor: Matthew Cusack , Frank Lipowitz , Robert Paul Borthwick
- Applicant: FlowActive, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NY Troy
- Assignee: FlowActive, Inc.
- Current Assignee: FlowActive, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Troy
- Agency: Hoffman Warnick LLC
- Main IPC: G01M3/18
- IPC: G01M3/18 ; E03B7/07 ; E03D11/00 ; G01F15/18 ; G01F1/06 ; G01F1/28 ; G01M3/32

Abstract:
A self-charging sensor (SCS) adapted for use in a toilet or the like. The SCS includes a housing having a rechargeable battery; a turbine module having a multilevel impeller having offset wheels that are adapted to be driven by a fluid flow via an inlet port during an event, wherein a rotation of the impeller causes the turbine module to generate electricity that recharges the rechargeable battery; and a processing module that collects count data associated with the rotation during the event; and an attachment component adapted to seat the housing on an overflow tube.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210189705A1 SELF CHARGING FLUID FLOW SENSOR SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2021-06-24
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