Electromagnet Or Highly Inductive Systems Patents (Class 307/104)
  • Patent number: 11912143
    Abstract: The invention enables efficient wireless power transfer, and charging of devices and batteries, in a manner that allows freedom of placement of devices or batteries in one or multiple dimensions. Provided is a base unit for wireless power transfer or charging through a time varying magnetic field. The unit typically includes a magnetic material or layer that guides magnetic flux generated by a charger coil as to create a preferential path for returning magnetic flux from a receiver coil in one or multiple dimensions. The receiver may include a magnetic core having a magnetic permeability exceeding 1 with copper Litz wire around a ferrite core. With power receivers proximate to the base unit, the base unit coil may inductively generate a current in receiver coils or receivers associated with the power receivers. Uni-directionally or bi-directionally wireless communication protocols include NFC, Bluetooth, WiFi, and etc. control and optimize power transfer therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Mojo Mobility Inc.
    Inventor: Afshin Partovi
  • Patent number: 11909248
    Abstract: A device in a wireless power system may be operable with a removable accessory such as a case. The device may transmit or receive wireless power through the case while the electronic device is coupled to the case. The case may have a folio shape with a front cover portion that covers the display of the electronic device. The case may have an embedded ferrimagnetic core that relays magnetic flux during wireless power transfer operations. Magnetic alignment structures in the case may position the ferrimagnetic core in the case in a high magnetic flux density region between the power transmitting device and the power receiving device. The ferrimagnetic core relays the magnetic flux between a transmitting coil in the power transmitting device and a receiving coil in the power receiving device. The ferrimagnetic core may be formed in a front portion, a sidewall, or a rear wall of a case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Zelin Xu, Nan Liu, Zaki Moussaoui, Gianpaolo Lisi, Kunal Bhargava, Madhusudanan Keezhveedi Sampath, Matthew J. Chabalko, Robert Scritzky
  • Patent number: 11909226
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for a wireless power transmission apparatus that supports charging of one or more wireless power receiving apparatuses. The wireless power transmission apparatus may include multiple primary coils organized in groups (referred to as zones). Each zone may have a local controller for managing operation of one primary coil in the zone at a time. A master controller may selectively couple the primary coils to the local controllers. When a first primary coil is coupled to the local controller for a zone, the other primary coils in that zone may be disabled. The master controller may manage which primary coils from neighboring zones are coupled to their respective local controllers. Thus, when the first primary coil is activated, the adjacent primary coils (near the first primary coil) can be muted or disabled to mitigate undesirable interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Rupam Basak, Jayanti Ganesh, Viswanathan Kanakasabai, Suma Memana Narayana Bhat, Subbarao Tatikonda
  • Patent number: 11909228
    Abstract: This application provides a foreign object detection method and apparatus, and a wireless charging system. The foreign object detection apparatus includes a coil array and a foreign object detection circuit. The coil array includes at least one coil group, and each coil group includes four detection coils whose locations are symmetrical to each other. The foreign object detection circuit determine an abnormal-value threshold of each coil group based on induction signals of each coil group and that are obtained in a first time period, and detect, based on the abnormal-value threshold and the induction signals of each coil group, whether there is a foreign object; when it is determined that there is no foreign object, detect, based on the signal threshold of each coil group and induction signals that are of each coil group and that are obtained in a second time period, whether there is a foreign object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chunsen Tang, Zhihui Wang, Yaoyi Wang, Pengfei Bai, Zhenzhen Wang, Jiakai Cao, Wei Kuang, Zhixian Wu
  • Patent number: 11909222
    Abstract: A device for a wireless power transfer system includes a housing and a conductor wire forming a coil arranged in the housing. The coil has a first topology. The conductor wire is rearrangeable such that the coil is given a second topology instead of the first topology. The first topology and the second topology are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Ningbo Geely Automobile Rese arch & Dev. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alexander Berggren, Gabriel Samuelsson
