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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2016
Tomoaki Sugawara, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichiro Natori, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuneaki Kondoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuko Arizumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Imai, Tokyo, JP;
Mizuki Otagiri, Kanagawa, JP;
Mayuka Araumi, Tokyo, JP;
Megumi Kitamura, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoaki Sugawara, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichiro Natori, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuneaki Kondoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuko Arizumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Imai, Tokyo, JP;
Mizuki Otagiri, Kanagawa, JP;
Mayuka Araumi, Tokyo, JP;
Megumi Kitamura, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A power generating element is provided. The power generating element includes a pair of electrodes and an intermediate layer disposed between the pair of electrodes. The intermediate layer includes an insulating elastic body. The power generating element is flexibly bendable when receiving an external force, while causing a sliding transfer between at least one of the electrodes and at least one surface of the intermediate layer which faces the at least one of the electrodes, due to a difference in curvature between the electrodes and the intermediate layer.