# US 9,882,512 B2 · Piezoelectric element for power generation and power generation device using same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,882,512 B2 - Document ID: US9882512B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/431,183 - Filed: 2013-09-24 - Published: 2015-09-10 - Granted: 2018-01-30 - Earliest claimed: 2012-09-25 - Applicants: Sang-Cheol Bae - Inventors: Sang-Cheol Bae - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9882512B2 ## CPC - H02N 2/183: {using impacting bodies (high voltage generators in spark lighters F23Q)} - F03B 7/00: Water wheels {(of swinging flap type F03B17/06)} - F03B 13/14: using wave energy - F03B 13/184: {of a water-wheel type wom} - H02N 2/18: producing electrical output from mechanical input, e.g. generators (for measurement devices G01) - H10N 30/30: with mechanical input and electrical output, e.g. functioning as generators or sensors - F05B 2220/709: Piezoelectric means - Y02E 10/30: Energy from the sea, e.g. using wave energy or salinity gradient - H02N: ELECTRIC MACHINES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - F03B: MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS (positive-displacement engines for liquid F03C; machines for liquids and gases F01; positive-displacement machines for liquids F04, rotary fluid gearing of the hydrokinetic type F16H41/00) - H10N: ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - F05B: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract A piezoelectric element for power generation and a power generation device using the same according to the present invention can maximize an electromotive force generated by the piezoelectric element by converting an external force (a natural force or a load force of a person/vehicle or the like) transferred from the outside into an instantaneous impact force and transferring the impact force to the piezoelectric element. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A piezoelectric element for power generation, the element comprising: a metal thin film; a piezoelectric material layer fixed to at least any one of a top surface and a bottom surface of the metal thin film; and an electrode layer formed at one side of an outer surface of the piezoelectric material layer, wherein the metal thin film is configured of a flat surface unit to which the piezoelectric material layer is fixed, and an elastic deformation unit configured in a shape extended and bent from a rim of the flat surface unit toward outside to be elastically deformed in a vertical direction of the flat surface unit and generate an impact force when an external force is applied, wherein the element further comprises a reinforcement unit formed at an outer end portion of the elastic deformation unit in order to prevent the flat surface unit from being deformed in accordance with the deformation when the elastic deformation unit is deformed, wherein the reinforcement unit is configured by forming the outer end portion of the elastic deformation unit to be thicker than the other portions. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The piezoelectric element according to claim 1, wherein the reinforcement unit is configured by bending the outer end portion of the elastic deformation unit. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A power generation device using a piezoelectric element, the device comprising: at least one of the piezoelectric elements according to claim 1; a connection member of a bar shape, in which one end portion of a length direction is connected to the piezoelectric element; a supporting body for fixing the other end portion of the length direction so that the connection member may be formed in a shape of a cantilever; and a charging unit electrically connected to the piezoelectric element to charge electricity generated by the piezoelectric element. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The device according to claim 3, wherein a cross section of the connection member is a panel shape, and a strength reinforcement unit bent or thicker than a center portion is formed at both end portions of a width direction in order to reinforce strength. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The device according to claim 3, further comprising a weight formed at one end portion of the piezoelectric element to support deformation of at least any one of the metal thin film and the connection member when an external force is applied. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The device according to claim 3, wherein a branch member for branching a plurality of piezoelectric elements in a stacked form to be spaced apart from each other and connecting the piezoelectric elements to the connection members is further formed at one end portion of the connection member to which the piezoelectric element is connected. ### Claim 7 A power generation device using a piezoelectric element, the device comprising: an external force transfer unit for generating a displacement when an external force is applied; a stopper unit installed at one side of the external force transfer unit to generate an impact force by collision with the external force transfer unit where the displacement is generated; a piezoelectric power generation unit installed at least at any one of the external force transfer unit and the stopper unit to generate electricity using a piezoelectric effect obtained by the impact force; and a charging unit for charging the electricity generated by the piezoelectric power generation unit, wherein the external force transfer unit includes a rotation axis and a rotation member of a bar shape having a middle one end portion combined with the rotation axis so that both end portions may rotate centering on the rotation axis, and the stopper unit is installed to collide with the other end portion of the rotation member when one end portion of the rotation member rotates by an external force. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The device according to claim 7, wherein the external force is a kinetic energy of a traveling train, and a kinetic energy transfer member for transferring the kinetic energy at a time of traveling to one end portion of the rotation member is installed at one side of the train. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The device according to claim 7, wherein the external force is a load energy of a vehicle traveling on a ground surface, and a load energy transfer member for transferring the load energy transferred through a wheel of the vehicle to one end portion of the rotation member is installed on the road surface. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The device according to claim 7, wherein the external force transfer unit is formed in a waterwheel shape including a rotation axis and a plurality of blades arranged in a radial shape centering on the rotation axis, and at least some of stopper units are installed between the blades so that the stopper units may collide with the blades when the blades rotate centering on the rotation axis by a wave force, which is an external force. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The device according to claim 7, wherein the piezoelectric power generation unit is configured to include a piezoelectric element and a connection member for transferring the impact force to the piezoelectric element, in which one end portion of the connection member is connected to the piezoelectric element and the other end portion is connected to the external force transfer unit or the stopper unit, wherein the piezoelectric element includes a metal thin film; a piezoelectric material layer fixed to at least any one of a top surface and a bottom surface of the metal thin film; and an electrode layer formed at one side of an outer surface of the piezoelectric material layer.