Patents by Inventor Jonathan Backs

Jonathan Backs 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).

  • Electrical energy transfer
    Patent number: 10622839
    Abstract: An electrical source excites a conductive object. A receiver is electrically connected to the object to receive energy from the object, and can power a device. The object can be non-resonant under excitation by the source, and the receiver is excited into resonance by electrical contact with the object. The object can also be resonant under the excitation by the source, and the receiver receives energy from the resonance of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Inventors: Charles William Van Neste, Thomas George Thundat, John Errington Hawk, Richard Hull, Jonathan Backs, Nurichi Guseynov, Arindam Phani
  • ELECTRICAL ENERGY TRANSFER
    Publication number: 20160285314
    Abstract: An electrical source excites a conductive object. A receiver is electrically connected to the object to receive energy from the object, and can power a device. The object can be non-resonant under excitation by the source, and the receiver is excited into resonance by electrical contact with the object. The object can also be resonant under the excitation by the source, and the receiver receives energy from the resonance of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: THE GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
    Inventors: Charles William VAN NESTE, Thomas George THUNDAT, John Errington HAWK, Richard HULL, Jonathan BACKS, Nurichi GUSEYNOV, Arindam PHANI
  • Resonant Dielectric Heating
    Publication number: 20150129587
    Abstract: Dielectric in situ heating of materials using a resonant, non-radiating transformer. The target material is strategically formed into a part of the capacitance of the resonant system. The system may be used to heat in situ materials such as oilsands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Charles William Van Neste, Thomas George Thundat, John Errington Hawk, Tinu Mary Abraham, Jacob H Masliyah, Jonathan Backs, Richard Hull, Arindam Phani