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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8188619 | Non resonant inductive power transmission system and method Non-resonant inductive power transmission wherein the driving voltage across a primary inductor oscillates at a frequency significantly different from the resonant frequency of the inductive coupling system. Embodiments of the invention include systems and methods f... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8178998 | Magnetically integrated current reactor A system and method for delivering electrical power-on-demand to at least one load circuit wherein the system operates primarily with reactive power. The method includes inductively coupling power from a source in a primary circuit to one or more load circuits. The ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174152 | Assembly for supplying a consumer with electric power An arrangement for supplying a load with electrical energy from a power source comprises a textile, woven floor covering (101) with longitudinally running warp threads and transversely running weft threads, three or more current conductors (106) that a... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8164222 | Laptop and portable electronic device wireless power supply systems The present invention provides wireless power supply systems intended primarily for use in powering and charging laptops and other portable electronic devices. In one embodiment, the power supply system includes a laptop cradle that can be used in upright or recline... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159090 | Hybrid power harvesting and method A system of providing energy includes a transmitter for sending wirelessly a first type of energy and at least a second type of energy different from the first type of energy. The system includes a receiver for receiving wirelessly the first type of energy and conve... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8143745 | Power transmission control device, power transmission device, power receiving control device, power receiving device, and electronic apparatus A power transmission control device provided in a power transmission device included in a contactless power transmission system that transmits power by electromagnetically coupling a primary coil and a secondary coil from the power transmission device to a power rec... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143746 | Automatic tuning for wireless power transfer In one embodiment, a wireless power transfer system has a wireless power transmitter and receiver. The transmitter has a transmitting resonant circuit that resonates at a first frequency and a signal generator that generates a signal at a second frequency. The trans... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8134256 | Power receiving control device, power receiving device, and electronic apparatus A power receiving control device provided to a power receiving device in a contactless power transmission system that transmits power from a power transmission device by electromagnetically coupling primary and secondary coils to feed electric power to a load. The p... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8129864 | Inductive power supply with duty cycle control An inductive power supply that maintains resonance and adjusts duty cycle based on feedback from a secondary circuit. A controller, driver circuit and switching circuit cooperate to generate an AC signal at a selected operating frequency and duty cycle. The AC signa... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8129865 | Inductive systems for non-contact transmission of electrical energy An inductive rotary joint for non-contact transmission of electrical energy between a stationary part and a rotating part of the rotary joint comprises a power generator for generating an alternating voltage or an alternating current, which feeds a load by means of ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8115342 | Vehicle power supply apparatus and vehicle window member The vehicle power supply apparatus 100 has a power transmitting unit 110 including a power transmission side coil 111 for generating an alternating magnetic field, a positioning member 112 for positioning the power transmission side coil ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111510 | Flip-out multimedia car stereo A Flip-out multimedia car stereo comprises a top casing, a bottom casing, a disk loading driver, a flip-out device and a control circuit board. The flip-out device is installed between the top and bottom casing. The flip-out device further comprises a display monito... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8110949 | Electric device, wireless power transmission device, and power transmission method thereof Provided is a wireless power transmission device. The wireless power transmission device includes a power coil in which a high frequency current is applied, a transmission coil in which the high frequency current is induced by magnetic induction, the transmission co... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8106539 | Wireless energy transfer for refrigerator application Described herein are improved configurations for a refrigerator with wireless power transfer that includes an enclosure member comprising a non-metallic material, a source comprising at least one high-Q source magnetic resonator coupled to a power source and generat... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8097983 | Wireless energy transfer Disclosed is an apparatus for use in wireless energy transfer, which includes a first resonator structure configured to transfer energy non-radiatively with a second resonator structure over a distance greater than a characteristic size of the second resonator struc... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8097984 | Inductive power supply with device identification An inductive power supply system to identify remote devices using unique identification frequencies. The system includes an AIPS and a tank circuit capable of inductively providing power to a remote device at different frequencies, and a sensor for sensing the refle... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8084889 | Wireless non-radiative energy transfer The electromagnetic energy transfer device includes a first resonator structure receiving energy from an external power supply. The first resonator structure has a first Q-factor. A second resonator structure is positioned distal from the first resonator structure, ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8076800 | Wireless non-radiative energy transfer The electromagnetic energy transfer device includes a first resonator structure receiving energy from an external power supply. The first resonator structure has a first Q-factor. A second resonator structure is positioned distal from the first resonator structure, ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8076801 | Wireless energy transfer, including interference enhancement Disclosed is an apparatus for use in wireless energy transfer, which includes a first resonator structure configured for energy transfer with a second resonator structure over a distance D larger than characteristic sizes, L1 and L2, of the fir... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8049370 | Centrally controlled inductive power transmission platform An inductive power transmission platform includes a plurality of inductive power outlets connected to a common driver via individual power switches. The inductive power outlets are configured to couple with inductive power receivers to provide power to electrical lo... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8039995 | Controlling inductive power transfer systems An inductive power transfer system (1) comprises a primary unit (10) operable to generate an electromagnetic field and at least one secondary device (30), separable from the primary unit, and adapted to couple with the field when the secondary d... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8035255 | Wireless energy transfer using planar capacitively loaded conducting loop resonators Described herein are improved capabilities for a source resonator having a Q-factor Q1>100 and a characteristic size x1 coupled to an energy source, and a second resonator having a Q-factor Q2>100 and a characteristic size x2 | 10/11/2011 |
