Electromagnet Or Highly Inductive Systems Patents (Class 307/104)
  • Patent number: 11196304
    Abstract: According to certain embodiments, an electronic device comprises a plurality of coils configured to transmit charging power; a communication circuit; at least one processor; and at least one memory. The at least one memory stores instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform a plurality of operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jangwoo Lee, Taeseon Kim, Taeho Wang, Soonkyu Jang, Sunmi Jin, Jihoon Ha
  • Patent number: 11192486
    Abstract: The vehicle-mounted cup holder with a wireless charging function includes a shell. The shell is formed with a cup holding body and a mobile phone accommodating chamber. The mobile phone accommodating chamber includes a mobile phone supporting face that is forward inclined, and both sides of the mobile phone supporting face bend upwards so as to respectively form a side board. Electricity supply coils are tightly fixed on the lower end of the mobile phone supporting face, and the electricity supply coils are electrically connected with a circuit board mounted in the shell. The circuit board is provided with a power supply input wire. A side wall of the shell is provided with one or more charging ports connected with the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Ningbo Motorman E-commerce Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Weizhen Chen
  • Patent number: 11196384
    Abstract: An example object of the present invention is to provide a power amplifier with better conversion efficiency. The power amplifier including a power amplifier circuit that includes: a first switching element; a second switching element; a first capacitor; and a second capacitor. The first switching element is controlled by a first PWM signal generated from an input signal. The second switching element is controlled by a second PWM signal in a reverse phase to the first PWM signal. The first capacitor is a capacitor connected in parallel to the first switching element. The second capacitor is a capacitor connected in parallel to the second switching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Noda
  • Patent number: 11196296
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless power transmission system for a rotating connector. A wireless power transmission system for a rotating connector according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a wireless power transmission module comprising a first magnetic core and a first coil, provided on a fixed first connector, and using the power thereof to generate a magnetic field and transmit wireless power; and a wireless power receiving module comprising a second magnetic core and a second coil, and provided on a second connector, which is rotatably connected to the first connector, to receive the transmitted wireless power and supply same to the second connector. The first and second magnetic cores are positioned in a straight line along the rotational axis of the second connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Amosense Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kil Jae Jang, Bo Hyeon Han
  • Patent number: 11196297
    Abstract: A wireless electrical energy transmission system is provided. The system comprises a wireless transmission base configured to wirelessly transmit electrical energy or data via near field magnetic coupling to a receiving antenna configured within an electronic device. The wireless electrical energy transmission system is configured with at least one transmitting antenna and a transmitting electrical circuit positioned within the transmission base. The transmission base is configured so that at least one electronic device can be wirelessly electrically charged or powered by positioning the at least one device external and adjacent to the transmission base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: NuCurrent, Inc.
    Inventors: Alberto Peralta, Md. Nazmul Alam, Ajit Rajagopalan, Christine A. Frysz, Vinit Singh
  • Patent number: 11196298
    Abstract: A wireless power system has a wireless power transmitting device and a wireless power receiving device. The wireless power transmitting device may include an inverter configured to drive a resonant circuit and may further include a sinusoidal pulse-width modulation (PWM) signal generator configured to generate a corresponding sinusoidal PWM control signal. The inverter may have an input that receives the sinusoidal PWM control signal. The sinusoidal PWM control signal may exhibit a plurality of different pulse widths summing to the target duty cycle of the sinusoidal PWM control signal. Operated in this way, the wireless power transmitting device exhibits reduced harmonic distortions, which mitigates undesired radiated spurious emissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Soumya Mantha, Manjit S. Walia, Rahul A. Sabnani
  • Patent number: 11196302
    Abstract: Other resonators similar in shape to itself, with a partially open structure on a closed curve line, arranged opposite itself and a resonator that uses electromagnetic coupling to exchange high-frequency power or signals in a non-contact manner with its own The electrodes at the tip were arranged in the vicinity of the resonator in such a way that the electrodes at the tip were opposite the back or surface of the resonator. Extends from the circuit board to the resonator and transfers power or signals to and from the resonator through the electrodes. An input/output line, and an electrical connection between the electrode and the resonator or between the electrode and the resonator. A resonator whose position is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: LASER SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventor: Yasuo Ohno
  • Patent number: 11190055
