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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:
Apr. 25, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 12, 2021
Applicant:

Witricity Corporation, Watertown, MA (US);

Inventors:

Alexander P. McCauley, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Arunanshu M. Roy, Cambridge, MA (US);

Noam Katz, Lincoln, RI (US);

Andre B. Kurs, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);

Morris P. Kesler, Bedford, MA (US);

Assignee:

WiTricity Corporation, Watertown, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 50/70 (2016.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.01); H02J 50/90 (2016.01); H01F 38/14 (2006.01); H02J 50/40 (2016.01); H04B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 50/402 (2020.01); H01F 38/14 (2013.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.02); H02J 50/70 (2016.02); H02J 50/90 (2016.02); H04B 5/0037 (2013.01); H04B 5/0087 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosure features wireless energy transfer sources that include at least two source resonators and a power source, where: each of the at least two source resonators has a nominal impedance when a device resonator is not positioned on or near any of the at least two source resonators, the nominal impedances of each of the at least two source resonators varying by 10% or less from one another; and the at least two source resonators are configured so that during operation of the wireless energy transfer source, when a device resonator is positioned on or near a first one of the at least two source resonators: (a) the impedance of the first source resonator is reduced to a value smaller than the nominal impedances of each of the other resonators by a factor of 2 or more.


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