US Patent Issued to TDK on Jan. 20 for "Devices and methods for piezoelectric sensing and energy harvesting on wheels" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,555, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Devices and methods for piezoelectric sensing and energy harvesting on wheels" was invented by Ryan Griswold (San Jose, Calif.) and Vibhu Vivek (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sensor modules mountable on a wheel are described with methods of use. A sensor module for a wheel includes a base module mountable to a rim. The sensor module further includes a first set of piezoelectric sensors coupled to the base module at a first side and a second set of piezoelectric sensors coupled to the base module at a second side. A method includes receiving a first force fr...