Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Non-stationary multi-frequency vibration energy harvesting with tunable electrical impedance
- Patent Title (中): 具有可调谐电阻抗的非平稳多频振动能量采集
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Application No.: US13942397Application Date: 2013-07-15
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Publication No.: US09595893B2Publication Date: 2017-03-14
- Inventor: Murat Ocalan , Jahir Pabon , Samuel Chang , Jeffrey Lang
- Applicant: Murat Ocalan , Jahir Pabon , Samuel Chang , Jeffrey Lang
- Applicant Address: US TX Sugar Land US MA Cambridge
- Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION,MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
- Current Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION,MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Sugar Land US MA Cambridge
- Agent Bridget M. Laffey; Jakub Michna
- Main IPC: H02N11/00
- IPC: H02N11/00 ; H02N2/18 ; H03H11/48 ; H03H19/00

Abstract:
Harvesting energy from non-stationary, multi-frequency mechanical vibrations using a tunable electrical circuit. In an embodiment, an apparatus for converting vibrational energy to electrical energy includes a vibrational energy harvester having a transducer for generating time-varying electrical signals in response to environmental vibration; at least one power storage device; a switching network operably coupled between the transducer of the vibrational energy harvester and the at least one power storage device, wherein the switching network includes a plurality of switching elements each defining a switchable current path that is controlled by a control signal supplied to the respective switching element; and electronics configured to generate the control signals for supply to the switching elements of the switching network, the electronics including first circuitry, second circuitry, third circuitry, and fourth circuitry.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140021825A1 NON-STATIONARY MULTI-FREQUENCY VIBRATION ENERGY HARVESTING WITH TUNABLE ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE Public/Granted day:2014-01-23
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