14-12-2017 дата публикации
Номер: US20170359066A1
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A self-powered switching device is provided. In embodiments, the device uses a prestressed flextensional electroactive member to generate a signal for activation of a latching relay. The electroactive member has a piezoelectric element with a convex face and a concave face that may be compressed to generate an electrical pulse. The flextensional electroactive member and associated signal generation circuitry can be hardwired directly to the latching relay or may be coupled to a transmitter for sending an RF signal to a receiver which actuates the latching relay. 1. A self-powered switching system , comprising: an integral power source that is configured to generate electrical power;', 'a first signal transmitter electrically powered by the integral power source, the first signal transmitter being configured to generate and transmit a first switching signal; and', 'an encoder circuit configured to at least one of select and generate a first switching code string to be transmitted as at least a portion of the first switching signal;, 'a self-powered signal transmitter unit comprising a signal receiver configured to receive the first switching signal including the first switching code string;', 'a signal comparing circuit configured to compare the first switching code string in the first switching signal to a stored switching code string to identify a first switching code string match;, 'a receiving unit comprisinga relay unit configured to receive the first switching signal from the self-powered signal transmitter unit according to a first communicating protocol and to translate and retransmit the first switching signal to the receiving unit according to a second communicating protocol different from the first communicating protocol; anda switching circuit configured to operate between a first operating mode and at least one second operating mode, the switching circuit being in communication with the receiving unit and cycling between the first operating mode and the ...
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