# US 2018/0026552 A1 · Electrostatic induction generator > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0026552 A1 - Document ID: US20180026552A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/543,179 - Filed: 2016-01-05 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2015-01-15 - Assignees: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yoichi NAGATA; Akira SHIOTA; Makoto WATANABE; Akira IZUMI; Takashi IHARA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180026552A1 ## CPC - H02N 1/08: with conductive charge carrier, i.e. capacitor machines - H02N: ELECTRIC MACHINES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract An electrostatic induction generator includes a housing, a first board fixed to the housing, and a second board arranged in parallel to the first board to be able move relative to it, in which electrostatic induction generator, counter electrodes are placed at a first facing surface of the first board, electrically charged films are placed at every other constant interval at a second facing surface of the second board so as to face the counter electrodes, the counter electrodes are comprised of pluralities of first electrodes and second electrodes provided separated from each other at the first facing surface, first electrodes and second electrodes are alternately arranged at constant intervals in a single line, a plurality of lines of single lines of the first electrodes and second electrodes are provided at the first facing surface, and the constant intervals of the plurality of lines respectively differ in phase. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electrostatic induction generator comprising: a housing; a first board fixed to said housing; a second board arranged in parallel to said first board to be able to move relative to said first board; electrically charged films; counter electrodes; and output parts outputting an alternating current generated between said electrically charged films and counter electrodes, wherein said counter electrodes are set at a first facing surface of the first board, said electrically charged films are set at every other constant interval at a second facing surface of said second board so as to face said counter electrodes, said counter electrodes are comprised of pluralities of first electrodes and second electrodes provided separated from each other at said first facing surface, said first electrodes and said second electrodes are alternately arranged along said direction of movement at said constant intervals in a single line, said first electrodes and said second electrodes are respectively connected with each other, said first electrodes and said second electrodes are respectively connected to said output parts, and at said first facing surface, a plurality of said single lines of said first electrodes and said second electrodes are set, and said constant intervals of said plurality of lines respectively differ in phase. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electrostatic induction generator according to claim 1, wherein said second board is provided with a shaft, and said shaft is supported to be able to rotate by a top bearing part and bottom bearing part provided at said housing. ### Claim 3 An electrostatic induction generator comprising: a housing; a first board fixed to said housing; a second board arranged in parallel to said first board to be able to move relative to said first board; electrically charged films; counter electrodes; and output parts outputting an alternating current generated between said electrically charged films and counter electrodes, wherein said counter electrodes are set at a first facing surface of the first board, said electrically charged films are set at every other constant interval at a second facing surface of said second board so as to face said counter electrodes, said counter electrodes are comprised of pluralities of first electrodes and second electrodes provided separated from each other at said first facing surface, said first electrodes and said second electrodes are alternately arranged along said direction of movement at said constant intervals in a single line, said first electrodes and said second electrodes are respectively connected with each other, said first electrodes and said second electrodes are respectively connected to said output parts, at said first facing surface, a plurality of said single lines of said first electrodes and said second electrodes are set, and said constant intervals of said plurality of lines are all the same in phase, and, at said second facing surface, a single line of electrically charged films comprised of said electrically charged films set at every other constant interval is made to face each of said plurality of lines of said first electrodes and said second electrodes, and said constant intervals of the respective single lines of electrically charged films respectively differ in phase. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The electrostatic induction generator according to claim 3, wherein said second board is provided with a shaft, and said shaft is supported to be able to rotate by a top bearing part and bottom bearing part provided at said housing. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The electrostatic induction generator according to claim 2, wherein said shaft or said second board is directly provided with a rotating weight having an uneven balance of weight or is configured so that rotation of a rotating weight is transmitted through a gear train to said shaft. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electrostatic induction generator according to claim 1, wherein all of said plurality of lines of said first electrodes and said second electrodes are equal in area. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electrostatic induction generator according to claim 1, wherein at said first facing surface, two or three of said single lines of said first electrodes and said second electrodes are set, and two- or three-phase alternating current is output to the output parts. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) A board having said first board used for an electrostatic induction generator according to claim 2, wherein, at said first facing surface of said first board, either of said first electrodes and said second electrodes in said one line set at the outermost circumference, are connected together by patterns at the outermost peripheral edge of said first board, either of said first electrodes and said second electrodes in said one line set at the innermost circumference, are connected together by patterns at the innermost peripheral edge of said first board, and the other electrodes are connected together through thru-holes at the back side of said first facing surface of said first board. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The board according to claim 8, wherein all of said first electrodes and said second electrodes of said plurality of lines are equal in area. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The electrostatic induction generator according to claim 1, wherein said second board engages in translational motion with respect to said first board. ### Claim 11 A system comprising: an electrostatic induction generator having: a rotor having electrically charged parts and able to rotate, and a stator facing said rotor over an air gap of a predetermined distance from said rotor and having conductor parts, wherein said electrically charged parts comprise a plurality of C-fan shaped regions with predetermined center angles arranged in a radial manner from a center of rotation of said rotor, said conductor parts comprise a plurality of ring-shaped regions arranged in concentric circles from a position on the axis of center of rotation of said rotor, said ring-shaped regions are respectively divided into a plurality of C-fan shaped small electrodes with center angles equal to the above center angles, adjoining small electrodes in one said ring-shaped region are alternately connected to output terminals and common terminals of said ring-shaped region, and the same number of output terminals as the said ring-shaped regions are provided, a full wave rectifying circuit connected to said output terminals and a constant voltage load circuit forming a voltage supply of a substantially constant voltage connected to the output of said full wave rectifying circuit are provided, wherein the current rectified in one direction by said full wave rectifying circuit is used to charge said constant voltage load circuit. ### Claim 12 (depends on 4) The electrostatic induction generator according to claim 4, wherein said shaft or said second board is directly provided with a rotating weight having an uneven balance of weight or is configured so that rotation of a rotating weight is transmitted through a gear train to said shaft. ### Claim 13 (depends on 3) The electrostatic induction generator according to claim 3, wherein all of said plurality of lines of said first electrodes and said second electrodes are equal in area. ### Claim 14 (depends on 3) The electrostatic induction generator according to claim 3, wherein at said first facing surface, two or three of said single lines of said first electrodes and said second electrodes are set, and two- or three-phase alternating current is output to the output parts. ### Claim 15 (depends on 4) A board having said first board used for an electrostatic induction generator according to claim 4, wherein, at said first facing surface of said first board, either of said first electrodes and said second electrodes in said one line set at the outermost circumference, are connected together by patterns at the outermost peripheral edge of said first board, either of said first electrodes and said second electrodes in said one line set at the innermost circumference, are connected together by patterns at the innermost peripheral edge of said first board, and the other electrodes are connected together through thru-holes at the back side of said first facing surface of said first board. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The board according to claim 15, wherein all of said first electrodes and said second electrodes of said plurality of lines are equal in area. ### Claim 17 (depends on 3) The electrostatic induction generator according to claim 3, wherein said second board engages in translational motion with respect to said first board.