MAXIMIZING POWER GENERATION IN AND DISTRIBUTING FORCE AMONGST PIEZOELECTRIC GENERATORS

• US 20080083139A1
• Filed: 12/03/2007
• Published: 04/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jeffrey Mullen
• Original Assignee: Jeffrey Mullen
• Inventors: Mullen, Jeffrey
• Granted Patent: US 10,842,218 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 36/136
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/00 Footwear characterised by the shape or the use
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/34 with electrical or electronic arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/38 with power sources
• CPC Class Codes: H02N 2/18 producing electrical output from mechanical input, e.g. generators for measurement devices G01
• CPC Class Codes: H10N 30/30 with mechanical input and electrical output, e.g. functioning as generators or sensors
• CPC Class Codes: H10N 30/308 Membrane type

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to array and utilize piezoelectric generators. It is also an object of the invention to implement properly configured piezoelectric generators into applications that can recapture expelled kinetic energy that is otherwise wasted. Particularly, piezoelectric generators, or arrays, may be, for example, placed in shoes, clothing, tires, roads, and sidewalks in order to recapture the energy expelled in everyday human activities (e.g., walking, moving, and driving).

Claims

1-3. -3. (canceled)

4. A shoe comprising:

a first generator array located about a top portion of said shoe, wherein said first generator is operable to be mechanically distorted in order to provide a first electrical energy; and

a second generator array located about a sole of said shoe, wherein said second generator array is operable to be mechanically distorted in order to provide a second electrical energy.