    Abstract: A wireless power and data transfer system including a transmitter and a receiver is provided for wirelessly transmitting power from a transmitter to a receiver and wirelessly transmitting data from the receiver to the transmitter. The transmitter comprises a transmitter substrate, a source element forming an inner loop on the transmitter substrate, a plurality of transmitter resonator elements each forming an outer loop on the transmitter substrate; and a plurality of transmitter capacitors connected to the plurality of transmitter resonator elements, respectively. The receiver comprises a receiver substrate, a load element forming an inner loop on the receiver substrate, a plurality of receiver resonator elements each forming an outer loop on the receiver substrate; and a plurality of receiver capacitors connected to the plurality of receiver resonator elements, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
    Inventor: Stavros Georgakopoulos
  • Patent number: 11190041
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a charge-discharge control apparatus includes a rectifier-voltage decrease detector circuit and an over-discharge suppression controller circuit. On the condition that the rectifier-voltage decrease detector circuit detects that voltage output from a rectifier circuit of a power-receiving device is decreased below a voltage threshold, the over-discharge suppression controller circuit suppresses over-discharge of an inverter circuit of a power-feeding device, or suppresses over-discharge of a battery of the power-receiving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hirokazu Matsuno
  • Patent number: 11190052
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosed subject matter, a receiver inductively powered by a transmitter for powering a load, the receiver comprising: a resonance circuit capable of tuning its resonance frequency for coupling with the transmitter and generate AC voltage; a power supply section configured to rectify the AC voltage and adjust a DC current and a DC voltage to the load; and a control and communication section designed to set parameters for the receiver and communicate operation points (OP) to the transmitter, wherein the parameters and the OP derived from determining a minimal power loss of the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: POWERMAT TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Itay Sherman, Elieser Mach, Amir Salhuv
  • Patent number: 11190053
    Abstract: A wireless power transmitter may include: a power factor correction (PFC) circuit configured to convert first alternating current (AC) power input from a power source into direct current (DC) power; an inverter configured to convert the DC power output from the PFC circuit into second AC power; a power transmission circuit configured to transmit wireless power, based on the second AC power output from the inverter; and at least one processor configured to identify at least one of a voltage or a current of the DC power output from the PFC circuit, and control an operation of the inverter based on the identified at least one of the voltage or the current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinbong Lee, Beomwoo Gu, Jaehyun Park, Sanghyuk Wi
  • Patent number: 11190057
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission apparatus for multiple simultaneous charging is disclosed. The disclosed apparatus, which may be a wireless power transmission apparatus configured to provide charging power simultaneously to a multiple number of wireless power reception apparatuses, may include: a driving coil configured to transmit wireless power; a magnetic coupler inductively coupled with the driving coil; and a resonance frequency adjustment part configured to adjust a resonance frequency of the magnetic coupler, where the magnetic coupler includes a multiple number of coils, and a variable capacitor is joined to each of the multiple coils. The disclosed apparatus can improve power transfer efficiency while providing power simultaneously to a multiple number of wireless power reception apparatuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yongshik Lee, Taejun Lim, Jaemin Lee
  • Patent number: 11190051
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a transmitter, a sensor, a controller and an adjustment circuit. The transmitter is configured to transmit a power signal wirelessly. The sensor is configured to measure a value of the power signal. The controller is configured to: determine a frequency characteristic of the power signal based on the value measured by the sensor; and switch a frequency of the power signal between a plurality of frequencies. The adjustment circuit is configured to adjust an amplitude of the power signal based on a change of the frequency characteristic of the provided power signal by switching the frequency of the power signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Koji Ogura
  • Patent number: 11176025
    Abstract: A system and method for automating test scenarios for a component or entity of a network, including defining a test case that includes multiple values for multiple parameters and generating at least one test scenario based on the test case. Test scenarios can utilize the same traffic generator files and share data files to automate test execution. The system and method can further include executing a test scenario to obtain a test result that indicates whether the component or entity of the network passed or failed the test scenario.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Bharath Reddy Medarametla Lakshmi, Komal Mehta, Phaneendra Maseedu
  • Patent number: 11177666