  • Patent number: 11909227
    Abstract: A power transmitting apparatus sets, on the basis of transmission power set with the power receiving apparatus, a first threshold for determining whether or not a foreign object exist, and a second threshold lower than the first threshold. The first and second threshold are set so that the difference between the first and second threshold values becomes larger as the set transmission power becomes larger. The power transmitting apparatus determines: that a foreign object exists in a case where the power loss is greater than the first threshold; that a foreign object does not exist in a case where the power loss is less than the second threshold; and that there is a possibility of a foreign object existing in a case where the power loss is between the first threshold and the second threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takahiro Shichino
  • Patent number: 11909225
    Abstract: A wireless charging transmitter includes at least two transmit coils and at least two transmit circuit units; wherein the at least two transmit coils are configured to simultaneously transmit electric energy to an external receive coil, the at least two transmit coils are coupled such that orientations of magnetic fields generated by currents on the at least two transmit coils are not parallel and form a first angle, a coupling coefficient between the at least two transmit coils is less than a predetermined threshold and each of the transmit circuit units is electrically connected to each of the transmit coils and configured to supply a current to the transmit coil. Therefore, the current on each of the transmit coils in the wireless charging transmitter generates a corresponding magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Halo Microelectronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yueguo Hao, Songnan Yang
  • Patent number: 11908619
    Abstract: An electromagnetic protection device is proposed to prevent adhesion of paraffin and other impurities dissolved in a hydrocarbon liquid to the inner surface of a metal pipeline. The device includes a power supply (battery or industrial electric grid), microprocessor unit, radiating antenna, antenna amplifier including solenoid, MOSFET transistor, capacitors, current and voltage sensors. A virtual capacitor, participating in generating electromagnetic waves preventing the adhesion, is formed between surfaces of the pipeline and a conductive part of the radiating antenna. The microprocessor allows setting an optimal operating mode of the device. The device is preferably furnished with two mount units including extendable rotatable spacers and flexible bands, adjustably fixing the device and radiating antenna to the pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventors: Leonid Mikhaylovich Kovalev, Evgeniy Leonidovich Kovalev, Evgeny Sokryukin, Kirill Sokryukin, Egor Sokryukin
  • Patent number: 11897348
    Abstract: A power transmission device that wirelessly transmits power to a vehicle, the power transmission device including an information emitter that, in a case in which the position of the vehicle acquired by the information acquirer is located in a power transmission range of the power transmission coil and, also, the instruction receiver receives the instruction about power transmission, emits a first type of information that indicates a presence of the foreign object when the detector detects the foreign object, and in a case in which the instruction receiver does not receive the instruction about power transmission even though the position of the vehicle acquired by the position information acquirer is located in the power transmission range of the power transmission coil, does not emit the information that indicates the presence of the foreign object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira Gotani
  • Patent number: 11901971
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission system includes a transmitter antenna, a transmission controller, an amplifier, and a variable resistor. The transmission controller is configured to (i) provide a driving signal for driving the transmitter antenna based on an operating frequency for the wireless power transfer system and (ii) perform one or more of encoding the wireless data signals, decoding the wireless data signals, receiving the wireless data signals, or transmitting the wireless data signals. The variable resistor is in electrical connection with the transmitter antenna and configured to alter a quality factor (Q) of the transmitter antenna, wherein alterations in the Q by the variable resistor change an operating mode of the wireless power transmission system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: NuCurrent, Inc.
