Electricity: measuring and testing – Magnetic – Magnetometers
Reexamination Certificate
2011-05-31
2011-05-31
LeDynh, Bot L (Department: 2858)
Electricity: measuring and testing
Magnetic
Magnetometers
C324S109000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07952349
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus and method for harvesting energy from the environment and/or other external sources and converting it to useful electrical energy. The harvester does not contain a permanent magnet or other local field source but instead relies on the earth's magnetic field of another source of a magnetic field that is external to the sensing device. One advantage of these new harvesters is that they can be made smaller and lighter than energy harvesters that contain a magnet and/or an inertial mass.
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Bono David C.
Huang Jiankang
O'Handley Robert C.
Sundram Hariharan Venketesh
Ferro Solutions, Inc.
Ledynh Bot L
Rissman Hendricks & Oliverio LLP
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