ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,684, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Mueller International LLC (Atlanta).
"Solid-state energy harvester" was invented by David Latimore Hughes Jr. (Signal Mountain, Tenn.), Daryl Lee Gibson (Chattanooga, Tenn.) and Timothy Bain Ervin (Apison, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses for utilizing transient pressures inherent in water mains to generate electrical power and methods of using the same. A solid-state energy harvester device comprises a cylindrical body configured to be installed inline with a fluid-carrying pipe system and defining a fluid path, a flexible sleeve disposed inside the cylindrical body and encompass...