ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,923, issued on March 11, was assigned to The Ritsumeikan Trust (Kyoto, Japan) and ABLIC Inc. (Nagano, Japan).
"Power generation sensor" was invented by Takakuni Douseki (Shiga, Japan), Ami Tanaka (Shiga, Japan), Shiyuya Imoto (Shiga, Japan) and Fumiyasu Utsunomiya (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power generation sensor, generating electric power using a liquid, includes: a base; a positive electrode for power generation disposed in a first direction of the base and containing a first material; a negative electrode for power generation disposed in the first direction and containing a second material; a first connector...