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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Electrolux Home Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Inventors:
Paul Stoufer, Lincolnton, NC (US);
Thomas Josefsson, Concord, NC (US);
Assignee:
Electrolux Home Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 50/80 (2016.01); H04B 5/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 50/80 (2016.02); H02J 50/00 (2016.02); H04B 5/0031 (2013.01); H04B 5/0037 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided that includes a power transmitter, data receiver, and an antenna operatively coupled to the power transmitter and data receiver. The antenna being configured to switchably transmit energy from the power transmitter to power a sensor, and receive data to the data receiver from the sensor in which a frequency being used by the antenna is the same for both transmission of the energy and reception of the data.