- Patent Title: Charging pad with guiding contours to align an electronic device on the charging pad and efficiently transfer near-field radio-frequency energy to the electronic device
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Application No.: US17120003Application Date: 2020-12-11
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Publication No.: US11355966B2Publication Date: 2022-06-07
- Inventor: Richard Muryanto , Yunhong Liu , Gabriel Joseph Cohn
- Applicant: Energous Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Energous Corporation
- Current Assignee: Energous Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Main IPC: H02J50/23
- IPC: H02J50/23 ; H04B5/00 ; H02J50/27

Abstract:
An example system charges an electronic device using wirelessly transmitted radio-frequency power (RF) waves. The system includes the electronic device with one or more movable arms. At least one movable arm includes a receiving antenna element. The system further includes a charging pad that includes a housing. The housing includes at least one guiding contour on a surface that is configured for align a position of the electronic device on the surface of the housing. The charging pad further includes transmitting antenna elements that are selectively activated to transmit radio-frequency power waves to the receiving antenna element of the electronic device. The system also includes a transmitter controller integrated circuit (IC) configured to selectively activate a respective transmitting antenna element of the transmitting antenna elements. Activating the respective transmitting antenna element causes transmission of the radio-frequency power waves to the receiving antenna element of the electronic device.
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