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Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 02, 2021
Applicant:

Tdk Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Ryan Griswold, San Jose, CA (US);

Vibhu Vivek, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

TDK CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 2/18 (2006.01); B62J 45/42 (2020.01); G01L 1/16 (2006.01); B62J 45/41 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 2/186 (2013.01); B62J 45/42 (2020.02); G01L 1/16 (2013.01); B62J 45/41 (2020.02);
Abstract

Piezoelectric devices mountable on a rigid mechanical structure are described. A piezoelectric device includes one or more piezoelectric elements and one or more supporting structures. A respective supporting structure of the one or more supporting structures has a flat or non-flat surface and is mechanically coupled with a piezoelectric element of the one or more piezoelectric elements so that a mechanical force on the one or more supporting structures is converted into an electrical signal by the one or more piezoelectric elements. A piezoelectric device system including two or more piezoelectric devices and a method for generating electrical signals are also described.


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