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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2016
Mizuki Otagiri, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuneaki Kondoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuko Arizumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoaki Sugawara, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichiro Natori, Kanagawa, JP;
Mayuka Araumi, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Imai, Tokyo, JP;
Megumi Kitamura, Tokyo, JP;
Mizuki Otagiri, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuneaki Kondoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuko Arizumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoaki Sugawara, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichiro Natori, Kanagawa, JP;
Mayuka Araumi, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Imai, Tokyo, JP;
Megumi Kitamura, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A power generating element is provided. The power generating element includes an electrode pair and an intermediate layer. The electrode pair includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The intermediate layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The intermediate layer is insulating and has a first side facing the first electrode and a second side facing the second electrode. The first electrode and the intermediate layer together operate as a contact/separation mechanism configured to perform a contact/separation operation, when an external force is applied to the power generating element to generate power. In the contact/separation operation, the contact/separation mechanism transitions between a contact or close state in which the first electrode and the first side are brought into contact with each other or close to each other, and a separation state in which the first electrode and the first side are separated from each other.