ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,380, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Multi-capacitor kinetic energy generator" was invented by Vikram Malhotra (Portland, Ore.), Kathleen F. Richmond (Seattle) and Summer L. Schneider (Beaverton, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A kinetic energy generator, system and method of transmitting data are described. The kinetic energy generator includes a piezoelectric element that receives kinetic energy initiated by a user, a rectifier connected with the piezoelectric element that rectifies voltage from the piezoelectric element, a capacitive system of capacitors formed from different materials connected ...