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Tekcapital Plc
("Tekcapital", the "Company" or the "Group")
Portfolio Company Update: Guident Ltd.
Guident Acquires New Regenerative Shock Absorber Technology
IP extends the driving range of electric vehicles
Tekcapital Plc (AIM: TEK), the UK intellectual property investment group focused on creating marketplace value from investing in university technology, is pleased to announce that portfolio company Guident has acquired a new regenerative shock absorber technology which is designed to extend the driving range of electric vehicles.
Guident has acquired the exclusive license to U.S. patent # 8,941,251 from the Research Foundation of the State of New York. The patent enables the manufacture of electromagnetic regenerative shock absorbers with high energy densities that are able to recover a vehicle's vibration energy which is otherwise lost due to road irregularities, vehicle accelerations and braking. In addition, this unique design utilizing rotary mechanical motion rectifiers can be tuned to achieve better damping characteristics than existing shock absorbers.
This technology received the R&D 100 Award by R&D Magazine, for one of the 100 most significant technology innovations of the year from around the world.
Professor Lei Zuo, the lead inventor of the patent, and the director of the National Science Foundation Center for Energy Harvesting of Materials and Systems. Said, "I'm very glad Guident is commercializing this important and highly efficient new technology, which will enable vehicles to be more sustainable by increasing their driving range and improving their ride comfort."