Body heat power generator
CA 2230498 A1 · Owner: Wong, George S. K. · Inventors: Wong, George S. K.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
The invention disclosed relates to a method and apparatus for generating electrical power using animal body heat as the sole energy source. The apparatus includes a plurality of thermocouples connected in series and means for maintaining a temperature differential between the hot and cold junctions of the thermocouples whereby body heat energy received by, the hot junction is converted to electrical power. The apparatus can be used to replace or supplement the electrical power provided by a low-voltage battery to drive a microelectronic device.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed February 25, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 25, 2018.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by February 25, 2020.
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