    Inventors: Alberto Peralta, Jason Luzinski, Dennis Kapolnek
  • Patent number: 11901741
    Abstract: A power supplying device includes a power transmission circuit transmitting AC power and a power transmission resonance circuit including a power transmission coil. A power receiving device includes a power reception resonance circuit including a power reception coil. When a coupling coefficient between the power transmission coil and the power reception coil is a predetermined coupling coefficient, resonance of a first resonance mode having a first resonance frequency and a second resonance mode having a second resonance frequency are generated, a resonance frequency of the power transmission resonance circuit and the power reception resonance circuit is set to a value which is one of the first and second resonance frequencies, and the set value is a frequency deviating from a reference resonance frequency of the power transmission resonance circuit alone by a predetermined deviation frequency or more. A driving frequency of the AC power is set to the set value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Obayashi, Nobuhisa Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11894695
    Abstract: A repeater for a wireless power transfer system is disclosed. The repeaters includes an elongated strip of material arranged in a substantially circular configuration with opposing ends of the elongated strip disposed in close proximity to each other, an inductive element associated with the elongated strip and arranged to provide a coupling with an adjacent resonator through flux directed outward from a first surface of the elongated strip, and a capacitive element associated with the elongated strip and arranged to resonate electromagnetic energy with the inductive element when the electromagnetic energy is transferred from the adjacent resonator through the coupling provided by the inductive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Minnetronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Vlad Bluvshtein, Lori Lucke
  • Patent number: 11894696
    Abstract: In a method and an apparatus for detecting electrically conductive foreign bodies during inductive energy transmission between a primary coil (1) and a secondary coil (2), at least one sensor coil (5) is arranged between the primary coil (1) and the secondary coil (2), and a current flowing in the sensor coil (5) due to the induced voltage during the energy transmission is detected and evaluated. In this case, the sensor coil (5) is connected to at least one capacitor to form a resonant circuit which is matched to the excitation frequency of the primary coil (1). The phase position of the current in the resonant circuit in relation to a reference signal is then used to determine whether there are electrically conductive foreign bodies (4) between the primary coil (1) and the secondary coil (2). A high degree of sensitivity, also in relation to small electrically conductive foreign bodies within the energy transmission path, is achieved by means of the method and the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSITÄT STUTTGART
    Inventors: Mike Böttigheimer, Nejila Parspour, Stefanie Hermann
  • Patent number: 11894699
    Abstract: A means for determining a place and a time at which maintenance is carried out by enabling objective measurement of the status of an object. A power receiving-type information transmission device that is provided in a long body, which is a measurement object, the power receiving-type information transmission device including power receiver for wirelessly receiving power supply from a moving body configured to be movable along a track, information acquisition receiver for acquiring information regarding a physical change occurring in the long body by consuming power obtained by the power receiving receiver, and transmitter for wirelessly transmitting the information to the moving body by consuming the power obtained by the power receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: NejiLaw Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Michiwaki
  • Patent number: 11894691
    Abstract: A contactless power feeding system includes: a power converter which converts DC power from a DC power supply, to AC power; a power transmission electrode to which AC power converted by the power converter is applied; a power reception device having a power reception electrode, receiving power through capacitive coupling between the power transmission and reception electrodes, and feeding power to a load; a voltage detection unit which detects voltage of the power transmission electrode; and a control unit which controls the DC power supply or the power converter using voltage detected by the voltage detection unit. The voltage detection unit has a voltage detection electrode and detects voltage of the power transmission electrode through capacitive coupling between the power transmission electrode and the voltage detection electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shunji Hata
  • Patent number: 11889604
    Abstract: A load control system includes a load control device and a remote control for configuring and controlling operation of the load control device. The load control device and remote control may be mounted to an electrical wallbox. The system may be configured by associating the remote control with the load control device, and actuating a button on the remote control to configure the load control device. A second remote control device may be directly or indirectly associated with the load control device. The load control device and remote control may communicate via inductive coils that are magnetically coupled together. The remote control may be operable to charge a battery from energy derived from the magnetic coupling between the inductive coils. The load control device and remote control may include near-field communication modules that are operable to communicate wirelessly via near-field radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company, LLC
    Inventor: Lawrence R. Carmen, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11888327
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides wireless power transfer systems and methods. One such system includes a transmitter comprising a transmitter coil coupled to a power source and a transmitter metasurface slab positioned on a front side of the transmitter coil that is configured to amplify and focus a magnetic field generated by the transmitter coil towards a receiver in a non-contact manner. In such a system, the receiver comprises a receiver coil coupled to a load and a receiver metasurface slab positioned on a front side of the receiver coil configured to amplify and focus a magnetic field generated by the transmitter coil towards the receiver coil in a non-contact manner. Other systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Yong Kyu Yoon, Woosol Lee
  • Patent number: 11877837
