ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,067, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to TOTO Ltd. (Kitakyushu, Japan).
"Power generation module and remote control device" was invented by Yukimasa Nakano (Kitakyushu, Japan), Takashi Maeno (Kitakyushu, Japan), Takashi Iwanaga (Kitakyushu, Japan) and Shingo Hashimoto (Kitakyushu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power generation module includes an input part, an elastic member, generator, a rotatable member, a transmission part, and a lock part. The elastic member stores energy input to the input part. The generator generates power when a rotor of the generator is rotated. The rotatable member rotates the rotor. The transmissio...