Patent 9240267 was granted and assigned to Panasonic on January, 2016 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A power generation device includes a first magnet member, a second magnet member which is disposed such that the N pole side thereof is in the opposite direction to the N pole side of the first magnet member, a yoke which is disposed between the first magnet member and the second magnet member, an induction coil which is disposed at an outer periphery of the yoke. When the first magnet member and the second magnet member slidingly move in synchronization or when the yoke slidingly moves, the direction of a magnetic flux flowing in the yoke changes to generate an electromotive force in the induction coil.