ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,378, issued on Feb. 10.
"Coupled-beam energy harvesting damper" was invented by Xingzhuang Zhao (College Park, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupled-beam energy harvesting damper (CBEHD) is disclosed. The device includes a support structure, at least one coil-bearing beam, and at least two magnet-bearing beams positioned adjacent the coil-bearing beam. One or more coils wound on a coil spool are secured along the coil-bearing beam, and at least one magnet assembly-including a permanent magnet within a housing pipe-spans between adjacent magnet-bearing beams and passes through a bore of at least one coil spool. Relative motion ...