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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:
May. 17, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 09, 2019
Applicant:

The Research Foundation for Suny, Albany, NY (US);

Inventors:

Patanjali V. Parimi, Liverpool, NY (US);

M Raihan Hossain, New York, NY (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 53/12 (2019.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); H02J 50/40 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/12 (2019.02); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); H02J 7/025 (2013.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.02); H02J 50/40 (2016.02); B60L 2200/10 (2013.01); B64C 2201/042 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention comprises a wireless charging station, configured to charge remote controlled and autonomous vehicles and robots, including one or more charging pods, wherein each pod has at least two panels and at least two wireless power transmitters (WPTs) affixed to at least two of the panels, wherein the WPTs are configured to deliver power wirelessly to at least two wireless power receivers (WPRs), associated with a remote controlled vehicle, an autonomous unmanned vehicle or a robot. The present invention further comprises a method to charge a robot or vehicle at a distance from a wireless power transmitter (WPT), the method comprising: detecting a first WPR located a first distance from a first WPT and a second WPR located a second distance from a second WPT, and transmitting power from the WPTs to the WPRs to charge the robot or vehicle.


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