Patents Assigned to Institut Ploytechnique de Grenoble
  • Energy harvester
    Patent number: 9973112
    Abstract: An energy harvester includes a circuit for collecting an excess of electrical charges on a first connection terminal, wherein the circuit is equipped with a first controllable mechanical switch, and a control device for the first switch. There is a transducer suitable for directly transforming, without consuming the excess of electrical charges present on the first connection terminal, the variation of the energy to be harvested into a mechanical deformation which displaces the first switch from its open position to its closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignees: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Institut Ploytechnique de Grenoble, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Bernard Viala, Gor Lebedev, Jérome Delamare, Orphée Cugat, Dmitry Zakharov, Leticia Gimeno Monge