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Inventor: Grant Anthony Covic


Address: Auckland, NZ
No. of patents: 5
Last patent issue date: 05/22/2012

NumberTitleIssue Date
8183938Tuning methods and apparatus for inductively coupled power transfer (ICPT) systems
A method is provided for controlling a resonant circuit (1) of an ICPT system. The resonant circuit has a controlled variable reactance (2), and a predetermined perturbation is introduced in the magnitude of variable reactance. The change in a property...
05/22/2012
8174152Assembly 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
7969269Pick-up apparatus for inductive power transfer systems
An Inductive Power Transfer (IPT) pick-up apparatus includes a magnetically permeable core, a first coil, being wound about the core so as to be inductive coupled therewith such that a current induced in the first coil is most sensitive to a first directional compon...
06/28/2011
7474062Decoupling circuits
Power taken inductively from the alternating current in a track is received by a resonant circuit which is at least partially decoupled by a switching circuit asynchronously with the frequency of the power supply. The switch on and off time is controlled to regulate...
01/06/2009
7279850Decoupling circuits
Power taken inductively from the alternating current in a track is received by a resonant circuit which is output controlled by a switching circuit asynchronous with the frequency of the power supply. The switch on and off time is controlled to regulate the output p...
10/09/2007
 
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