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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2007
Applicants:
Timothy F. Havel, Boston, MA (US);
Carol Livermore-clifford, Framingham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Timothy F. Havel, Boston, MA (US);
Carol Livermore-Clifford, Framingham, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/00 (2006.01); H02K 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An energy storage device includes at least one nanotube. An energy storage mechanism converts energy external to the device into the appropriate levels of strain on the at least one nanotube to produce stored energy, and an energy recovery mechanism converts the energy released by relaxing the at least one nanotube back to energy external to the device.