Auxiliary device having energy harvester and electronic device including auxiliary device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJee-eun YANG, Jin-wook LEE, Sung-young YUN
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Abstract
An auxiliary device including an energy harvester and an electronic device including the auxiliary device are provided. The auxiliary device includes: a housing; a storage module which is moveable within the housing; and at least one piezoelectric transducer which disposed in the housing, such that a motion of the storage module causes a deformation of the piezoelectric transducer, thus generating electric energy. An end of the piezoelectric transducer may be fixedly connected to the storage module.
Claims23
An auxiliary device connectable to an electronic device, the auxiliary device comprising:
- a housing;
- a storage module which is moveable within the housing;
- and
- at least one piezoelectric transducer which is disposed within the housing, such that a motion of the storage module causes the at least one piezoelectric transducer to be deformed and thereby generate electric energy,
- wherein the storage module is configured to store electric energy generated by the at least one piezoelectric transducer.
An electronic system comprising:
- an electronic device, and
- an auxiliary device which is electrically connectable to the electronic device, the auxiliary device comprising:
- a housing;
- a storage module which is moveable within the housing;
- and
- at least one piezoelectric transducer which is disposed within the housing, such that a motion of the storage module causes the at least one piezoelectric transducer to be deformed and thereby generate electric energy,
- wherein the storage module is configured to store electric energy generated by the at least one piezoelectric transducer.
An electronic device comprising a battery and a removable auxiliary element, wherein the auxiliary element comprises:
- a housing;
- a storage module which is moveable within the housing;
- a piezoelectric transducer disposed within the housing, such that a movement of the storage module causes a deformation of the piezoelectric transducer;
- a converter module configured to convert an electric energy generated by the piezoelectric transducer and to store the electric energy in the storage module;
- and
- a charger circuit configured to charge the battery with the electric energy stored in the storage module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.