2010
Entries
The novel product is a piezoelectric energy harvesting device mounted inside the combustion chamber of the spark ignition engine of a vehicle. The piezoelectric material is covered with a Ceramic Matrix Composite (CMC) material to be protected against explosions inside the cylinder.
Already well-known, piezoelectric materials can produce electric power when deformed. Mounted on the piston upper surface,
A directional electronic digital compass IC (or other electronic compass), video camera, microphone, and earphone, signaling through a high bandwidth transceiver built within (or attached to) an ordinary hat, glasses, or earworn configuration enables the wearer to perform many patentably distinct useful functions.
HSOA puts human health care at the center of its preoccupation. Nowadays, people let their health worsen for many reasons: waste of time in emergency rooms, too few medical workers, fear or feeling ashamed to take medical tests. As a result, many people live with chronic diseases and decide to see a doctor when it’s too late. Every day,
Most residential buildings in the United States dispose of the waste water without any method for heat recovery. While controlling building heat losses through better insulated structures is part of standard construction, less is done to prevent energy loss through drainage plumbing. The U.
A simple rotary heat engine that uses a small temperature differential to produce hundreds of foot pounds of mechanical torque for direct application or for electrical generation,can be built to operate from a hot spring or simple solar collector as heat source.
Utilizing only simple engineering and thermodynamics,
My invention heats water by taking the kinetic energy from the wind using a modified Froude type dynamometer, which is coupled to a vertical axis cycloturbine style wind turbine.
The wind-turbine is a variation of prior cycloturbine types, since it uses a wind direction sensing vane to dynamically adjust blade pitch,
The power densities in high altitude winds (4600 m and above) exceeds a 20 kW/m2 seasonal average and this is the highest power density for a large renewable energy resource anywhere on Earth. It exceeds the power densities of sunlight, near surface winds, ocean currents, hydropower, tides, geothermal, and other large-scale renewable resources.
Modern high-efficiency light bulbs such as compact fluorescents and Light Emitting Diode (LED) bulbs look very different from conventional, vintage, or antique incandescents. However, sometimes, the appearance of an incandescent bulb, with its glowing filament is highly desirable. Reproduction incandescent bulbs are still made and have a growing market (NYTimes, 6/7/10 ) despite consuming electricity extremely inefficiently,
This invention addresses the $ 1 Billion USD annual storm water back up damage to finished basements and below grade construction that occurs during power outages when the AC pump cannot operate and DC battery back up pumps are unable to operate for long durations (usually 1-3 hours of pumping on battery power). Even during harsh storm conditions,
This is a high end audio system intended as a jukebox system but capable of being the central computer for a mobile life. It has stereo sound with 15 watts per channel in a sealed cabinet design. The screen is 9" and is a touch screen which is what's used for most functions.
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