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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2018
Applicant:
Tdk Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Vibhu Vivek, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sreenivasa Rao, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
TDK CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 41/113 (2006.01); B60C 23/04 (2006.01); G01L 9/08 (2006.01); H02N 2/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 23/0411 (2013.01); B60C 23/0498 (2013.01); G01L 9/08 (2013.01); H01L 41/1132 (2013.01); H02N 2/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a rim, a tire, and an energy harvesting component. The rim is configured to rotate and move. The tire is coupled to the rim. The tire when inflated is configured to transfer force to the rim resulting from compressive force acting on a portion of the tire making contact with a road. The energy harvesting component is positioned on the rim and configured to capture a kinetic energy in response to the compressive force acting on the portion of the tire making contact with the road as the rim rotates.