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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2018
X Development Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Richard Wayne DeVaul, Mountain View, CA (US);
Brian John Adolf, Mountain View, CA (US);
Raj B. Apte, Mountain View, CA (US);
X Development LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for a mobile hybrid transmitter/receiver (TX/RX) node for wireless resonant power delivery is disclosed. A hybrid TX/RX can be configured to travel to remote, wirelessly-powerable receivers and deliver power to them wirelessly. A hybrid TX/RX device can include a transmitter component (TX), a receiver (RX) component, and a power store for storing power for supply to remote receivers. The TX/RX device can be configured in an autonomous unmanned vehicle operational to travel between a fixed source transmitter devices and one or more specified locations that may be host to one or more remote receivers. In the location of the one or more remote receivers, the TX component may function to wirelessly transfer power from the power store to the one or more remote receivers. In the location of the fixed source transmitter device, RX component can be configured to receive power via wireless power transfer, and to use the received power to at least partially replenish the power store.