ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,027, issued on Sept. 9, 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 includes: a housing body in which a module receiving a generated power is housed; a module with a first connector electrode disposed on a front face; a second connector electrode disposed on an inner face of the housing body connected to the first connector electrode; and a power generation electrode co...