    Abstract: An apparatus (20) for use in inductive sensing includes a loop antenna (26) and a signal generator (24) for driving the antenna, these forming a resonator circuit (22). The resonator circuit is drivable in a drive state in which the antenna is driven at resonance to thereby generate electromagnetic signals. The arrangement further includes a switching means (28) for switchably inhibiting the drive state of the antenna This allows in use controllable switching of the antenna in and out of the drive state to thereby control switching signal generation on and off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Mark Peter Paul Kleijnen, Rick Bezemer, Wouter Herman Peeters, Gerardus Johannes Nicolaas Doodeman, Tim Patrick Steunebrink
  • Patent number: 11881728
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention relate to an apparatus and a method for identifying wireless charging status information in an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventors: Yongyoun Kim, Jaesung Shim, Myeongsu Oh, Hojin Jung, Duho Chu
  • Patent number: 11881719
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes: wirelessly transmitting power using a transmitter LC tank; wirelessly receiving power from the transmitter LC tank using a receiver LC tank; interrupting wirelessly transmitting power for a slot period; during the slot period, shorting the receiver LC tank; during the slot period and after shorting the receiver LC tank, measuring a transmitter signal associated with the transmitter LC tank; determining a power loss associated with the wirelessly transmitting power based on the measured transmitter signal; and detecting a metallic object based on the determined power loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Spark Connected LLC
    Inventors: Petru Emanuel Stingu, Kenneth Moore, Yulong Hou, Ruwanga Dassanayake
  • Patent number: 11881725
    Abstract: A foreign object detection device includes a plurality of coils (240) each including a first conductive pattern mounted on one surface of a detection coil substrate (220) to be excited and thus generate a vibration signal, a detector (26) to detect the existence of a foreign object on the basis of the vibration signal, a first connecting line (230) to connect one terminals (T1) of the individual coils (240) to the detector (26), and a second connecting line (232) to connect the other terminals (T2) of the individual coils (240) to the detector (26). The first connecting line (230) and the second connecting line (232) extend in substantially identical paths in at least segments mounted on the detection coil substrate (220).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Gotani, Kazuki Kondo
  • Patent number: 11878597
    Abstract: A wireless power transfer arrangement (20) for a wireless power transfer across an airgap (9) by inductive coupling, for example for charging the battery (31) of an electric vehicle, includes a primary side (21) with a primary pad (22) for generating a magnetic field (28) into the airgap (9) and a secondary side (24) arranged on the other side of the airgap (9) that picks up the magnetic field (28) and provides the energy received through the magnetic field (28) to the battery (31). The primary side (21) is for example installed at a charging station and the secondary side (24) is comprised by the electric vehicle. In order to control the charging process during the power transfer, a wireless communication channel (38) is provided between the primary (21) and the secondary (24) by means of two wireless transceivers (35, 36). According to the invention, the wireless transceivers (35, 36) are adapted such that their communication range is less than twice a largest spatial extent of the primary pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS (THAILAND) PCL.
    Inventors: Jonas Enderlin, Michael Mentele, Ulrich Richter, Yibo Wang
  • Patent number: 11881726
    Abstract: A shield construction for transfer of wireless power is provided. The shield construction may be a magnetic shield having a plurality of layers and provided for a wireless transmitter or a wireless receiver, or both. The magnetic shield may include a first layer and a second layer, where the first layer may be nearer to a core than the second layer, and where the second layer may include a second layer area that is larger than a first layer area of the first layer. The wireless transmitter and the wireless receiver may be configured to multi-phase wireless power transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Mostak Mohammad, Omer C. Oner, Jason L Pries
  • Patent number: 11875215
    Abstract: The invention relates to a near-field communication surface intended to communicate with at least one electronic tag. The surface comprises a plurality of antennas, each antenna having a position along an axis, a circuit for reading electronic tags that is connected to said antennas in order to supply them with power and communicate with said electronic tag, and a processing unit controlling the antennas and the circuit for reading electronic tags. The processing unit is configured to activate just one antenna at a time and the reading circuit in order to communicate with said at least one electronic tag, and to locate a position of the electronic tag along the axis according to a number of responses or to a response time from the electronic tag. The invention also relates to the locating method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: CENTILOC
    Inventors: Romain Palmade, Loïc Henninot, Frédérick Bonnin
  • Patent number: 11870277
    Abstract: Provided is a back-data transmission circuit generating a sensing signal using an arbitrary sensor, generating an input signal by digitally converting the sensing signal, generating a modulation signal by performing a modulation operation when there is a change in the input signal, inducing the modulation signal and transmitting the modulation signal to the transmitting terminal, measuring an induction signal induced from a receiving terminal to the transmitting terminal, and generating an output signal by calculating a slope of a voltage change represented by the induction signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Hyung-Min Lee, Hyun-Su Lee
  • Patent number: 11870510
    Abstract: Wireless power transfer systems, disclosed, include one or more circuits to facilitate high power transfer at high frequencies. Such wireless power transfer systems include a damping circuit, configured to dampen a wireless power signal such that communications fidelity is upheld at high power. The damping circuit includes at least a damping transistor that is configured to receive, from the transmitter controller, a damping signal for switching the transistor to control damping during transmission of amplitude shift keying (ASK) wireless data signals. Utilizing such systems enables wireless power transfer at high frequency, such as 13.56 MHz, at voltages over 1 Watt, while maintaining fidelity of in-band communications associated with the higher power wireless power signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: NuCurrent, Inc.