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a coil unit, a power transmission circuit electrically connected to the coil unit, and a control circuit configured to wirelessly transmit power using the coil unit, and the coil unit may include a first coil. The first coil may include a first layer wound in a first shape by a first number of turns, and a second layer extending from the first layer and wound in a second shape by a second number of turns, and the second layer may be disposed above the first layer to overlap the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keumsu Song, Kwangseob Kim, Kihyun Kim, Dongzo Kim, Jiwon Kim, Jihye Kim, Yunjeong Noh, Changhak O, Hyungkoo Chung, Mincheol Ha, Jongchul Hong, Yongsang Yun
  • Patent number: 11177701
    Abstract: A wireless power transmitting device is disclosed. The wireless power transmitting device includes a first communicator comprising communication circuitry configured to communicate with a wireless power receiving device, a wireless power transmitter configured to supply wireless power to the wireless power receiving device, and a first controller configured to control the wireless power transmitter to supply initiating power for obtaining wireless power efficiency to the wireless power receiving device and to control the wireless power transmitter to supply driving power for driving an electronic device including the wireless power receiving device to the wireless power receiving device based on the wireless power efficiency being a predetermined value or greater based on information received from the wireless power receiving device through the first communicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngho Choi, Jeongil Kang
  • Patent number: 11171513
    Abstract: A wireless power transmitting device includes a power feeder configured to transmit a power signal to a wireless power receiving device, and a detector configured to detect a wireless device in proximity of the power feeder for communication or power feeding separate from communication or power feeding for the wireless power transmitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11171518
    Abstract: A wireless power system has a wireless power transmitting device and a wireless power receiving device. The wireless power transmitting device may be a wireless charging mat or other device with coils for transmitting wireless power signals. The wireless power receiving device may be a cellular telephone or other device with coils for receiving the transmitted wireless power signals. The wireless power receiving device has adjustable rectifier circuitry coupled to a pair of coils. The pair of coils is coupled in series at a node. A transistor is coupled between ground and the node and is controlled by control circuitry. The state of the transistor can be changed to place the adjustable rectifier circuitry in either a first mode of operation in which the adjustable rectifier circuitry forms a full-bridge rectifier or a second mode of operation in which the adjustable rectifier circuitry forms a pair of parallel half-bridge rectifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Saining Ren, Ho Fai Leung
  • Patent number: 11171516
    Abstract: A power receiver device a noncontact power supply apparatus short-circuits a resonance suppressing coil provided so as to be electromagnetically coupled to a receiver coil and notifies a power transmitter device of an output voltage abnormality when a measured value of output voltage becomes equal to or greater than an upper limit threshold, the measured value of output voltage being obtained by rectifying power received via a resonance circuit including a receiver coil configured to receive power from a transmitter coil of the power transmitter device and a resonance capacitor connected in parallel with the receiver coil. Upon receipt of the notification of the output voltage abnormality, the power transmitter device changes at least one of a voltage and switching frequency of AC power applied to the transmitter coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Nomura, Goro Nakao, Yusuke Kawai, Toshiyuki Zaitsu
  • Patent number: 11165273
    Abstract: Embodiments describe a portable electronic device that includes a housing having an interface surface and an inductor coil disposed within the housing and comprising a conductive wire wound in a plurality of turns about a center point and in increasing radii such that the inductor coil is substantially planar. The portable electronic device further includes charging circuitry coupled to the inductor coil and configured to operate the inductor coil to wirelessly receive power and wirelessly transmit power, control circuitry coupled to the charging circuitry and configured to instruct the charging circuitry to operate the inductor coil to wirelessly receive power and to wirelessly transmit power, and a device detection coil coupled to the control circuitry and configured to detect the presence of an external device on the charging surface, the device detection coil is configured to operate at a different frequency from the inductor coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher S. Graham, Karl Ruben F. Larsson, Grant S. Haug, Aaron A. Oro, Benjamin J. Pope, Sherry Lee, Tang Yew Tan, Richard Hung Minh Dinh
  • Patent number: 11165285
    Abstract: A wireless inductive power transfer system comprises a power transmitter for transmitting power inductively to a power receiver via transmitter coil 11 to receiver coil 21. In the system, a communication method comprises a step 37 of transmitting, by the power receiver, first data and second data to the power transmitter, the first data indicating a modulation requirement, and the second data indicating an inquiry message; a step 32 for receiving, by the power transmitter, the first data and the second data from the power receiver; a step 34 for transmitting, by the power transmitter, a response message for responding to said inquiry message, by modulating a power signal according to said modulation requirement so as to carry the response message; and a step 35 for receiving the response message by the power receiver by demodulating the modulated power signal carrying the response message received via the receiver coil from the power transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventor: Andries Van Wageningen
