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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2013
Bionic Power Inc., Burnaby, CA;
James Maxwell Donelan, North Vancouver, CA;
Arthur D. Kuo, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Joaquin Andres Hoffer, Anmore, CA;
Qingguo Li, Burnaby, CA;
Douglas Weber, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Bionic Power Inc., Burnaby, CA;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for harvesting energy from motion of one or more joints. Energy harvesters comprise: a generator for converting mechanical energy into corresponding electrical energy; one or more sensors for sensing one or more corresponding characteristics associated with motion of the one or more joints; and control circuitry connected to receive the one or more sensed characteristics and configured to assess, based at least in part on the one or more sensed characteristics, whether motion of the one or more joints is associated with mutualistic conditions or non-mutualistic conditions. If conditions are determined to be mutualistic, energy harvesting is engaged. If conditions are determined to be non-mutualistic, energy harvesting is disengaged.