Patents by Inventor Neil Maurice White

Neil Maurice White 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).

  • Electromagnetic device for converting mechanical vibrational energy into electrical energy
    Patent number: 7795763
    Abstract: An electromagnetic generator comprising two magnets and a coil disposed therebetween, the two magnets being configured to define therebetween a region of magnetic flux in which the coil is disposed whereby relative movement between the coil and the magnets generates an electrical current in the coil, and a vibratable first mount for each of the magnets and a vibratable second mount for the coil whereby each of the at least two magnets and the coil are respectively vibratable about a respective central position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: University of Southampton
    Inventors: Nicholas Robert Harris, Michael John Tudor, Neil Maurice White, Stephen Paul Beeby
  • Electromagnetic device for converting mechanical vibrational energy into electrical energy, and manufacture thereof
    Patent number: 7535148
    Abstract: An electromagnetic generator comprising a multilayer assembly of a first layer carrying at least one magnet, a second layer carrying at least one coil, and a third layer carrying at least one magnet, the at least one magnet of the first and third layers being configured to define therebetween a region of magnetic flux in which the at least one coil is disposed, at least one of the layers being shaped to define a respective displaceable portion thereof which is displaceable by vibration of the electromagnetic generator thereby to cause relative movement between the coil and the magnets and generate an electrical current in the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: University of Southampton
    Inventors: Nicholas Robert Harris, Michael John Tudor, Neil Maurice White, Stephen Paul Beeby, Peter Glynne-Jones
  • Electromagnetic Device For Converting Mechanical Vibrational Energy Into Electrical Energy
    Publication number: 20080246346
    Abstract: An electromagnetic generator comprising two magnets and a coil disposed therebetween, the two magnets being configured to define therebetween a region of magnetic flux in which the coil is disposed whereby relative movement between the coil and the magnets generates an electrical current in the coil, and a vibratable first mount for each of the magnets and a vibratable second mount for the coil whereby each of the at least two magnets and the coil are respectively vibratable about a respective central position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: University of SouthHampton
    Inventors: Nicholas Robert Harris, Michael John Tudor, NeiL Maurice White, Stephen Paul Beeby