  • Patent number: 11159051
    Abstract: A resonant contactless electric energy transmitter configured to contactlessly supply electric energy to an electric energy receiver, can include: (i) a high frequency power supply configured to generate a high frequency AC power with a frequency that is the same as a leakage inductance resonant frequency, where the leakage resonant frequency is obtained by detection of an output current of the high frequency power supply that corresponds to the high frequency AC power of a sequence of different frequencies during a frequency sweeping time period; and (ii) a transmitting resonant circuit comprising a transmitting coil, and being configured to receive the high frequency AC power from the high frequency power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Silergy Semiconductor Technology (Hangzhou) LTD
    Inventors: Feng Yu, Wang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11159050
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for permitting a wireless power receiver to be charged by a wireless power transmitter. The method includes generating a Power Receiving Unit (PRU) control signal including permission information indicating charging permission for the wireless power receiver; and transmitting the PRU control signal to the wireless power receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyuk-Choon Kwon, Ho-Dong Kim, Kyung-Woo Lee, Kang-Ho Byun, Hee-Won Jung
  • Patent number: 11159064
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a display, a power reception circuit, and a processor. The processor may perform wireless charging by receiving power wirelessly from an external electronic device through the power reception circuit, and receive data on one or more reasons to stop wireless charging from the external electronic device during the wireless charging. Also, the processor may transmit acknowledge (ACK) data to the external electronic device in response to receiving the data on the one or more reasons to stop wireless charging, and display, through the display, at least one reason to stop wireless charging included in the data on the one or more reasons to stop wireless charging. Other embodiments are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wooram Lee, Hyungjun Kwon, Yusu Kim, Kyungmin Park, Juhyang Lee, Byungyeol Choi
  • Patent number: 11152818
    Abstract: A device operative to transfer power wirelessly includes a drive-sense circuit (DSC), memory that stores operational instructions, and processing module(s). The DSC generates a drive signal based on a reference signal and provides the drive signal to a first coil via a single line and via a resonating capacitor, and simultaneously senses the drive signal via the single line, to facilitate electromagnetic coupling to a second coil to transfer power wirelessly to another device. The DSC also detects electrical characteristic(s) of the drive signal. The processing module(s) generates the reference signal and processes the digital signal to determine the electrical characteristic(s) of the drive signal. In some examples, the processing module(s) adapts the reference signal based on detection of the other device (e.g., based on interpreting the electrical characteristic(s) of the drive signal).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.
    Inventors: John Christopher Price, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Phuong Huynh
  • Patent number: 11152821
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to suppress deterioration in detection accuracy during power feeding in the detection of the metallic foreign object using the antenna coil. A metallic foreign object detector includes: an antenna coil; a capacitor that constitutes a resonance circuit RC together with the antenna coil; a power supply that applies voltage to the resonance circuit to generate a vibration signal in the resonance circuit; a determination circuit that determines the presence/absence of a metallic foreign object based on the waveform of the vibration signal; a resonance capacitor switch inserted into the resonance circuit; and a control circuit that controls the open/close state of the resonance capacitor switch. The control circuit brings the resonance capacitor switch into a closed state responding to the power supply starting application of voltage to the resonance circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunori Oshima, Akira Gotani, Kazuki Kondo, Narutoshi Fukuzawa
  • Patent number: 11152817
    Abstract: A device operative to transfer power wirelessly includes a drive-sense circuit (DSC), memory that stores operational instructions, and processing module(s). The DSC generates a drive signal based on a reference signal and provides the drive signal to a first coil via a single line and via a resonating capacitor, and simultaneously senses the drive signal via the single line, to facilitate electromagnetic coupling to a second coil to transfer power wirelessly to another device. The DSC also detects electrical characteristic(s) of the drive signal. The processing module(s) generates the reference signal and processes the digital signal to determine the electrical characteristic(s) of the drive signal. In some examples, the processing module(s) adapts the reference signal based on detection of the other device (e.g., based on interpreting the electrical characteristic(s) of the drive signal).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.
