Patents by Inventor David Allen WEBBER

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

  • Patent number: 12328158
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for dynamically reconfigurable tuning for wireless power and data communications. A wireless charging (WLC) device may improve the efficiency of variable power and data communication to a chargeable device with variable relative positioning and coupling in 3D space by dynamically reconfiguring transmitter tuning. A WLC transmitter may be dynamically reconfigured (e.g., between symmetric and asymmetric antenna impedance matching) based on at least one of the type of wireless transmission or a wireless transmission efficiency for the type of wireless transmission. For example, the controller may dynamically select a configuration for wireless power (e.g., or data) transmission based on the most efficient configuration determined from dynamically measured efficiencies for asymmetric and symmetric wireless power (e.g., or data) transmission. Tuning may be dynamically reconfigured, for example, by controlling an automatically variable inductor (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Donghwi Kim, David Allen Webber
  • Publication number: 20240429756
    Abstract: A device may include a first transmission coil, wherein the first transmission coil generates a first magnetic field toward a charging region. A device may include a second transmission coil adjacent to the first transmission coil, wherein the second transmission coil generates a second magnetic field toward the charging region. A device may include a management device in communication with the first transmission coil and the second transmission coil, the management device configured to: determine a presence of a receiving coil proximate to a first transmission coil and a second transmission coil, determine a proportional alignment value of at least the first transmission coil and the second transmission coil with the receiving coil; and select and drive at least one of the first transmission coil and the second transmission coil according to the proportional alignment values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Prasad RAGHAVENDRA, David Allen WEBBER, Alan HSIAO, Jayaprakash POOJALI, Mahesh Raja PERUMAL
  • Publication number: 20230379002
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for dynamically reconfigurable tuning for wireless power and data communications. A wireless charging (WLC) device may improve the efficiency of variable power and data communication to a chargeable device with variable relative positioning and coupling in 3D space by dynamically reconfiguring transmitter tuning. A WLC transmitter may be dynamically reconfigured (e.g., between symmetric and asymmetric antenna impedance matching) based on at least one of the type of wireless transmission or a wireless transmission efficiency for the type of wireless transmission. For example, the controller may dynamically select a configuration for wireless power (e.g., or data) transmission based on the most efficient configuration determined from dynamically measured efficiencies for asymmetric and symmetric wireless power (e.g., or data) transmission. Tuning may be dynamically reconfigured, for example, by controlling an automatically variable inductor (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Donghwi KIM, David Allen WEBBER