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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2021
Applicant:
UT Battelle, Llc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Inventors:
Utkarsh D. Kavimandan, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Veda P. Galigekere, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Burak Ozpineci, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 50/90 (2016.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 50/90 (2016.02); H02J 7/0047 (2013.01); H02J 7/007188 (2020.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02); H02J 2207/20 (2020.01);
Abstract
A system and method for sensorless coil detection that exploits a dead-time effect in a WPT inverter as an indicator of presence of a receiver. In one embodiment, a system described herein may be configured to detect arrival of a moving receiver prior to alignment of the moving receiver with the transmitter for power transmission.