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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2011
Balakrishnan Nair, Sandy, UT (US);
Jesse Alan Nachlas, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Andrew Joseph Gill, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Zachary Murphree, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Balakrishnan Nair, Sandy, UT (US);
Jesse Alan Nachlas, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Andrew Joseph Gill, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Zachary Murphree, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Oscilla Power, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for harvesting electrical power from mechanical energy is described. The apparatus includes: a flux path. The flux path includes: a magnetic material having a magnetic property that is a function of stress on the magnetic material; a first magnetically conductive material proximate the magnetic material; a magnet in the flux path, wherein a magnetomotive force of the magnet causes magnetic flux; and a component configured to transfer changes in load caused by an external source to the magnetic material.