Patents by Inventor Megumi Kitamura

Megumi Kitamura 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).

  • Publication number: 20170149357
    Abstract: A power generating element is provided. The power generating element includes an electrode pair and an intermediate layer. The electrode pair includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The intermediate layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The intermediate layer is insulating and has a first side facing the first electrode and a second side facing the second electrode. The first electrode and the intermediate layer together operate as a contact/separation mechanism configured to perform a contact/separation operation, when an external force is applied to the power generating element to generate power. In the contact/separation operation, the contact/separation mechanism transitions between a contact or close state in which the first electrode and the first side are brought into contact with each other or close to each other, and a separation state in which the first electrode and the first side are separated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Mizuki OTAGIRI, Tsuneaki Kondoh, Yuko Arizumi, Tomoaki Sugawara, Junichiro Natori, Mayuka Araumi, Takahiro Imai, Megumi Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20170148973
    Abstract: A power generating device is provided. The power generating device includes an element having flexibility and a support to support at least one portion of the element. The element is capable of undergoing a deformation when receiving a vibration and capable of generating power when undergoing the deformation. The deformation includes at least one of a bending deformation, a torsional deformation, and a bending-torsional complex deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Takahiro IMAI, Tsuneaki KONDOH, Tomoaki SUGAWARA, Yuko ARIZUMI, Junichiro NATORI, Mayuka ARAUMl, Mizuki OTAGIRI, Megumi KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20170093305
    Abstract: A power generating element is provided. The power generating element includes a pair of electrodes and an intermediate layer disposed between the pair of electrodes. The intermediate layer includes an insulating elastic body. The power generating element is flexibly bendable when receiving an external force, while causing a sliding transfer between at least one of the electrodes and at least one surface of the intermediate layer which faces the at least one of the electrodes, due to a difference in curvature between the electrodes and the intermediate layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Tomoaki SUGAWARA, Junichiro Natori, Tsuneaki Kondoh, Yuko Arizumi, Takahiro Imai, Mizuki Otagiri, Mayuka Araumi, Megumi Kitamura