    Inventors: John Christopher Price, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Phuong Huynh
  • Patent number: 11145456
    Abstract: An energy transmitter for a contactless energy transmission may include a coil device and a magnetic conducting body. The coil device may be configured to at least one of i) provide and ii) receive a magnetic field. The coil device may include a coil arranged on a coil-facing first large magnetic body surface of the magnetic conducting body. The coil may include a plurality of coil windings each of which may be circumferentially arranged about an imaginary coil winding centre and define a coil winding circumferential length. A plurality of imaginary circumference section areas may each extend along the coil winding circumferential length of a corresponding coil winding through the magnetic conducting body between the two large magnetic body surfaces. At least two circumference section areas of the plurality of circumference section areas may be substantially identical to one another in terms of area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Laemmle, Timo Laemmle, Holger Schroth
  • Patent number: 11146112
    Abstract: A method includes in a switching cycle of a power converter in a wireless power transfer system, finding a time instant corresponding to one fourth of the switching cycle, wherein the power converter is coupled between an input power source and a transmitter coil magnetically coupled to a receiver coil, at the time instant, detecting a current flowing through the transmitter coil, wherein power transferred between the transmitter coil and the receiver coil is proportional to the current flowing through the transmitter coil, comparing the current flowing through the transmitter coil with a plurality of predetermined thresholds to determine whether a transient occurs, and applying a control mechanism to the power converter in response to an occurrence of the transient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: NuVolta Technologies (Hefei) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhijun Luo
  • Patent number: 11146110
    Abstract: A power reception device has: a rectifier circuit that generates a direct current voltage by having applied thereto an alternating current voltage, and has first and second output terminals that output the direct current voltage; a transistor, the drain and source of which are connected to the first and second output terminals; a gate driver circuit that controls the gate voltage of the transistor according to the voltage between the first and second output terminals; and a capacitor that has a first end that is connected to the drain of the transistor and a second end that is connected to the gate of the transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Taya
  • Patent number: 11146104
    Abstract: A radiofrequency-powered device such as a wireless passive sensor node, for instance, comprises a radiofrequency energy harvesting circuit configured to be coupled to an antenna to harvest radiofrequency energy captured by the antenna from a radiofrequency signal. The radiofrequency energy harvesting circuit is configured to be coupled to an energy storage component to store therein energy harvested via the radiofrequency energy harvesting circuit. The device comprises user circuitry configured to be supplied with energy harvested via the radiofrequency energy harvesting circuit and to operate in accordance with one of a plurality of configurations as a function of configuration data supplied thereto. A receiver circuit coupled to the radiofrequency energy harvesting circuit is configured to receive a configuration data signal modulating the radiofrequency signal and supply to the user circuitry configuration data extracted from the configuration data signal received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Roberto La Rosa, Alessandro Finocchiaro
  • Patent number: 11142083
    Abstract: A wireless charging system includes a wireless power receiver, at least one receiver-side magnetic coupling member, a wireless power transmitter and at least one transmitter-side magnetic coupling member. The receiver-side magnetic coupling member is disposed on the wireless power receiver. The transmitter-side magnetic coupling member is disposed on the wireless power transmitter and is configured to attract the receiver-side magnetic coupling member. At least one of the wireless power receiver and the wireless power transmitter is movable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SUPER GROUP SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jen-Jun Su
  • Patent number: 11146117
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission apparatus for wirelessly transmitting power to a wireless power reception apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a first transmission coil; a second transmission coil for transmitting power higher than power transmitted by the first transmission coil; a direct current power conversion unit for receiving direct current power applied thereto and outputting a first voltage and a second voltage higher than the first voltage; and a control unit for selecting one of the first and second voltages on the basis of an operating mode of the wireless power transmission apparatus and required power of the wireless power reception apparatus, and controlling such that power is transmitted through the first or second transmission coil, using the selected voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Il Jong Song
  • Patent number: 11145597
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor chip on which a first circuit is formed and a second semiconductor chip on which two circuits are formed. In the first semiconductor chip, a first inductor on the transmitting side electrically connected with the first circuit and a second inductor on the receiving side electrically connected with the second circuit via the bonding wire are formed. In plan view, the first inductor and the second inductor are disposed so as not to overlap each other, and are arranged along each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Kuwabara, Yasutaka Nakashiba, Teruhiro Kuwajima
  • Patent number: 11146120
