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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Triune Systems, Llc, Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Ross E. Teggatz, The Colony, TX (US);
Amer Atrash, Dallas, TX (US);
Wayne Chen, Plano, TX (US);
Jonathan Knight, Yokosuka, JP;
Assignee:
TRIUNE SYSTEMS, LLC, Plano, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 50/60 (2016.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.01); H02J 50/40 (2016.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); H02J 7/04 (2006.01); G01V 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 50/60 (2016.02); G01V 3/10 (2013.01); H02J 7/025 (2013.01); H02J 7/047 (2013.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.02); H02J 50/40 (2016.02);
Abstract
A wireless power transfer foreign object detector having, at least one secondary receiver coil, an adjustable load electrically coupled to the at least one secondary receiver coil, and at least one temperature sensor providing at least one temperature detection signal, wherein the at least one temperature sensor responsive to at least one thermal state of the at least one secondary receiver coil, and wherein foreign object detection is based at least in part upon the at least one temperature detection signal.