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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014

Filed:

Aug. 11, 2009
Applicant:

Paul C. Brantner, Conifer, CO (US);

Inventor:

Paul C. Brantner, Conifer, CO (US);

Assignee:

Infinite Power Solutions, Inc., Littleton, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/0525 (2010.01); H01M 10/0585 (2010.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 10/46 (2006.01); H01M 14/00 (2006.01); H01M 4/70 (2006.01); H01L 31/04 (2014.01); H02J 17/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/02 (2006.01); H01L 31/0224 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01L 31/042 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/022425 (2013.01); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01); Y02E 60/12 (2013.01); H02J 17/00 (2013.01); H02J 7/025 (2013.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); H01M 10/465 (2013.01); H01L 31/042 (2013.01); H01M 10/46 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus, method, and system to harvest and store electromagnetic energy is disclosed. The present invention uses, for example, conductive surfaces within the energy storage component itself as a means of electromagnetic energy collection. The surface may be an integral portion of the energy device, such as a charge collection surface within a battery or a capacitor that mainly provides the battery or a capacitor with a necessary function. In another embodiment of the invention a metallic or conductive surface is added to and specifically built into the energy device during manufacturing for the main purpose of collecting electromagnetic energy for the energy device but is otherwise not necessary for the energy storage component. Once the energy is collected, it can be rectified either via rectification components that were built directly into the energy storage component during its manufacture or connected external to the energy storage component but within the energy device. The so-designed energy device may represent a self-sustaining, autonomous electromagnetic energy harvesting—energy storage device.


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