The disclosure is directed to methods and systems for provisioning mobile electric vehicles with various operational settings data transmitted over the air. A vehicle or its components may operate according to operational settings corresponding to operational settings data included in the vehicle components. A server that is remote to the vehicle may comprise operational settings data and may transmit operational settings data to the vehicle. The server may transmit operational settings data automatically, such as on a periodic basis, in response to a request, such as from a user or from a vehicle component or anytime new or updated operational settings data are available for the vehicle or its components.

The disclosure is directed to methods and systems for provisioning mobile electric vehicles with various operational settings data transmitted over the air. A vehicle or its components may operate according to operational settings corresponding to operational settings data included in the vehicle components. A server that is remote to the vehicle may comprise operational settings data and may transmit operational settings data to the vehicle. The server may transmit operational settings data automatically, such as on a periodic basis, in response to a request, such as from a user or from a vehicle component or anytime new or updated operational settings data are available for the vehicle or its components.

A vehicle incorporates a gravity-assist energy harvesting suspension system including one or more gravitational positive displacement pumps. The positive displacement pump has a cylinder and a reciprocating piston inside the cylinder. The piston is adapted for movement along a compression stroke and an opposite extension stroke in response to a gravitational bounce of the vehicle when in motion. A turbine comprising a rotor shaft and attached blades is mounted relative to a distal end of a fluid outlet hose connected to the pump. Fluid discharged through the outlet hose acts on the blades, thereby moving and imparting rotational energy to the rotor shaft. A generator is operatively connected to the turbine, and is adapted for converting the rotational energy generated by the rotor shaft to electrical energy.

A vehicle incorporates a gravity-assist energy harvesting suspension system including one or more gravitational positive displacement pumps. The positive displacement pump has a cylinder and a reciprocating piston inside the cylinder. The piston is adapted for movement along a compression stroke and an opposite extension stroke in response to a gravitational bounce of the vehicle when in motion. A turbine comprising a rotor shaft and attached blades is mounted relative to a distal end of a fluid outlet hose connected to the pump. Fluid discharged through the outlet hose acts on the blades, thereby moving and imparting rotational energy to the rotor shaft. A generator is operatively connected to the turbine, and is adapted for converting the rotational energy generated by the rotor shaft to electrical energy.

A vibration energy harvester includes: a pair of electrodes provided so as to face opposite each other, with at least one of the pair of electrodes allowed to move; and an ion gel provided between the pair of electrodes, which is formed by using an ionic liquid, wherein: as an external vibration causes the electrode to move along a direction in which a distance between the pair of electrodes changes, power is generated through a change in an area of an electric double layer formed on two sides of an interface of each electrode and the ion gel.

A vibration energy harvester includes: a pair of electrodes provided so as to face opposite each other, with at least one of the pair of electrodes allowed to move; and an ion gel provided between the pair of electrodes, which is formed by using an ionic liquid, wherein: as an external vibration causes the electrode to move along a direction in which a distance between the pair of electrodes changes, power is generated through a change in an area of an electric double layer formed on two sides of an interface of each electrode and the ion gel.

The present disclosure is directed to an engine component for a gas turbine engine, the engine component including a substrate that includes a composite fiber and defines a surface. An energy harvesting fiber is positioned within the substrate.

A compressor assembly for further pressurizing pressurized fluid using motion of waves, the pressurized fluid being pressurized by a previous compressor assembly, is provided. The compressor assembly includes: a compression piston having a first side and a second side; a first rod portion coupled to a buoyant member coupled to the first side of the compression piston, wherein movement of the buoyant member is transferred, via the first rod portion, into movement of the compression piston between a top and bottom end of a compression chamber; and a second rod portion coupled to the second side of the compression piston and including a terminal surface, wherein the second portion is sized such that the terminal surface is located within an equalizer assembly during an entire range of motion of the compression piston. A diameter of the second portion is equal to or greater than a diameter of the first portion.

A kinetically-powered wrist-worn electronic device is apparatus that includes a portable computing device, a wrist strap, a weight, and a generator. The portable computing device runs an operating system responsible for managing and distributes computing resources to various application software on the present invention. A wireless communication module accesses a wireless local area network (WLAN) or a wide area network (WAN) and enables the portable computing device to communicate with external computing devices. The wrist strap secures the portable computing device onto the wrist of the wearer. The weight uses a swinging mass which is designed to oscillate whenever the wearer moves his or her wrist. The generator harnesses and transforms the kinetic energy generated by the oscillating weight into usable electrical energy to power the portable computing device. The electrical energy is stored in a portable power which transfers the electrical energy to the portable computing device.

A kinetically-powered wrist-worn electronic device is apparatus that includes a portable computing device, a wrist strap, a weight, and a generator. The portable computing device runs an operating system responsible for managing and distributes computing resources to various application software on the present invention. A wireless communication module accesses a wireless local area network (WLAN) or a wide area network (WAN) and enables the portable computing device to communicate with external computing devices. The wrist strap secures the portable computing device onto the wrist of the wearer. The weight uses a swinging mass which is designed to oscillate whenever the wearer moves his or her wrist. The generator harnesses and transforms the kinetic energy generated by the oscillating weight into usable electrical energy to power the portable computing device. The electrical energy is stored in a portable power which transfers the electrical energy to the portable computing device.