ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,782, issued on June 9.
"Hygroelectric charging and battery management system" was invented by John LaRocco (Columbus, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a hygroelectric charging and power management system. The system comprises at least one single layer or a bilayer of flexible hygroelectric polymer stacked together in series to generate power on collision with a water molecule, and at least one rechargeable battery having an input terminal and an output terminal. The input terminal is electrically connected to the single layer or the bilayer of flexible hygroelectric polymer to receive and store the generated ...