- Patent Title: Energy harvester and wireless sensor device having energy harvester
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Application No.: US15430665Application Date: 2017-02-13
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Publication No.: US10046779B2Publication Date: 2018-08-14
- Inventor: Jaehoon Kim
- Applicant: Korea Railroad Research Institute
- Applicant Address: KR Uiwang-si, Gyeonggi-Do
- Assignee: KOREA RAILROAD RESEARCH INSTITUTE
- Current Assignee: KOREA RAILROAD RESEARCH INSTITUTE
- Current Assignee Address: KR Uiwang-si, Gyeonggi-Do
- Agency: Pearne & Gordon LLP
- Priority: KR10-2013-0048539 20130430; KR10-2013-0048545 20130430; KR10-2013-0127338 20131024
- Main IPC: G06F7/00
- IPC: G06F7/00 ; B61L15/00 ; H02K7/18 ; H02N2/18 ; H02K35/02 ; B61K9/00 ; B61L27/00 ; G01M17/08 ; G01D5/02

Abstract:
A wireless sensor device includes: an energy harvester configured to convert vibration generated from a broadband vibration source into electricity, an elastic member arranged to receive the vibration and a communication unit fixed by the elastic member, supplied with the converted electricity from the energy harvester, and configured to transmit sensing information obtained by sensing a measurement target. The elastic member operates as a mechanical filter configured to limit a frequency range and an acceleration magnitude of the vibration to be transferred to the communication unit for stabilizing the performance of the communication unit, and the communication unit is arranged to receive vibration passing through the elastic member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170151964A1 ENERGY HARVESTER AND WIRELESS SENSOR DEVICE HAVING ENERGY HARVESTER Public/Granted day:2017-06-01
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