    Inventors: Alberto Peralta, Pavel Shostak
  • Patent number: 11870278
    Abstract: A device includes: a wireless power receiver configured to receive wireless power from an external device external to a body; a capacitor configured to store therein the wireless power received by the wireless power receiver; a wireless transceiver configured to transmit, to the external device, information associated with stored energy of the capacitor and scheduled energy to be used; and a processor configured to operate with the stored energy of the capacitor and process a biosignal of the body, wherein an operation of the external device and an operation of the device are synchronized, and a wireless power quantity of the wireless power to be received by the wireless power receiver from the external device is determined based on the information transmitted from the wireless transceiver to the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chisung Bae, Joonseong Kang, Junyeub Suh
  • Patent number: 11870509
    Abstract: Wireless power transfer systems, disclosed, include one or more circuits to facilitate high power transfer at high frequencies. Such wireless power transfer systems include a damping circuit, configured to dampen a wireless power signal such that communications fidelity is upheld at high power. The damping circuit includes at least a damping transistor that is configured to receive, from the transmitter controller, a damping signal for switching the transistor to control damping during transmission of the wireless data signals. Utilizing such systems enables wireless power transfer at high frequency, such as 13.56 MHz, at voltages over 1 Watt, while maintaining fidelity of in-band communications associated with the higher power wireless power signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: NuCurrent, Inc.
    Inventors: Alberto Peralta, Pavel Shostak
  • Patent number: 11862992
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a power transmission device performs power transmission without contact with a power reception device. A control circuit of the power transmission device obtains, as a reference value, a standby current in a standby state in which the power transmission to the power reception device is not performed. The control circuit sets, as a foreign matter detection threshold, a value obtained by adding a constant value to the reference value or a value obtained by adding a constant ratio to the reference value. Further, in the standby state, when the current value input to the power transmission circuit and detected by the current detection circuit is equal to or larger than the threshold, the control circuit determines that there is a foreign matter on the power transmission coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masakazu Kato
  • Patent number: 11858435
    Abstract: An energy transmission device for wirelessly transmitting electric energy includes a first capacitance device which has a first and a second capacitance element and a second capacitance device which has a third and a fourth capacitance element. The electric energy can be transmitted from the first capacitance element to the second capacitance element and from the third capacitance element to the fourth capacitance element by way of a capacitive coupling. The motor vehicle component is designed as a motor vehicle windshield, the first capacitance element and the third capacitance element are designed as a motor vehicle windshield guide of the motor vehicle, and the second capacitance element and the fourth capacitance element are formed on a motor vehicle windshield region of the motor vehicle windshield corresponding to the motor vehicle windshield guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Juergen Bruegl
  • Patent number: 11862986
    Abstract: A system is disclosed. The system includes a first circuit that includes a first receiver configured to receive a wireless power input, a first conductor, and operably coupled to the first receiver, and a switch network operably coupled to the first conductor configured to rectify the wireless power input and generate a rectified voltage. The first circuit further includes a first field effect transistor operably coupled to the first conductor and configured to receive a portion of the wireless power input from the first conductor and output an output voltage back to the first conductor based upon a gate input. In one or more embodiments, the first circuit further includes a first controller configured to determine if the rectified voltage is greater than a voltage threshold and transmit a transmission of the gate input to the first field effect transistor if the rectified voltage is above the voltage threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
    Inventors: John Walley, Marc Keppler, Jim Le, Chongming M. Qiao, Shiju Wang
  • Patent number: 11855477
