Patents by Inventor Benjamin K Sampson

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

  • WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER
    Publication number: 20140091756
    Abstract: Methods and systems for wireless transmission of power to a battery-operated device include a power receiving apparatus featuring at least one receiving resonator and a housing dimensioned to engage with a battery compartment of a battery-operated device, and a power transmitting apparatus including: a first pair of spaced source resonators, where each source resonator in the first pair features a loop of conducting material surrounding a common first axis; a second pair of spaced source resonators, where each source resonator in the second pair features a loop of conducting material surrounding a common second axis different from the first axis; and a controller coupled to the first and second pairs of source resonators and configured to provide non-radiative wireless power transfer from the power transmitting apparatus to the power receiving apparatus by alternately activating the first and second pairs of source resonators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Robert B. Ofstein, Volkan Efe, Andre B. Kurs, Alexander P. McCauley, Arunanshu M. Roy, Empar Rollano, Abdel Sam Rhoufiry, Benjamin K. Sampson, Morris P. Kesler, Matthew J. MacDonald, Eric R. Giler, Katherine L. Hall, Simone Agha
  • WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER
    Publication number: 20140091636
    Abstract: Methods and systems for wireless transmission of power to a battery-operated device include a power receiving apparatus featuring at least one receiving resonator and a housing dimensioned to engage with a battery compartment of a battery-operated device, and a power transmitting apparatus including: a first pair of spaced source resonators, where each source resonator in the first pair features a loop of conducting material surrounding a common first axis; a second pair of spaced source resonators, where each source resonator in the second pair features a loop of conducting material surrounding a common second axis different from the first axis; and a controller coupled to the first and second pairs of source resonators and configured to provide non-radiative wireless power transfer from the power transmitting apparatus to the power receiving apparatus by alternately activating the first and second pairs of source resonators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Robert B. Ofstein, Volkan Efe, Andre B. Kurs, Alexander P. McCauley, Arunanshu M. Roy, Empar Rollano, Abdel Sam Rhoufiry, Benjamin K Sampson, Morris P. Kesler, Matthew J. MacDonald, Eric R. Giler, Katherine L. Hall, Simone Agha