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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2014
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Mark Charles Davis, Durham, NC (US);
Jennifer Greenwood Zawacki, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Debra Kay Kobs-Fortner, Cary, NC (US);
Douglas Warren Robinson, Raleigh, NC (US);
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
An embodiment provides a band, including: an energy harvesting mechanism that stores energy in response to deformation of the band; a device; and a connection coupling the stored energy of the band to the device. In an embodiment, a force is applied to deform a deformable band along a length dimension of the deformable band. The force acts to move an energy harvesting mechanism of the deformable band such that the energy harvesting mechanism transforms deformation of the deformable band into stored energy. The stored energy may be used, e.g., to collect information using a sensor of said deformable band. Other aspects are described and claimed.