    Abstract: A charging control method, a device, a storage medium and a wireless charging base are provided. The method can be applied to a wireless charging base comprising wireless charging units, each supporting a variety of wireless charging standards, and each wireless charging unit wirelessly charges for electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Shiming Wan
  • Patent number: 11856720
    Abstract: Electronic devices and accessory devices designed for communication with electronic devices are disclosed. An accessory device suitable for use with an electronic device can receive the electronic device. Subject to authentication, the electronic device can read information stored on the accessory device through respective wireless communication circuitry of the electronic device and the accessory device. For example, the accessory device can store information related to the material makeup of the accessory device, dimensional information of the accessory device, and other integrated features. This information can be read and received by the electronic device. As a result, the electronic device can adjust a control system (that regulates thermal energy generation) by increasing a set point temperature that allows one or more processors to operate in a manner consistent with additional thermal energy generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nagarajan Kalyanasundaram, Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Amaury J. Heresztyn, Frank F. Liang, Stephen T. Schooley, Lian Zhang, Derek J. Dicarlo
  • Patent number: 11855464
    Abstract: A single-channel wireless synchronous transmission system of energy and signal based on an integrated magnetic circuit coupling structure is provided. The system includes a direct current power supply, a high-frequency inverter circuit, a primary energy transmitter circuit, a secondary receiver circuit, a rectifier circuit, a load, a signal modulation circuit and a signal demodulation circuit. The secondary receiver circuit includes a secondary energy receiver circuit and a secondary signal receiver circuit, where an energy receiver coil and a signal receiver coil are superposed on top of each other, and the energy receiver coil and the signal receiver coil are decoupled from each other and form an integrated magnetic circuit coupling structure with a transmitter coil of the primary energy transmitter circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Zhejiang University
    Inventors: Zhitao Liu, Jia Liu, Wenjie Chen, Hongye Su
  • Patent number: 11848567
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for wirelessly powering a device. The apparatus, system and method may include a primary coil housing that houses a primary coil; a secondary coil housed within the device and suitable for having power induced therein responsive to the primary coil; an isolator that at least partially mechanically and electrically isolates the primary coil from the secondary coil; and a plurality of paired feedback sensors respectively communicatively and physically associated with, and paired as between, the primary coil housing and the device, wherein the plurality of paired feedback sensors exchanges indications regarding performance of the secondary coil, and wherein performance of the primary coil is modified responsively to the indications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: JABIL INC.
    Inventors: David M. Eckerson, Ronald Beebe, Christopher D. Compton
  • Patent number: 11848572
    Abstract: A wireless power reception apparatus according to an embodiment of the present specification comprises: a power pickup circuit for receiving, by magnetic coupling to a wireless power transmission apparatus, wireless power from the wireless power transmission apparatus; and a communication/control circuit for communicating with the wireless power transmission apparatus and controlling the received wireless power, wherein the communication/control circuit transmits, before entering a power transmission phase, to the wireless power transmission apparatus, information regarding a first reference quality factor Qt1?(ref) measured at a first frequency f1(ref) and information regarding a second reference quality factor Qt2?(ref) measured at a second frequency f2(ref).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kyunghwan Kim, Gyunghwan Yook, Hyoungseok Kim, Hwanyong Kim
  • Patent number: 11848566
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission system includes a transmission antenna that has a source antenna coil and an internal repeater coil. The system further includes two demodulation circuits, for demodulating incoming communications from a power receiver. One demodulation circuit receives sensed signals at the source coil and the other receives sensed signals at the internal repeater coil. The pair of sensed signals are then summed at a summing amplifier to generate a communications signal for input to a controller of the wireless power transmission system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: NuCurrent, Inc.
