Patents by Inventor Romain Soulie

Romain Soulie 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: 20210202825
    Abstract: An energy harvester comprises: converter capable of converting a variation of energy to be harvested into a potential difference between two electric terminals by accumulating charges; the converter including a stack of layers with at least one first layer made of a piezoelectric material; a collection circuit connected to the terminals and comprising a switch, the collection circuit being configured to harvest the charges when the switch is in a closed state; the converter being able to emit acoustic vibrations in an audible frequency band when the collection circuit harvests the charges; the energy harvester further comprises a control circuit configured to control a plurality of closing-opening sequences (SFO) of the switch, when the potential difference reaches a defined threshold, so as to harvest the charges through a plurality of partial discharges of the converter and to limit the stress deviation experienced by the first layer during each discharge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Luc Pouyadou, Thibault Ricart, Jérôme Delamare, Romain Soulie