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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2017
Tsuneaki Kondoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoaki Sugawara, Kanagawa, JP;
Mayuka Araumi, Tokyo, JP;
Yuko Arizumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Mizuki Otagiri, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichiro Natori, Kanagawa, JP;
Megumi Kitamura, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Imai, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Miyazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Makito Nakashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuneaki Kondoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoaki Sugawara, Kanagawa, JP;
Mayuka Araumi, Tokyo, JP;
Yuko Arizumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Mizuki Otagiri, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichiro Natori, Kanagawa, JP;
Megumi Kitamura, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Imai, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Miyazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Makito Nakashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A power generating element is provided. The power generating element includes a piezoelectric body and a pair of electrodes. The piezoelectric body is expandable and contractible in response to a movement of a moving body. The piezoelectric body undergoes a deformation when expanding or contracting and generates power when undergoing the deformation. The pair of electrodes extracts the power generated as the piezoelectric body undergoes the deformation.