Extreme Environment Variable Reluctance Energy Harvester and Method for Implementing Same
AssigneeHarco Corporation
InventorRobert A. Croce, JR.
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Abstract
An energy harvester article configured to associate with a ferromagnetic flywheel having gear teeth is provided and includes a magnet, a first pole piece, wherein the first pole piece includes a first pole piece first end and a first pole piece second end, a second pole piece, wherein the second pole piece includes a first portion and a second portion configured into an “L” shape, and wherein the second portion is arranged to be substantially parallel with the first pole piece and separated from the first pole piece by a distance L, and a coil, wherein the coil is configured to be wrapped around the first pole piece proximate the first pole piece second end.
Claims20
An energy harvester article configured to associate with a ferromagnetic flywheel having gear teeth, comprising:
- a magnet;
- a first pole piece, wherein the first pole piece includes a first pole piece first end and a first pole piece second end;
- a second pole piece, wherein the second pole piece includes a second pole piece first portion and a second pole piece second portion, and wherein the second pole piece first portion includes a second pole piece first portion first end and a second pole piece first portion second end, and wherein the second pole piece second portion includes a second pole piece second portion first end and a second pole piece second portion second end, and wherein the second pole piece first portion is configure to be substantially perpendicular to the first pole piece and the second pole piece first portion first end is located proximate the first pole piece first end, and wherein the second pole piece second portion is configure to be substantially parallel to the first pole piece and the second pole piece second portion first end is located proximate the second pole piece first portion second end, and wherein the first pole piece and second pole piece second portion are separated by a predetermined distance;
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- a coil, wherein the coil is configured to be wrapped around the first pole piece proximate the first pole piece second end.
An energy harvester article configured to associate with a ferromagnetic flywheel having gear teeth, comprising:
- a magnet;
- a first pole piece, wherein the first pole piece includes a first pole piece first end and a first pole piece second end;
- a second pole piece, wherein the second pole piece includes a first portion and a second portion configured into an “L” shape, and wherein the second portion is arranged to be substantially parallel with the first pole piece and separated from the first pole piece by a distance L;
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- a coil, wherein the coil is configured to be wrapped around the first pole piece proximate the first pole piece second end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.