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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2006
Applicant:
Edward T. Tanner, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Inventor:
Edward T. Tanner, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
Adaptivenergy, LLC., Hampton, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 41/113 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An energy scavenging apparatus comprises a frame which can be human-carried or human-borne; plural cantilevered bimorph piezoelectric members connected to the frame to have an essentially parallel orientation, each cantilevered bimorph piezoelectric member comprising a proximal end connected to the frame and a distal end; and, a mass member connected to the distal end of the plural cantilevered bimorph piezoelectric members.