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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
John R. Oliver, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Ratnakar R. Neurgaonkar, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Alex P. Moffatt, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Mohsen Khoshnevisan, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Jeffrey Glenn Nelson, Camarillo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell Technologies Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 4/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 4/104 ;
Abstract
A self contained device for harvesting electrical energy from linear and rotary motion has a sensor with amplifiers for tensile stretching of a piezoelectric body with magnification of the applied force. The piezoelectric body is a monolithic plate with surface electrodes covering its top and bottom surfaces.