US Patent Issued to University of South Carolina on Aug. 25 for "High voltage energy harvesting and sensing with 3D spiral design" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,389, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to University of South Carolina (Columbia, S.C.).

"High voltage energy harvesting and sensing with 3D spiral design" was invented by Mohammad Sadegh Saadatzi (Columbia, S.C.) and Sourav Banerjee (Irmo, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a novel piezoelectric energy harvester based on a metamaterial structure capable of scavenging energy from multiple low-frequency ambient vibrations employing a mass-in-mass Phononic crystal structure and comprised of a piezoelectric snail structure, encapsulated in a cylindrical rubber matrix, and encased in a rigid cubic frame."

The patent w...