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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2017
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Songtao Wu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Khoa Vo, Superior Township, MI (US);
Chi-Ming Wang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Debasish Banerjee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ercan Mehmet Dede, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Shailesh Joshi, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A triboelectric generator includes a resiliently-deformable hexagonal housing including a first housing wall and a second housing wall positioned opposite the first housing wall. A first electrode resides along the first housing wall, and a second electrode resides along the second housing wall. A dielectric contact layer is positioned in intimate contact with the first electrode and between the first electrode and the second electrode. The dielectric contact layer is spaced apart from the second housing wall. The first housing wall is coupled to the second housing wall such that at least one of the first housing wall and the second housing wall is resiliently movable toward the other one of the first housing wall and the second housing wall so as to enable contact between the dielectric contact layer and the second electrode during operation of the triboelectric generator.