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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:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles B. Carroll, Princeton Jctn., NJ (US);
Assignee:
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., Pennington, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 4/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 4/104 ;
Abstract
A piezoelectric power generator, particularly for use in a flowing fluid stream, comprises an elongated, flexible central layer of a dielectric material having, spaced axially along opposite sides thereof, a plurality of separate piezoelectric elements each formed from a portion of a continuous layer of a piezoelectric layer extending along each opposite side of the central layer sandwiched between a pair of electrodes unique to each piezoelectric element.