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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2009
Richard Waters, San Diego, CA (US);
Mark Fralick, San Diego, CA (US);
Hugo Jazo, San Diego, CA (US);
Brian Dick, San Diego, CA (US);
Max Kerber, San Diego, CA (US);
Richard Waters, San Diego, CA (US);
Mark Fralick, San Diego, CA (US);
Hugo Jazo, San Diego, CA (US);
Brian Dick, San Diego, CA (US);
Max Kerber, San Diego, CA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
An energy harvesting apparatus comprising: a substrate; two magnets coupled to the substrate in close proximity to each other with like magnetic poles facing each other creating a flux gap; a coil coupled to the substrate and disposed within the flux gap, wherein the coil and the magnets are coupled to the substrate such that substrate acceleration causes relative motion between the magnets and the coil thereby exposing the coil to a changing magnetic flux.