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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2012
Alan Ruthven Wood, Christchurch, NZ;
Qing Ou, Christchurch, NZ;
Nigel Trevor Leigh, Canterbury, NZ;
Xiaoqi Chen, Christchurch, NZ;
Stefanie Gutschmidt, Christchurch, NZ;
Alan Ruthven Wood, Christchurch, NZ;
Qing Ou, Christchurch, NZ;
Nigel Trevor Leigh, Canterbury, NZ;
XiaoQi Chen, Christchurch, NZ;
Stefanie Gutschmidt, Christchurch, NZ;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an energy harvester is provided. The energy harvester includes, an energy conversion device configured to convert vibrational energy to electrical energy, a mass coupled to the energy conversion device, and at least one biasing mechanism coupled to the mass. The biasing mechanism is selectively adjustable and selectively adjusting the biasing mechanism adjusts a resonance frequency of the energy conversion device and the mass.