Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Ryosuke Ebina

Masayuki Tsuji

Takafumi Inoue

Kenichiro Takumi

Tsuyoshi Soeda

Hirokazu Hayashi

Eiji Taguchi

A cylindrical structure including a first cloth including a piezoelectric thread that generates an electric potential from external energy, a second cloth including a piezoelectric thread that generates an electric potential from external energy, and a connection portion connecting the first cloth and the second cloth, wherein the first cloth and the second cloth forms a side face of the cylindrical structure.

Cylindrical structure

A knitted fabric structure that includes a piezoelectric yarn having a piezoelectric material that produces a surface potential by input of an external force from an outside of the piezoelectric yarn; and an elastic yarn having stretchability knitted together with the piezoelectric yarn, wherein the piezoelectric yarn has a mixing ratio of 5% or more based on a whole of the knitted fabric structure.

Knitted fabric structure, socks, arm cover, leggings, and shirt

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Osaka, Japan

Ryosuke Ebina