US Patent Issued on Aug. 25 for "Systems and methods for generating energy from sound" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,388, issued on Aug. 25.

"Systems and methods for generating energy from sound" was invented by Katherine Russell (Wallingford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a method of generating energy includes providing a device comprising a rigid frame defining a three-dimensional space and having an open side; and a plurality of piezoelectric elements, each of the plurality of piezoelectric elements disposed on an inner surface of the rigid frame; exposing the plurality of piezoelectric elements to a soundwave; generating electricity by the piezoelectric elements in response to the soundwave. In one aspect, a device include...