    Abstract: The present specification provides a wireless power reception apparatus comprising: a power pick-up unit configured to receive wireless power from a wireless power transmission apparatus by magnetic coupling with the wireless power transmission apparatus and convert an AC signal generated by the wireless power into a DC signal; a communication/control unit configured to receive the DC signal from the power pick-up unit and control the wireless power; and a load configured to receive the DC signal from the power pick-up unit. When foreign material is detected before power transmission, wireless power transmission is sustained on the basis of a safe basic power profile of 5 W or less, without interrupting power transmission, and thus, a charging delay can be prevented and the accuracy and reliability of detection of foreign material can be increased despite individual characteristics of the wireless power reception apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yongcheol Park, Kyunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11139687
    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises: a housing including a first surface; a coil located close to the first surface within the housing and having conductivity; a battery located within the housing and being rechargeable; a first circuit located within the housing and providing, via the coil, power received wirelessly from the outside of the housing to a power management circuit; a second circuit located within the housing and providing wirelessly, via the coil, power of the battery to the outside of the housing; and a third circuit configured to establish selectively a first electrical connection between the first circuit and a first feed point of the coil or a second electrical connection between the second circuit and a second feed point of the coil, wherein the first feed point and the second feed point may be different. Other various embodiments are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongyoun Kim, Yongsang Yun
  • Patent number: 11139686
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for wireless transmission of power or information. A supplying system include a signal source and a transmitter unit. A consuming system includes an electrical load and a receiver unit. Electrical power or information are transmitted wirelessly from the supplying system to the consuming system. The transmitter unit can include a step up transformer. The receiver unit can include a step down transformer. The transmitter unit and receiver unit are not connected to a common ground, resulting in a truly wireless system for transmitting power or information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Inventor: Richard Marion Mansell
  • Patent number: 11140010
    Abstract: A power transmitter includes: a first switch coupled between a first node and a reference voltage node; a second switch configured to be coupled between a power supply and the first node; a coil and a capacitor coupled in series between the first node and the reference voltage node; a first sample-and-hold (S&H) circuit having an input coupled to the first node; and a timing control circuit configured to generate a first control signal, a second control signal, and a third control signal that have a same frequency, where the first control signal is configured to turn ON and OFF the first switch alternately, the second control signal is configured to turn ON and OFF the second switch alternately, and where the third control signal determines a sampling time of the first S&H circuit and has a first pre-determined delay from a first edge of the first control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd.
    Inventor: Yannick Guedon
  • Patent number: 11139701
    Abstract: Embodiments relating to systems, methods, and devices for wireless charging are disclosed. In some embodiments, methods for establishing a communication link between a power transmitting unit (PTU) and a power receiving unit (PRU) through a low energy wireless communication interface are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Xintian Lin, Qinghua Li
  • Patent number: 11139698
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to an apparatus and method for detecting foreign objects in a wireless power transmission system. This specification provides a wireless power reception apparatus for detecting foreign objects, including a power measurement unit for generating required power information indicative of required power for the wireless power reception apparatus, sending the required power information to a wireless power transmission apparatus, and measuring power induced from the wireless power transmission apparatus and a secondary coil for receiving the power induced from the wireless power transmission apparatus. In accordance with the present invention, foreign objects intervened between the wireless power transmission apparatus and the wireless power reception apparatus are recognized, and a user removes the foreign objects. Accordingly, damage to a device attributable to foreign objects can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: GE Hybrid Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chun-Kil Jung, Sug Ky Hong
  • Patent number: 11139691
    Abstract: Provided are a power reception device and a power reception control method capable of suppressing the application of an excessive voltage even in the case where a time lag occurs before power transmission by a power transmission device is stopped after disconnection between the power reception device and a load. A power reception device includes: a power reception coil that receives power transmitted from a power transmission coil; a rectification circuit that rectifies alternating current power received by the power reception coil; and a control circuit that is connected between the rectification circuit and a load to which direct current power outputted from the rectification circuit is supplied, and controls that the direct current flowing through the load to be constant or equal to or less than a predetermined value by the direct current power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Daihen Corporation
    Inventor: Daisuke Tsukiyama
  • Patent number: 11139672