| 8022576 | Wireless non-radiative energy transfer The electromagnetic energy transfer device includes a first resonator structure receiving energy from an external power supply. The first resonator structure has a first Q-factor. A second resonator structure is positioned distal from the first resonator structure, ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8004118 | Power transmission control device, power transmitting device, electronic instrument, and non-contact power transmission system A power transmission control device provided in a power transmitting device of a non-contact power transmission system includes a driver control circuit that controls a power transmitting driver that drives a primary coil, a load state detection circuit that detects... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7999414 | Apparatus and method for wireless energy and/or data transmission between a source device and at least one target device The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for wireless energy and/or data transmission between a source device and at least one target device, in which apparatus and method a voltage is induced by at least one primary coil (18), on the source-device ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7989986 | Inductive power supply with device identification An inductive power supply system to identify remote devices using unique identification frequencies. The system includes an AIPS and a tank circuit capable of inductively providing power to a remote device at different frequencies, and a sensor for sensing the refle... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986059 | Device cover with embedded power receiver A charging system comprises circuitry adapted to devices to be charged, including a power receiver module embedded or molded into form-fit case, e.g., gel-skin, that attaches physically and electrically to the device to be charged and that effectively receives power... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7969045 | Installation An installation for the non-contact transfer of energy includes at least one primary conductor system and a pick-up, including at least one secondary winding inductively coupled to the primary conductor system, the secondary winding including at least one flat ribbo... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7960867 | Methods and systems for wireless energy and data transmission System and methods for wireless energy and data transmission are described. One aspect includes an emitter and receiver. The emitter may include primary and secondary emitting windings. The receiver may include primary and secondary receiver windings. In further asp... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7956495 | Structure having a power transmitting device A structure compliant with non-contact power transmission includes a placement member that includes a placement side, an electronic instrument including a non-contact power transmission power receiving device being placed on the placement side, a non-contact power t... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7932642 | Method and system for reading a transponder A transponder, a method for powering the transponder, and a system relating to the method. The transponder includes at least two electrical coils, a dipole antenna, and a chip electrically connected to the dipole antenna and the electrical coils, wherein the electri... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7919886 | Power receiving device and power transfer system There is provided a power receiving device capable of receiving a carrier wave transmitted from a power transmitting device without contact and obtaining electric power from the received carrier wave, which includes a carrier receiving section at least including a c... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7893564 | Phased array wireless resonant power delivery system A resonant power transmission system for wirelessly delivering electric power to a target device. A transmitter resonant phased array includes a power source operable to source alternating current power at a target frequency. A plurality of transmitting elements, ea... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7880338 | Power transmission control device, power transmitting device, power receiving device, non-contact power transmission system, electronic instrument, secondary coil position detection method, and primary coil positioning method A power transmission control device used for a non-contact power transmission system includes a power-transmitting-side control circuit that controls power transmission to a power receiving device, a calculation circuit that calculates the position of a secondary co... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7880337 | High power wireless resonant energy transfer system A high power wireless resonant energy transfer system transfers energy across an airgap. ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7863776 | Transceiver connector with integrated magnetics In one example embodiment, a connector structure includes a housing that defines a chamber, a plurality of magnetic cores positioned within the chamber, and a means for positioning the plurality of magnetic cores so that a first magnetic core of the plurality of mag... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7847438 | Power transmission device, electronic instrument, and waveform monitoring circuit A power transmission device of a non-contact power transmission system includes a waveform monitoring circuit that generates and outputs a waveform-monitoring induced voltage signal based on a coil end signal of a primary coil, and a power transmission control devic... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7825543 | Wireless energy transfer Disclosed is an apparatus for use in wireless energy transfer, which includes a first resonator structure configured to transfer energy non-radiatively with a second resonator structure over a distance greater than a characteristic size of the second resonator struc... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7825544 | Coupling system There is elucidated a device (10) comprising first and second magnetic cores (30, 40; 30a, 30b, 30c, 40a, 40b, 40c) forming a magnetic circuit. The circuit includes a first se... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7812481 | Power transmission control device, power transmission device, electronic instrument, and non-contact power transmission system A power transmission control device provided in a power transmission device of a non-contact power transmission system includes a drive clock signal generation circuit that generates a drive clock signal specifying a drive frequency of a primary coil, a driver contr... | 10/12/2010 |
