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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2012
Applicants:
Toshikazu Nishida, Gainesville, FL (US);
David G. Bloomquist, Gainesville, FL (US);
Inventors:
Toshikazu Nishida, Gainesville, FL (US);
David G. Bloomquist, Gainesville, FL (US);
Assignee:
University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated, Gainesville, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 2/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 2/186 (2013.01); H02N 2/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
Energy harvesting systems and devices are provided that harvest energy from external asynchronous force impulses using fluidic force transfer of the external force impulses to a plurality of compliant piezoelectric layers that seal a corresponding plurality of inner cavities. Each inner cavity can contain a compressible gas. Direct fluidic force transfer can be accomplished via a compressible or incompressible fluid between an external cover and the compliant piezoelectric layers.