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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
May. 23, 2017
Applicant:
Tdk Electronics Ag, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Pierre Fechting, Solothurn, CH;
Abiezer Tejeda, Solothurn, CH;
Assignee:
TDK ELECTRONICS AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 50/60 (2016.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.01); G01V 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 50/60 (2016.02); G01V 3/102 (2013.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.02);
Abstract
A foreign object detector, a foreign object detection system and a method for operating the foreign object detector are disclosed. In an embodiment, a foreign object detector includes a conducting wire with a first section and a second section, a first node, a second node and an intermediate node, wherein the first section electrically connects the first node to the intermediate node and has a plurality of three or more vertical segments, and wherein the second section electrically connects the intermediate node to the second node and has a plurality of three or more horizontal segments.