| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a transducer which converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by use of electroactive polymer films. <P>SOLUTION: A grid plate 515 is secured to a heel 500 of a shoe, and an EAP film 562 is attached to the grid plate 515 by a second plate 516. A fluid-filled flexible bellows 555 is secured to a lower portion of the grid plate 516. The bellows 555 is designed to contract when forces 552 and 554 are applied to the heel 500 during human bipedal walking and uncontract when the forces are removed. When the bellows 555 contracts, fluid 564 forces the EAP film 562 to deflect into a plurality of apertures 520. When the bellows 555 uncontracts as the forces 552 and 554 are decreased or removed, the EAP film 562 relaxes. The deflection and the subsequent relaxation of the EAP film 562 generates electricity. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT |
