Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electromagnetic alignment of inductive coils
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Application No.: US14288949Application Date: 2014-05-28
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Publication No.: US09735629B2Publication Date: 2017-08-15
- Inventor: Daniel C. Wagman , Christopher S. Graham , Eric S. Jol
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: H02J7/00
- IPC: H02J7/00 ; H01F27/42 ; H01F37/00 ; H01F38/00 ; H02J50/90
Abstract:
Methods and systems for automatically aligning a power-transmitting inductor with a power-receiving inductor. One embodiment includes a method of applying a direct current pulse to a transmit coil of a power-transmitting inductor to attract the power-receiving inductor into alignment along an alignment axis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150349571A1 ELECTROMAGNETIC ALIGNMENT OF INDUCTIVE COILS Public/Granted day:2015-12-03
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