Patents by Inventor Scott D. Moss

Scott D. Moss 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).

  • Vibration energy harvesting using cycloidal motion
    Patent number: 9484795
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to an energy conversion device, comprising: a casing; an electromagnetic (EM) transducer disposed at one side of the casing; a round magnet disposed in the casing and free to move relative to the casing and the EM transducer in at least two degrees of freedom; and a ferromagnetic object fixed relative to the casing at an opposite side of the casing to the EM transducer and arranged to attract the magnet toward a rest position within the casing. The EM transducer is positioned so that movement of the magnet relative to the EM transducer varies the magnetic field through the EM transducer, thereby generating electrical potential across at least a part of the EM transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
    Inventors: Scott D. Moss, Genevieve A. Hart
  • VIBRATION ENERGY HARVESTING USING CYCLOIDAL MOTION
    Publication number: 20150123497
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to an energy conversion device, comprising: a casing; an electromagnetic (EM) transducer disposed at one side of the casing; a round magnet disposed in the casing and free to move relative to the casing and the EM transducer in at least two degrees of freedom; and a ferromagnetic object fixed relative to the casing at an opposite side of the casing to the EM transducer and arranged to attract the magnet toward a rest position within the casing. The EM transducer is positioned so that movement of the magnet relative to the EM transducer varies the magnetic field through the EM transducer, thereby generating electrical potential across at least a part of the EM transducer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
    Inventors: Scott D. Moss, Genevieve A. Hart