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US 2010/0301707 A1Published application
Apparatus for energy conversion, in particular a piezoelectric micropower converter
OwnerGerald Eckstein, Ingo Kühneinventors
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Abstract
The embodiments describe an apparatus, in particular a microsystem, including a device for energy conversion, which device has apiezoelectric, mechanically vibrating diaphragm structure for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy. The diaphragm structure being coupled to a transformer and it being possible to displace said diaphragm structure by moving the transformer, and it being possible to effect the movement of the transformer in a contact-free fashion by interaction of the transformer with a moving part.
Claims20
1-19. (canceled)
An apparatus, comprising:
- a device for energy conversion having a piezoelectric membrane structure able to be vibrated mechanically for conversion of mechanical energy into electrical energy, and
- a transformer coupled with the membrane structure with the membrane structure being able to be deflected by a movement of the transformer and with the movement of the transformer being able to be effected in a non-contact manner by interaction of the transformer with a moving part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.