    Inventors: Alireza Dayerizadeh, Anna Oleksiewicz, Michael Katz, Alberto Peralta
  • Patent number: 11848505
    Abstract: A loop antenna unit including two loop antennas having a same number of turns and different winding directions, the two loop antennas being positioned in line symmetry and not superposed on each other in a plan view. Each of the two loop antennas includes a loop conductive line wound continuously in one direction with n turns, where n is an integer of 3 or more, forming loops from a start point to an end point on the outermost loop or the innermost loop, the loop conductive line being bent in a transitional region in a direction from an outer loop toward an inner loop such that the loops have bent portions positioned side by side from an outermost first loop to an (n?1)th loop in the transitional region, and a jumper wire positioned on the insulating layer to cross the transitional region in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Nakamura, Nozomi Onaka, Kenzo Fukuyoshi
  • Patent number: 11848569
    Abstract: A transmitter may inductively transfer power to a device via a relay. The transmitter may comprise circuitry configured to measure a current or voltage and reconfigure the transmitter with an operating frequency or duty cycle based on a measured change in the current or voltage within a time period. The measured change in the current or voltage within the time period may be caused by a removal of the device or an addition of a new device. The time period may be 200 usec or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: POWERMAT TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Itay Sherman, Ilya Gluzman, Elieser Mach, Amir Salhuv
  • Patent number: 11843261
    Abstract: A power transmission device includes: a power transmission antenna including element antennas to radiate a radio wave and element modules each provided for a predetermine number of element antennas and including a phase shifter to change a phase of a transmission signal radiated as the radio wave and an amplifier to amplify the transmission signal; and an REV method phase controller to change the phase of the transmission signal by a phase shift amount obtained by adding an operation phase shift amount for executing the REV method and a direction change phase shift amount for changing a transmission direction, for an operating phase shifter being part of the phase shifters, such that operation of changing the phase shift amount of the operating phase shifters is repeated while changing the operating phase shifters in a state in which at least some element antennas radiate the radio wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manabu Sawa, Yukihiro Homma
  • Patent number: 11841133
    Abstract: An antifouling system for reducing and/or preventing fouling of an object exposed to fouling conditions when in use, comprising a plurality of antifouling devices (26) for providing an antifouling radiation to at least part of the object and/or at least part of the antifouling system; wherein the antifouling system further comprises: —a power transmission system comprising: —an inductive power emitter (10) comprising at least one inductive emitter element (12); and —a plurality of inductive power receivers (24) each one comprising at least one inductive receiver element; wherein the inductive power emitter and the plurality of inductive power receivers are for mounting on the object in a fixed configuration with respect to each other thereby to provide an inductive coupling between each one of the at least one inductive receiver elements and the at least one inductive emitter element such that power may be inductively transmitted when the power transmission system is in use; and wherein the plurality of antif
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Jacobus Josephus Leijssen, Martijn Gerarda Lambertus Justinus Van Uden
  • Patent number: 11837885
    Abstract: A coil module, power transmitting circuit and power receiving circuit are disclosed. The coil module including at least two parallel branches, wherein each parallel branch includes a coil and a first capacitor which are connected in series; the capacitances of the first capacitors are set to reduce or eliminate an equivalent impedance difference between the parallel branches. Therefore, the loss is reduced and the wireless charging efficiency is improved while ensuring the charging rate and the charging degree of freedom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Ningbo Weie Electronics Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Lizhi Xu, Weiyi Feng, Feng Yu
  • Patent number: 11837517
    Abstract: A semiconductor device package is provided. The semiconductor device package includes a semiconductor device, a molding material surrounding the semiconductor device, and a conductive slot positioned over the molding material. The conductive slot has an opening and at least two channels connecting the opening to the edges of the conductive slot, and at least two of the channels extend in different directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chen-Hua Yu, Hao-Yi Tsai, Tzu-Sung Huang, Ming-Hung Tseng, Hung-Yi Kuo
  • Patent number: 11837876
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a wireless charging function and a method thereof, and the electronic device that supports the wireless charging function may include a housing, a first sensor layer, disposed inside the housing and including a first electrode pattern and a plurality of first openings formed in the first electrode pattern, a second sensor layer, disposed below the first sensor layer and including a second electrode pattern and a plurality of second openings formed in the second electrode pattern, and a wireless charging coil, disposed below the second sensor layer and configured to transmit power via the plurality of first openings and the plurality of second openings in a wireless manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Duckwon Yoon, Minjun Kim, Jongheon Kim, Byungku Park, Minchul Sung, Dongjin Sohn
