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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2014
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Songnan Yang, San Jose, CA (US);

Janardhan Narayan, Fremont, CA (US);

Jonathan Rosenfeld, Portland, OR (US);

Kerry Stevens, Beaverton, OR (US);

Patrick Chewning, Beaverton, OR (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 50/10 (2016.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H01F 27/02 (2006.01); H01F 27/36 (2006.01); H01F 38/14 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 50/10 (2016.02); G06F 1/1613 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); H01F 27/02 (2013.01); H01F 27/362 (2013.01); H01F 38/14 (2013.01); H02J 7/025 (2013.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01);
Abstract

This disclosure pertains to wireless power transfer systems, and in particular (but not exclusively), to techniques to improve the coupling efficiency between a power transmitting unit and a power receiving unit within a computing device. The present disclosure includes a system which comprises a computing unit which includes a power receiving unit and a conductive surface. The conductive surface has an opening that is adjacent to the power receiving unit and a slot extending from the opening towards the perimeter of the conductive surface. The computing unit further includes a system base coupled to the power receiving unit wherein the power receiving unit is to provide power to the system base. The system also includes a power transmitting unit adjacent to the computing unit.


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