Vibration induced perpetual energy resource

A piezoelectric device for converting vibration energy to electric current comprising:

• a plurality of pairs of oppositely polarized piezoelectric layers deflectable to produce an electrical current;
• said plurality of pairs of layers each connected to a set of micro-machined elements;
• each said set of elements with said pairs of layers forming a bimorph, said bimorph configured as a cantilevered beam;
• each said cantilevered beam being mass weighted on a first beam end and fixedly attached to at least one protective sheath on a second beam end;
• and
• a plurality of said bimorphs on said at least one protective sheath forming an array.

A method for forming a horizontally configured piezoelectric electrical current generating device which comprises the steps of:

• creating an initial sub-assembly by:
• joining paired piezoelectric material plates to an upper surface of a micromachining a lower surface of said substrate to both form a plurality of masses supported by said piezoelectric material plates and retain a plurality of non-machined lower surface areas;
• electrically bonding said plurality of non-machined lower surface areas to a protective sheath having electrical traces;
• and
• cutting through said piezoelectric material to separate a plurality of individual cantilevered piezoelectric material beam lengths;
• and
• constructing a mirror-image sub-assembly to said initial sub-assembly;
• and
• connecting said mirror image sub-assembly to said initial sub-assembly.

A method for forming a vertically configured piezoelectric electrical current generating device which comprises the steps of:

• filling until dry a sacrificial plastic replica mold with a ceramic piezoelectric slurry to form a piezoceramic green body;
• bonding a piezoceramic wafer to said piezoceramic green body;
• heat curing said piezoceramic wafer and piezoceramic green body to both remove said plastic mold and expose a plurality of piezoceramic vertical beams;
• casting a resist over said beams along a top surface thereof;
• aligning an X-ray exposure to create a plurality of recesses for an electrode structure;
• flood exposing a remaining portion of said vertical beams;
• spin-coating a metal filled, negative X-ray resist on said top surface to provide a cantilevered mass;
• and
• stripping both a remaining portion of said negative resist and said flood exposed resist to form a plurality of said cantilevered piezoceramic vertical beams each having one of a plurality of cantilevered masses.