Patent ID: 8217523
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: F03G,H02K,H02N

Abstract:
1. An energy harvester implantable in an animal at least partially contained within a deformable cavity that uses physiologic motion to produce electric power based on a receiver for receiving an input force or displacement and displacing an energy collector to a catch position according to the input force, wherein the cavity and the receiver are coupled using a mechanical or solid connection; said energy collector having an inherent release speed and an inherent release frequency; a holder for temporarily holding said energy collector in said catch position and releasing said energy collector from said catch position, so that said energy collector moves with an output displacement in which the speed, frequency, or both is greater than the corresponding input displacement speed, frequency, or both, that output displacement speed or frequency change, or both, being governed primarily by said collector's inherent release speed and frequency, and a converter for transforming the motion of the energy collector into electric energy.