Energy harvester

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9647578
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14438426

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An energy harvester having a converter suitable for converting a variation of the energy to be harvested into a corresponding excess of electrical charges. There is a circuit for collecting the excess of electrical charges, the circuit is equipped with a controllable switch and a control device for the switch designed to control the switching of this switch to its closed position. The control device is suitable for exerting a force which stresses the electrical contacts towards one another. The force varies continually as a function of the quantity of electrical charges present on the first terminal and bringing the electrical contacts to bear on one another only when the excess of electrical charges exceeds a predetermined threshold, and/or for ionizing the electrically insulating medium to produce an electrical arc between the two electrical contacts only when the excess of electrical charges exceeds the predetermined threshold.

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CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUEPARIS FRA
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESPARIS FRANCE PARIS PARIS
INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE46 AVENUE FÉLIX VIALLET GRENOBLE 38000

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cugat, Orphée Poisat, FR 7 17
Delamare, Jérome Grenoble, FR 4 14
Ricart, Thibault Seyssinet-Pariset, FR 8 17
Viala, Bernard Sassenage, FR 38 301

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