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US 2009/0212645 A1Published application
Electronic device for harvesting energy
AssigneeInfineon Technologies AG
InventorHorst Theuss
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Abstract
An electrical device for harvesting energy includes a container, a magnet situated in the container, a fluid partially filling the container, and a conductive member coiled around the container, wherein oscillation of the magnet through the coil induces an electrical signal.
Claims23
An electronic device, comprising:
- a container;
- a conductive member coiled around the container;
- a fluid partially filling the container;
- and
- a magnet at least partially submerged in the fluid so that the magnet is suspended in the fluid, such that oscillation of the magnet through the coil to induces an electrical signal.
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A method for producing an electronic device, comprising:
- partially filling a container with a fluid;
- coiling a conductive member around the container;
- situating a magnet in the fluid such that the magnet is at least partially submerged and suspended in the fluid, wherein movement of the magnet inside the container induces an electrical signal in the coil.
A method for harvesting energy, comprising:
- providing a container partially filled with a fluid and having a conductive member coiled around the container;
- moving the container to induce movement of a magnet that is at least partially submerged and suspended in the fluid, such that the magnet moves through the conductive member;
- and
- storing an electrical signal induced in the coil by the magnet moving through the coil.
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An energy harvesting system, comprising:
- a container;
- a magnet situated in the container;
- a conductive member coiled around the container;
- and
- means for suspending the magnet in the container, such that oscillation of the magnet through the coil induces an electrical signal in the coil.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.