Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electromagnetic energy conversion through coil and magnet arrays
- Patent Title (中): 通过线圈和磁体阵列的电磁能量转换
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Application No.: US13911959Application Date: 2013-06-06
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Publication No.: US09231461B2Publication Date: 2016-01-05
- Inventor: Eun Sok Kim , Qian Zhang
- Applicant: University of Southern California
- Applicant Address: US CA Los Angeles
- Assignee: University of Southern California
- Current Assignee: University of Southern California
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Los Angeles
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: H02K35/00
- IPC: H02K35/00 ; H02K35/02 ; H02K35/04

Abstract:
This specification describes technologies relating to converting vibration energy to electrical energy through electromagnetic transduction. According to an aspect, an apparatus to convert kinetic energy to electricity through electromagnetic transduction can include: an array of magnets arranged in a first plane; and an array of coils arranged in a second plane with respect to the first plane to form a gap between the array of magnets and the array of coils. According to another aspect, an energy harvester can include: a two dimensional array of magnets; a two dimensional array of coils; a housing configured and arranged to limit a direction of motion of either the two dimensional array of magnets or the two dimensional array of coils; and additional magnets configured and arranged to form a suspension system for either the two dimensional array of magnets or the two dimensional array of coils in the direction of motion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130334903A1 Electromagnetic Energy Conversion through Coil and Magnet Arrays Public/Granted day:2013-12-19
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