  • Patent number: 11837886
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a charging device and a method for positioning an electronic device. The method includes: in response to determining that a positioning request signal from an electronic device is received, enabling multiple antennas; controlling each antenna to receive a first radio frequency signal broadcast by the electronic device, and determining an arrival angle of the first radio frequency signal and a distance between the electronic device and the charging device based on the first radio frequency signal received by each antenna; and determining a relative position between the charging device and the electronic device based on the arrival angle and distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: LUXSHARE-ICT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shih Hsiao Chou, Kai Yuan Cheng, Ta Yu Lin
  • Patent number: 11831169
    Abstract: Disclosed is a power transmission device for wirelessly supplying power to an external electronic device, the power transmission device comprising: a coil configured to transmit a wireless signal to the electronic device based on a transmission power; a power generation circuit configured to supply, to the coil, the transmission power generated based on an input voltage; and a control circuit electrically connected to the coil and the power generation circuit, wherein the control circuit is configured: to receive information about charging power from the electronic device; to determine whether a voltage drop event related to a drop of the internal voltage of the electronic device has occurred, based on the difference between the transmission power and the charging power; and to regulate the level of the input voltage based on results obtained from the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changhak O, Hyungkoo Chung, Mincheol Ha, Yongsang Yun
  • Patent number: 11829219
    Abstract: A transmitter of a wireless power transfer system is provided. The transmitter comprises a processor and a memory. The memory stores executable instructions that, in response to execution by the processor, can cause the processor to receive one or more signals generated by an inverter of the transmitter. The processor can measure or obtain a first value of the one or more signals and perform a comparison between the first value and a second value of the one or more signals. Based on the comparison, the processor can adjust at least one parameter of a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal generated by the processor that controls the inverter to maintain the inverter in a soft switching state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: MegaHz Tech Ltd.
    Inventor: Lingxin Lan
  • Patent number: 11824368
    Abstract: The invention discloses a fast charging device with multiple intelligent terminals and belongs to the field of charging technologies. The fast charging device includes an input power management circuit, a deception circuit, multiple boost-buck management circuits, and multiple charging modules; the input power management circuits are externally connected with a charging head and connected with the deception circuit; the deception circuit is connected with the boost-buck management circuits connected with a corresponding charging module; the charging module is externally connected with a terminal to be charged, includes a wired charging module and a wireless charging module, and further includes a fast charging protocol module and a non-fast charging protocol module; and the terminal to be charged is selectively connected with the fast charging protocol module or the non-fast charging protocol module for charging as required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventor: Jiabing Wu
  • Patent number: 11824375
    Abstract: A wireless power system may include power transmitting devices, power receiving devices, and power transmitting and receiving devices. During a configuration phase (e.g., when placed adjacent to another device), a battery-powered transmitting device may transmit information to the additional device that identifies a presence of the battery in the transmitting device. The battery-powered transmitting device may periodically report its state of charge to a power receiving device using in-band communication. The battery-powered transmitting device may report its state of charge before a power transfer phase (e.g., in the configuration phase) or during the power transfer phase. The battery-powered transmitting device may report its state of charge to the power receiving device in response to a state of charge query from the power receiving device. The power receiving device may display the state of charge of the battery of the power transmitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Zaid A AbuKhalaf, Alexei E. Kosut
  • Patent number: 11824371
    Abstract: An antenna for wireless power transmission includes a source coil comprised of a first conductive wire, the source coil including a first outer turn and a first inner turn, the source coil configured to connect to one or more electronic components for wireless power transfer. The antenna further includes an internal repeater coil comprised of a second conductive wire, the internal repeater coil including a second outer turn and a second inner turn, the internal repeater coil configured to have a repeater current induced in the second outer turn and the second inner turn. The antenna further includes a repeater filter circuit connected between a beginning of the second outer turn and an ending of the second inner turn, the repeater filter circuit comprising an LC filter and introducing a filter impedance to the internal repeater coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: NuCurrent, Inc.
    Inventors: Andy Yoon, Alberto Peralta, Md. Nazmul Alam