IP Library Granted Patent US 9,608,504
Granted Patent B2
US 9,608,504 · App. 14/003,928 · Granted Mar 28, 2017

Vibration-based electric power generator

Inventor: Teruyuki Akazawa (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: YANMAR CO., LTD.
H02K35/02H02K7/1876H02K35/04
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Patent No.
US 9,608,504
App. No.
14/003,928
Granted
Mar 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a The vibration-based electric power generator in which one of ends of a magnet holding member 20 and one of ends of an outer yoke 30 are connected to each other through a first support spring 41 which is a leaf spring, the other end of the magnet holding member 20 and the other end of the first support spring 41 are connected to each other through a second support spring 42 which is a leaf spring, and the outer yoke 30 or the magnet holding member 20 is fixed to a structure 50 such as a wall surface, a road sign, a vehicle body and a railway bridge for generating electric power from vibration of the structure 50 . The vibration-based electric power generator has excellent durability and can generate electric power even by slight vibration.

Claims (14)

1. A vibration-based electric power generator comprising:

a cylindrical inner yoke;

a cylindrical magnet holding member disposed on an outer periphery of the inner yoke at a predetermined distance therefrom; and

a cylindrical outer yoke disposed on an outer periphery of the magnet holding member at a predetermined distance therefrom, wherein

one end of the magnet holding member and one end of the outer yoke are connected to each other through a first support spring that is a leaf spring, and

an other end of the magnet holding member and an other end of the outer yoke are connected to each other through a second support spring that is a leaf spring;

fastening bolts adapted to mount the generator to a vibration source, wherein the fastening bolts are respectively disposed on the inner yoke and the magnet holding member; and the outer yoke is supported by the magnet holding member through the first support spring and the second support spring, and the outer yoke is movable in a reciprocating manner.

2. A vibration-based electric power generator comprising:

a cylindrical inner yoke;

a cylindrical magnet holding member disposed on an outer periphery of the inner yoke at a predetermined distance therefrom;

a cylindrical outer yoke disposed on an outer periphery of the magnet holding member at a predetermined distance therefrom, wherein

one end of the magnet holding member and one end of the outer yoke are connected to each other through a first support spring that is a leaf spring, and

an other end of the magnet holding member and an other end of the outer yoke are connected to each other through a second support spring that is a leaf spring; and

fastening bolts adapted to mount the generator to a vibration source, wherein the fastening bolts are respectively disposed on the inner yoke and the magnet holding member, the vibration source includes a first structure-mounting portion and a second structure-mounting portion, the first structure-mounting portion and the second structure-mounting portion are opposite to each other in a direction from the one end of the outer yoke to the other end of the outer yoke, and the generator is configured so that the inner yoke and the magnet holding member can be fixed to the first structure-mounting portion of the vibration source and the outer yoke can be fixed to the second structure-mounting portion of the vibration source.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 26, 2020
From: YANMAR CO., LTD.
To: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054162/0112 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2016
From: ESTIR CO., LTD.
To: YANMAR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 038931/0116 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: ESTIR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032107/0575 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 23, 2013
From: AKAZAWA, TERUYUKI
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031457/0186 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-078143 · Mar 31, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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