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Pressurized gas to electrical energy conversion for low-power field devices

  • US 6,975,043 B2
  • Filed: 12/22/2003
  • Issued: 12/13/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A power supply module for generating electricity in a field device, the module comprising:

  • a support structure coupleable to a source of pressurized gas, the support structure adapted to direct the pressurized gas;

    a flexure mounted relative to the support structure, the flexure including a cantilever structure having one end that oscillates in response to gas flow;

    an electrical conductor positioned on the flexure proximate the cantilever end and being electrically couplable to components within the field device;

    a magnetic field disposed proximate the cantilever end such that oscillation of the cantilever end generates electricity in the conductor; and

    an energy storage device electrically coupled to a trace, wherein both, the energy storage device and the trace are located within the module.

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