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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2010
David L. Churchill, Burlington, VT (US);
Steven W. Arms, Williston, VT (US);
Michael J. Hamel, Essex Junction, VT (US);
James Marc Leas, South Burlington, VT (US);
David L. Churchill, Burlington, VT (US);
Steven W. Arms, Williston, VT (US);
Michael J. Hamel, Essex Junction, VT (US);
James Marc Leas, South Burlington, VT (US);
Lord Corporation, Cary, NC (US);
Abstract
A device for harvesting an external source of energy includes an electricity generating device and a flexure. The piezoelectric flexure has a first stable bowl-shaped position and a second stable bowl-shaped position. The electricity generating device generates electricity based on movement of the flexure. The flexure remains in the first stable bowl-shaped position until a force provided by the external source of energy causes the flexure to move from the first stable bowl-shaped position toward the second stable bowl-shaped position.