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device according to an embodiment disclosed in the disclosure may include housing, a battery, a first coil receiving power transmitted wirelessly from a power transmitting unit physically coupled with an electronic device through the housing, a wireless charging circuit electrically connected to the first coil and transmitting the received power to the battery, a communication circuit generating a payment signal, using a second coil distinguished from the first coil; and a processor electrically connected to the wireless charging circuit and the communication circuit. The processor may be configured to identify an event associated with the payment signal and to transmit a first message, which is set such that the power transmitting unit adjusts transmission of power, to the power transmitting unit through the first coil based on the event. Moreover, various embodiment grasped through the disclosure are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Inventors: Jae Woong Jeon, Kyeong Jo Keum, Jung Sik Park
  • Patent number: 11133714
    Abstract: A wireless power transfer apparatus for providing wireless power; it has an array of resonators; a powered resonator for providing power through electromagnetic resonance to said array of resonators; wherein said resonators transfer power from said powered resonator to any one of said array of resonators for delivering wireless power to said device by a modified connection between said array of resonators except the powered resonator; and/or wireless weak electromagnetic field coupling between neighboring resonators of said array of resonators each having a tuning frequency of resonance wherein said array of resonators has at least two distinct tuning frequencies from all the resonators constituting said array of resonators; wherein said modified connection is one of or a combination of: a wired connection; and a strong electromagnetic field coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Inventors: Philippe Boulanger, Xavier Bidaut
  • Patent number: 11133709
    Abstract: Described is a locomotive implant for usage within a predetermined magnetic field. In one embodiment magnetohydrodynamics is used to generate thrust with a plurality of electrodes. In another embodiment, asymmetric drag forces are used to generate thrust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Daniel M. Pivonka, Anatoly Anatolievich Yakovlev, Ada Shuk Yan Poon, Teresa H. Meng
  • Patent number: 11134092
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for enhancing the security of Internet of Things (IoT) devices. A homogenous and leaderless group of IoT devices sharing one or more common features is defined. During operation of the IoT devices, it is identified whether an IoT device in the group operates outside an expected tolerance for the operation of the IoT devices in the group. In response to identifying that an IoT device in the group operates outside an expected tolerance, an action is performed on the IoT device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Bender, Rhonda L. Childress, Marc A. Dickenson, Timothy J. Hahn, David B. Kumhyr
  • Patent number: 11133708
    Abstract: The disclosed apparatus may include (1) a mount of an infrastructure component, where the mount includes an installation surface that contacts an installed electronic device, and (2) a coupling mechanism that (a) provides a force causing a corresponding installation surface of the installed electronic device to maintain contact with the installation device, and (b) delivers electrical power via the installation surface to the installed electronic device. Various other apparatuses, devices, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Parikh, Yael Maguire
  • Patent number: 11128180
    Abstract: A method of detecting a receiving-end module, for a supplying-end module of an induction type power supply system where the supplying-end module includes a supplying-end coil, includes detecting the supplying-end coil to obtain a self-resonant frequency of the supplying-end coil; determining whether the self-resonant frequency is smaller than a basic frequency; obtaining a first output power corresponding to the self-resonant frequency when the self-resonant frequency is determined to be smaller than the basic frequency and the degree of the self-resonant frequency smaller than the basic frequency exceeds a threshold; and sending an activation signal with the first output power, and starting to supply electric power when a data code corresponding to the activation signal is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Fu Da Tong Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Chiu Tsai, Chi-Che Chan
  • Patent number: 11128174
    Abstract: At least one component for a wireless power transmitter or a wireless power receiver. The at least one component includes a mechanical structure and/or circuitry configured to maintain and/or adjust a coupling coefficient K between the wireless power transmitter and the wireless power receiver, a loaded quality factor Q of the wireless power receiver, or both, such that K times Q is less than a constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: MediaTek Inc.
    Inventor: Vladimir A. Muratov
  • Patent number: 11128175
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless power transmission apparatus capable of efficiently supplying power. The wireless power transmission apparatus includes: a power transmission coil; an inverter driving the power transmission coil; a DC/DC conversion circuit driving the inverter; and a control circuit varying and determining an output voltage instruction value to the DC/DC conversion circuit, in order to decrease power output from the DC/DC conversion circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato Sasaki, Tomohisa Yoshie
  • Patent number: 11128346
    Abstract: An antenna module comprises a circuit substrate, a communication coupler disposed on the circuit substrate, and configured to wirelessly communicate data by electromagnetic coupling with another communication coupler, a power transmission coil disposed on the circuit substrate and configured to wirelessly transmit power by electromagnetic coupling to another power transmission coil, and a conductive plate disposed on the circuit substrate, and overlapping on at least a portion of the communication coupler as viewed from a direction orthogonal to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Jun Morita