Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Piezoelectric transducer for an energy-harvesting system
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Application No.: US15913590Application Date: 2018-03-06
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Publication No.: US10897215B2Publication Date: 2021-01-19
- Inventor: Francesco Procopio , Carlo Valzasina , Alberto Corigliano , Raffaele Ardito , Giacomo Gafforelli
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Agency: Seed IP Law Group LLP
- Priority: ITTO2013A0652 20130731
- Main IPC: H02N2/18
- IPC: H02N2/18

Abstract:
A piezoelectric transducer for energy-harvesting systems includes a substrate, a piezoelectric cantilever element, a first magnetic element, and a second magnetic element, mobile with respect to the first magnetic element. The first magnetic element is coupled to the piezoelectric cantilever element. The first magnetic element and the second magnetic element are set in such a way that, in response to relative movements between the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element through an interval of relative positions, the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element approach one another without coming into direct contact, and the interaction between the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element determines application of a force pulse on the piezoelectric cantilever element.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180198383A1 PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCER FOR AN ENERGY-HARVESTING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2018-07-12
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