Patents by Inventor Ricard W. DeVaul

Ricard W. DeVaul 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 UTILIZATION IN A LOCAL COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20130241308
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a wirelessly powered local computing environment are described. The wireless powered local computing environment includes at least a near field magnetic resonance (NFMR) power supply arranged to wirelessly provide power to any of a number of suitably configured devices. In the described embodiments, the devices arranged to receive power wirelessly from the NFMR power supply must be located in a region known as the near field that extends no further than a distance D of a few times a characteristic size of the NFMR power supply transmission device. Typically, the distance D can be on the order of 1 meter or so.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Brett C. Bilbrey, Michael Culbert, Peter M. Arnold, David I. Simon, Mushtaq Sarwar, Ricard W. DeVaul