Vibration-based electric power generator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9608504-B2
Application number	US-201214003928-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 26, 2012
Priority date	Mar 31, 2011
Publication date	Mar 28, 2017
Grant date	Mar 28, 2017

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.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

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.

Assignees

• Akazawa Teruyuki
• Yanmar Co Ltd

Inventors

• Akazawa Teruyuki

Classifications

• H02K35/02 Primary

  with moving magnets and stationary coil systems · CPC title

• H02K7/1876

  with reciprocating, linearly oscillating or vibrating parts · CPC title

• H02K35/04

  with moving coil systems and stationary magnets · CPC title