US Patent Issued to SAGINOMIYA SEISAKUSHO on Aug. 19 for "Energy harvesting element and energy harvesting device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,395,099, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to SAGINOMIYA SEISAKUSHO INC. (Tokyo).

"Energy harvesting element and energy harvesting device" was invented by Noriko Shimomura (Sayama, Japan) and Hisayuki Ashizawa (Sayama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy harvesting element capable of efficiently generating power is provided. The energy harvesting element generates power by vibration, and includes a first electrode and a second electrode, a member having a third electrode electrically connected to the second electrode, and facing the first electrode, and a fourth electrode relatively fixed to the third electrode without being ele...