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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2023
Applicant:
Midea Group Co., Ltd., Foshan, CN;
Inventors:
John Kenneth Hooker, Louisville, KY (US);
Craig Benjamin Williams, Louisville, KY (US);
Hieu Manh Vu, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Guangdong, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 50/90 (2016.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 50/90 (2016.02); H02J 50/10 (2016.02);
Abstract
An apparatus and method of locating a wireless power transmitter in which a variable load coupled to a wireless power receiver configured to receive a wireless power signal from the wireless power transmitter is controllably varied to maintain a harvested voltage of the wireless power signal within a predetermined range. By doing so, power supplied to a wirelessly powered appliance coupled to the wireless power receiver is maintained within an operational envelope of the wirelessly powered appliance.