Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flexible resonator attachment
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Application No.: US15795899Application Date: 2017-10-27
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Publication No.: US10230243B2Publication Date: 2019-03-12
- Inventor: David A. Schatz , Herbert T. Lou , Morris P. Kesler , Katherine L. Hall , Konrad Kulikowski , Eric R. Giler , Ron Fiorello
- Applicant: WiTricity Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MA Watertown
- Assignee: WiTricity Corporation
- Current Assignee: WiTricity Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Watertown
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: H02J5/00
- IPC: H02J5/00 ; H02J50/12 ; H02J7/02 ; H02J50/40 ; H03H7/40 ; B60L11/18 ; H02J17/00

Abstract:
Described herein are improved configurations for a wireless power transfer for electronic devices. In embodiments reconfigurable or flexible attachment between a source and a device is realized using permanent magnets or electromagnets. Magnetic material may be positioned on or around one or more of the resonator to provide for locations for attaching permanent magnets. A permanent magnet attached to or near one of a source or device or repeater resonators may be used to flexibly attach to the non-lossy magnetic material of another resonator structure. In embodiments, replacing lossy permanent magnets and/or electromagnets in even one of the resonators of a wireless power system may be advantageous to system performance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180115168A1 FLEXIBLE RESONATOR ATTACHMENT Public/Granted day:2018-04-26
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