Prime-mover dynamo plants – Miscellaneous – Drive gearing
Reexamination Certificate
2006-09-28
2009-02-24
Gonzalez, Julio C. (Department: 2834)
Prime-mover dynamo plants
Miscellaneous
Drive gearing
C977S725000, C977S708000, C977S796000, C977S724000, C977S837000, C977S936000, C977S948000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07495350
ABSTRACT:
Nanoelectromechanical systems utilizing nanometer-scale assemblies are provided that convert thermal energy into another form of energy that can be used to perform useful work at macroscopic level. Nanometer-scale beams are provided that reduce the velocity of working substance molecules that collide with this nanometer-scale beam by converting some of the kinetic energy of a colliding molecule into kinetic energy of the nanometer-scale beam. In embodiments that operate without a working substance, the thermal vibrations of the beam itself create the necessary beam motion. Automatic switches may be added to realize a regulator such that the nanometer-scale beams only deliver voltages that exceed a particular amount. The output energy of millions of these devices may be efficiently summed together.
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Harlan John C
Pinkerton Joseph F.
CJP IP Holdings, Ltd.
Gonzalez Julio C.
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
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