ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,641, issued on March 18.

"Green energy harvesting methods for novel class of batteries and power supplies" was invented by Ramin Sadr (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy harvesting device for powering electronic devices such as wireless sensors and IoT devices is described. The device relies on nature's fundamental forces to convert kinetic energy to electrical energy, acting as power source; while accounting for the Casimir force. Nanotechnology and MEMS are used to fabricate the device embedding a mechanical oscillator, electronic circuitry, energy harvester, and transducer integrated in the same packaging. The d...