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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2022
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Madhusudan Raghavan, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Brent Thomas Deep, Milford, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05F 7/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for harvesting a static electric charge from suspended particles in an atmosphere includes exposing a charge conductor to the suspended particles in the atmosphere and selectively providing a conductive path between the charge conductor and a terrestrial ground including a rechargeable energy storage device. Energy may be selectively transferred to another energy storage device.