Patents by Inventor Ferdinando Basile

Ferdinando Basile has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Oscillating device for converting fluid kinetic energy into electrical energy
    Patent number: 10590906
    Abstract: A device transducing fluid dynamic energy into electrical energy, usable as a flow meter or energy harvester, includes a mechanical interaction element with a fluid flow, which is brought into oscillation or vibration by the fluid flow, by way of one or more elastic suspension elements; a magnetic induction electromotive force generator, dynamically connected to the mechanical interaction element by the fluid flow, which crosses an electric conductor, moved in the magnetic field by the oscillating or vibrating motion of the mechanical interaction element, thus generating an induced current in the conductor; and a collection unit for the electrical signal generated by induction. The mechanical interaction element is suspended to oscillate around an axis transversal to the flow direction and corresponding to a transversal axis half way along the mechanical interaction element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Inventors: Enrico Espinosa, Ferdinando Basile, Paola Demartini, Lorenzo Ricotti
  • Oscillating device for converting fluid kinetic energy into electrical energy
    Publication number: 20190162163
    Abstract: A device transducing fluid dynamic energy into electrical energy, usable as a flow meter or energy harvester, includes a mechanical interaction element with a fluid flow, which is brought into oscillation or vibration by the fluid flow, by way of one or more elastic suspension elements; a magnetic induction electromotive force generator, dynamically connected to the mechanical interaction element by the fluid flow, which crosses an electric conductor, moved in the magnetic field by the oscillating or vibrating motion of the mechanical interaction element, thus generating an induced current in the conductor; and a collection unit for the electrical signal generated by induction. The mechanical interaction element is suspended to oscillate around an axis transversal to the flow direction and corresponding to a transversal axis half way along the mechanical interaction element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Enrico Espinosa, Ferdinando Basile, Paola Demartini, Lorenzo Ricotti