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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2012
Ecoharvester, Inc., Berkeley, CA (US);
Eri Takahashi, Berkeley, CA (US);
Shadrach Joseph Roundy, Concord, CA (US);
Jeffry Tola, Upland, CA (US);
Brian L. Bircumshaw, Newtonville, MA (US);
Stewart Carl, Palo Alto, CA (US);
EcoHarvester, Inc., Berkeley, CA (US);
Abstract
A wireless switch comprises a mechanical oscillator, a mechanical impulse deliverer, a first array of magnets positioned on a planar surface, a first conductor, and a power management circuit. The mechanical impulse deliverer delivers a mechanical impulse to the mechanical oscillator when the wireless switch is switched. The first array comprises a one dimensional or two dimensional array of magnets. The first conductor comprises a first serpentine conductor. The power management circuit provides DC power as a result of relative motion due to the mechanical oscillator between the first array of magnets and the first conductor.