Patents by Inventor Weston Daniel Braun

Weston Daniel Braun 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).

  • Low power detection of wireless power devices
    Patent number: 9419470
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are directed to detection and validation of wirelessly chargeable devices positioned within a charging region of a wireless power transmitter. A device may include a detection circuit comprising an oscillator, the detection circuit configured to detect a change in a frequency of the oscillator. The device may also include a wireless power transmitter configured to determine whether a chargeable device is positioned within a charging region of the transmitter upon the detection circuit detecting the change in the frequency of the oscillator, wherein the transmitter further configured to be selectively electrically isolated from the detection circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: William Henry Von Novak, III, Francesco Carobolante, Weston Daniel Braun
  • LOW POWER DETECTION OF WIRELESS POWER DEVICES
    Publication number: 20150084586
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are directed to detection and validation of wirelessly chargeable devices positioned within a charging region of a wireless power transmitter. A device may include a detection circuit comprising an oscillator, the detection circuit configured to detect a change in a frequency of the oscillator. The device may also include a wireless power transmitter configured to determine whether a chargeable device is positioned within a charging region of the transmitter upon the detection circuit detecting the change in the frequency of the oscillator, wherein the transmitter further configured to be selectively electrically isolated from the detection circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: William Henry Von Novak, III, Francesco Carobolante, Weston Daniel Braun