Patents by Inventor Peter Schwaninger

Peter Schwaninger has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8487479
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for wireless power transfer using resonant ferrite antennas to transmit and receive power. Ferrite structures concentrate magnetic flux lines into the structure, thereby creating a magnetic path and field with less interference and eddy current losses than in device electronics, thereby improving the efficiency of magnetic power distribution. The disclosure describes tuning the resonance frequency by mechanically adjusting the position of the coil on the rod. The ferrite rod antennas described herein may be used to transfer power to handheld communication devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Nigel P. Cook, Peter Schwaninger, Hanspeter Widmer
  • Patent number: 8253278
    Abstract: Ferrite core antenna used for transmitting or receiving wireless power. The antenna can move relative to the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Nigel P Cook, Lukas Sieber, Hanspeter Widmer, Peter Schwaninger
  • Publication number: 20110095617
    Abstract: Ferrite core antenna used for transmitting or receiving wireless power. The antenna can move relative to the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Nigel P. Cook, Lukas Sieber, Hanspeter Widmer, Peter Schwaninger
  • Publication number: 20090224608
    Abstract: A wirelessly-powered device that uses a ferrite based antenna. The ferrite antenna can be tuned to reduce the amount of flux within the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: NIGEL POWER, LLC
    Inventors: Nigel P. Cook, Peter Schwaninger, Hanspeter Widmer
  • Patent number: 6194600
    Abstract: With the present method, a process which can be employed industrially can be used for the first time for the direct production of aminocyanoacetamide. The method is based on the reaction of cyanoacetamide with nitrites to form nitrosocyanoacetamide at a pH of around 2 and on the subsequent catalytic hydrogenation of nitrosocyanoacetamide to form aminocyanoacetamide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Eprova A.G.
    Inventors: Hans Rudolf Müller, Heinrich Bollinger, Peter Schwaninger, Martin Kurz
  • Patent number: 4398990
    Abstract: Aluminum laminae are heat-sealed onto the inside of flat-bottomed plastic bags so that, by bending the lamina double after the bag has been cut open to remove part of its contents, the bag can be reclosed. The apparatus for sealing the laminae on can be incorporated in an existing bag-filling installation. An aluminum strip is supplied to a punching device from a supply roll. A punched-out aluminum lamina is placed upon the upper part of a conveyor lever. The lever is rotated through 180.degree. so that the aluminum lamina to be sealed on comes to be positioned between two layers of a web of plastic material fed by rollers. The ends of the lever are preheated by heating elements in order to accelerate the sealing-on operation. The aluminum lamina is heat-sealed onto the inside of the folded web in such a way that the longer edges of the lamina form an angle of about 45.degree. with the flat bottom of the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1983
    Assignee: Ivers-Lee AG
    Inventors: Heinz Kuhni, Peter Schwaninger