Patents by Inventor Werner Karpen

Werner Karpen 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).

  • ELECTROMECHANICAL ENERGY CONVERTER
    Publication number: 20120062049
    Abstract: An electromechanical energy converter (1) is provided that can convert mechanical vibration energy into electrical energy. For this purpose, the energy converter (1) has a housing (2) in which a coil (12) and a permanent magnet (15) are disposed moveable with respect to each other, the coil (12) lying within the magnetic field of the magnet (15). To fully utilize the entire field intensity of the magnet (15), flux guides (18) are disposed at the poles of the magnet (15) that divert the magnetic flux lines (17) substantially in the direction of the coil (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daniel Baur, Bernhard Blocher, Werner Karpen, Vladimir V. Popov, Guido Schmid, Stefan Schwamberger, Thomas Trietz