Patent · US Expired

Method and apparatus for supplying energy to sensors

US6989609B2 · kind B2 · utility

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5References

12Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Jiri Marek · Reutlingen, DE
Matthias Illing · Tübingen, DE
Hans-Peter Trah · Reutlingen, DE
Oliver Schatz · Reutlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 26, 2004
Grant date	Jan 24, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 26, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH02N1/08
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for supplying energy to a sensor co-moved with a wheel of a vehicle, which contains a generator co-moved with the wheel of the vehicle, the generator generating electrical energy from vibrational motions of the vehicle.

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