Patent ID: 8664834

Claim:
An electromechanical energy converter for generating electric energy from mechanical movement, with at least one bending bar that is clamped to a holder at a fastening point and that can be deflected at a free end area at a distance from the fastening point along a trajectory from a neutral position transversely to the longitudinal extension of the bending bar, whereby a deflectable part of the bending bar is connected to the holder by at least one deflectable bridge part extending along the bending bar for the purpose of applying a mechanical prestress to the bending bar oriented essentially in the direction of the longitudinal extension of the bending bar which has at least one electromechanical conversion element used for converting mechanical kinetic energy into electric energy, with a setting mechanism for setting the prestress transferred from the bridge part to the bending bar, wherein the bridge part is arranged outside the bending bar in such a way that, at least when the bending bar is deflected out of the neutral position and a prestress exists, the bending bar and the bridge part extend along lines with different courses.