US Patent Issued to The Chinese University of Hong Kong on April 29 for "Biokinetic energy collection apparatus and fabrication method thereof" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,037, issued on April 29, was assigned to The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong).

"Biokinetic energy collection apparatus and fabrication method thereof" was invented by Wei-Hsin Liao (Hong Kong) and Mingjing Cai (Zhanjiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biokinetic energy collection apparatus and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The apparatus includes: a counter weight, configured to oscillate with a movement of a wearer, to convert a mechanical energy generated by the movement into kinetic energy of the counter weight; a rotating frame, mechanically coupled to the counter weight, and configured to receive t...