Spark Connected LLC

Yulong Hou

Petru Emanuel Stingu

Ruwanga Dassanayake

Kenneth E Moore

Kenneth L Moore

Malek Ramezani

Kenneth Moore

In an embodiment, a method includes wirelessly transmitting power using a transmitter LC tank of a wireless power transmitter, wirelessly receiving power from the transmitter LC tank using a receiver LC tank of a wireless power receiver, interrupting wirelessly transmitting power for a slot period, during the slot period, measuring a receiver signal associated with the receiver LC tank, transmitting receiver data based on the measured receiver signal to the wireless power transmitter, determining a power loss associated with the wirelessly transmitting power based on the measured receiver signal and detecting a metallic object based on the determined power loss.

Wireless power transfer object detection circuit and method

In an embodiment, a method includes: placing a template at a first surface of a structure; placing a first magnet at the first surface based on the template; placing a second magnet at a second surface of the structure at a first location in which a magnetic field between the first and second magnets moves the second magnet towards the first magnet; waiting for the second magnet to stop moving at a second location of the second surface; marking the second location; and attaching a sub-surface wireless charger based on a location of the template.

Alignment method for sub-surface wireless charger

In an embodiment, a method for heating a personal device using a wirelessly-powered heating device includes: wirelessly receiving power with a receiving coil of the wirelessly-powered heating device, the receiving coil located inside the personal device, where the receiving coil is coupled to a capacitor of the wirelessly-powered heating device to form a receiver resonant tank; and heating the personal device with heat produced by a resistance of the receiving coil, where the receiving coil functions as a receiver antenna and as a heat producing element.

Dual function wireless power and thermal receiver

In an embodiment, a method includes: wirelessly transmitting power to a receiving coil from a transmitting coil, where the receiving coil is in a wireless power transmission space of the transmitting coil; measuring an output of a sensor during a first time to generate a first measurement; measuring the output of the sensor during a second time to generate a second measurement, the second time being after the first time; and when a magnitude of a difference between the first measurement and the second measurement is higher than a predetermined threshold, stopping wirelessly transmitting power to the receiving coil with the transmitting coil.

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Shanghai, China

Yulong Hou