Patents by Inventor Duncan Abbot

Duncan Abbot 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 in modular systems
    Patent number: 12244151
    Abstract: A system includes a body comprising a conduction path, and first and second modules disposed along, and movable relative to, the body, each of the first and second modules including an energy storage device, a terminal, and a power management unit coupling the energy storage device and the terminal. The terminal of each of the first and second modules is capacitively coupled with the conduction path for bidirectional power transfer between the first and second modules via the conduction path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Al-Thaddeus Avestruz, Akshay Sarin, Shai Revzen, Duncan Abbot
  • WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER IN MODULAR SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20210359544
    Abstract: A system includes a body comprising a conduction path, and first and second modules disposed along, and movable relative to, the body, each of the first and second modules including an energy storage device, a terminal, and a power management unit coupling the energy storage device and the terminal. The terminal of each of the first and second modules is capacitively coupled with the conduction path for bidirectional power transfer between the first and second modules via the conduction path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Al-Thaddeus Avestruz, Akshay Sarin, Shai Revzen, Duncan Abbot