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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2008
Applicant:
Thomas R. Howarth, Portsmouth, RI (US);
Inventor:
Thomas R. Howarth, Portsmouth, RI (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 41/113 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method is provided to produce energy from movement of a user. At least one pair of plates is utilized to secure an array of cymbal transducers therebetween. The array of cymbal transducers is electrically interconnected with signal conditioning circuitry and power storage member. Electrical interconnections may comprise parallel and/or series connections between ones or groups of the cymbal transducers.