发明申请
US20110120119A1 VEHICLE ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE HAVING DISCRETE SECTIONS OF SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY
有权
具有形状记忆合金分离部分的车辆能量收集装置
- 专利标题: VEHICLE ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE HAVING DISCRETE SECTIONS OF SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY
- 专利标题(中): 具有形状记忆合金分离部分的车辆能量收集装置
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申请号: US12947932申请日: 2010-11-17
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公开(公告)号: US20110120119A1公开(公告)日: 2011-05-26
- 发明人: Paul W. Alexander , Alan L. Browne , Patrick B. Usoro , Nilesh D. Mankame , Xiujie Gao , Marten Wittorf
- 申请人: Paul W. Alexander , Alan L. Browne , Patrick B. Usoro , Nilesh D. Mankame , Xiujie Gao , Marten Wittorf
- 申请人地址: US MI Detroit
- 专利权人: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
- 当前专利权人: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
- 当前专利权人地址: US MI Detroit
- 主分类号: F02G1/04
- IPC分类号: F02G1/04
摘要:
An energy harvesting system comprises a first region and a second region having a temperature difference therebetween. A heat engine is configured for converting thermal energy to mechanical energy. The heat engine includes a first discrete element of a shape memory alloy having a crystallographic phase changeable between austenite and martensite in response to the temperature difference between the first region and the second region. The first discrete element of the shape memory alloy expands and contracts in response to the phase change to exert a linear force. A motion conversion mechanism is operatively connected to the first discrete element to be driven by the linear force and a component is driven by the motion conversion mechanism.