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Method and apparatus to harness keyboard strokes and mouse movement to charge an electrical storage device

  • US 8,742,717 B2
  • Filed: 04/27/2011
  • Issued: 06/03/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for charging an electrical storage device of a computer, comprising:

  • at least one user input device operatively connected to the computer and configured to communicate input data to the computer in response to an action of a user, having at least one transducer configured to receive a mechanical force and convert the mechanical force into electrical energy; and

    a connector, configured to operatively connect the user input device to the electrical storage device of the computer and deliver the electrical energy from the user input device to the electrical storage device.

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