Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flow energy piezoelectric bimorph nozzle harvester
- Patent Title (中): 流动压电双压缩嘴式收割机
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Application No.: US14261412Application Date: 2014-04-24
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Publication No.: US09531303B2Publication Date: 2016-12-27
- Inventor: Stewart Sherrit , Phillip E. Walkemeyer , Jeffrey L. Hall , Hyeong Jae Lee , Tim Colonius , Phillipe Tosi , Namhyo Kim , Kai Sun , Thomas Gary Corbett , Alvaro Jose Arrazola
- Applicant: California Institute of Technology , CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Pasadena US CA San Ramon
- Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
- Current Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Pasadena US CA San Ramon
- Agency: Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP
- Main IPC: H01L41/08
- IPC: H01L41/08 ; H02N2/18 ; H01L41/113

Abstract:
A flow energy harvesting device having a harvester pipe includes a flow inlet that receives flow from a primary pipe, a flow outlet that returns the flow into the primary pipe, and a flow diverter within the harvester pipe having an inlet section coupled to the flow inlet, a flow constriction section coupled to the inlet section and positioned at a midpoint of the harvester pipe and having a spline shape with a substantially reduced flow opening size at a constriction point along the spline shape, and an outlet section coupled to the constriction section. The harvester pipe may further include a piezoelectric structure extending from the inlet section through the constriction section and point such that the fluid flow past the constriction point results in oscillatory pressure amplitude inducing vibrations in the piezoelectric structure sufficient to cause a direct piezoelectric effect and to generate electrical power for harvesting.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140319970A1 FLOW ENERGY PIEZOELECTRIC BIMORPH NOZZLE HARVESTER Public/Granted day:2014-10-30
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