US Patent:
20150322914, Nov 12, 2015
Inventors:
Lei ZUO - Nesconset NY, US
John WANG - East Setauket NY, US
Rui He ZHENG - Flushing NY, US
Xiao Hui LEI - College Point NY, US
Jorge F. LAM-KI - Bay Shore NY, US
Teng LIN - Coram NY, US
Zhongjie LI - Stony Brook NY, US
Assignee:
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK - Albany NY
International Classification:
F03B 13/18
F03G 7/08
F16H 19/04
Abstract:
An energy generating device utilizing mechanical vibration power is provided. The energy generating device includes a first body for reciprocating according to vibration motions; an anchored second body; a rack coupled to one of the first body and the anchored second body; a gear assembly engaged with the rack and coupled to the other one of the first body and the anchored second body such that the gear assembly drives a generator via a rotational movement in a single direction according to each of upward and downward movement of the rack relative to the gear assembly; and the generator engaged with the gear assembly for receiving the rotational movement output from the gear assembly and outputting a direct current according to the rotational input from the gear assembly.