Patents by Inventor Michael Le Gallais Kissin, Jr.

Michael Le Gallais Kissin, Jr. 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).

  • System and method for multi-coil dual backbone dynamic inductive power transfer
    Patent number: 9698608
    Abstract: An apparatus for wirelessly transferring power to a receive coupler is provided. The apparatus comprises a first coupler connected to a second coupler. The apparatus further comprises a third coupler overlapping the first and second couplers. The apparatus further comprises a controller configured to receive power from at least one power supply, provide a first current to the first coupler and the second coupler in a first charging mode, and provide the first current to the first coupler and the second coupler and provide a second current to the third coupler in a second charging mode. A magnetic flux generated by the first current passing through a first portion is constructively additive with a magnetic flux generated by the first current passing through a second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Nicholas Athol Keeling, Mickel Bipin Budhia, Chang-Yu Huang, Michael Le Gallais Kissin, Jr., Jonathan Beaver, Claudio Armando Camasca Ramirez