公开(公告)号：US20180163410A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-14

申请号：US15837261

申请日：2017-12-11

Applicant: Altro Limited

Inventor： Richard John Peace ,  Ioannis Patsavellas ,  Nimra Jalali ,  Onoriu Puscasu ,  Mohammad Reza Herfatmanesh ,  Rodney Day

IPC: E04F15/02 ,  G01L1/14 ,  G01L1/16 ,  G01L1/20 ,  G01N27/04 ,  G01N27/22 ,  G01L1/18 ,  E04F13/072

CPC classification number: E04F15/02 ,  E04F13/072 ,  E04F15/105 ,  E04F15/107 ,  E04F2290/00 ,  E04F2290/02 ,  G01L1/146 ,  G01L1/16 ,  G01L1/18 ,  G01L1/205 ,  G01N27/048 ,  G01N27/223 ,  G08B13/10 ,  G08B13/26 ,  G08B21/0415 ,  G08B21/043 ,  G08B21/0461 ,  G08B25/08 ,  H01B1/08 ,  H01B1/24

Abstract: The invention provides a sensor surface-covering material sensor surface-covering material comprising a layer of synthetic material and a sensor layer which detects a change in an electrical property wherein the sensor layer comprises at least one electrically conductive layer and wherein the electrical property is resistance and/or capacitance; and a sensor surface-covering system comprising a sensor surface-covering material according to the invention and an electrical component housing for processing a signal generated by the sensor material.

公开(公告)号：US20180123484A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-03

申请号：US15798713

申请日：2017-10-31

Applicant: Altro Limited

Inventor： Richard John Peace ,  Ioannis Patsavellas ,  Onoriu Puscasu ,  Mohammad Reza Herfatmanesh ,  Rodney Day

IPC: H02N2/18

CPC classification number: H02N2/18 ,  B32B33/00 ,  B32B2307/202 ,  B32B2307/204 ,  B32B2307/51 ,  E04F11/1045 ,  E04F15/107 ,  E04F2011/1048 ,  E04F2290/026 ,  H01L41/113 ,  H01L41/1134

Abstract: The invention provides an energy generator comprising energy generator comprising an energy harvesting material which generates energy when moved from a pre-selected first position to a second position wherein the energy generator comprises one or more deflection aids which comprise a moveable clamp wherein each deflection aid biases the energy harvesting material to the first position and wherein the first position of the energy harvesting material is pre-selected using the moveable clamp; an energy harvesting layer comprising one or more of the energy generators according to the invention; an energy harvesting flooring material comprising a layer of synthetic material and the energy harvesting layer according to the invention; and an energy harvesting system comprising (a) the energy generator according to the invention, the flooring material according to the invention and/or the energy harvesting layer according to the invention; (b) a power management system and (c) an electrical storage device.