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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
May. 02, 2023
GE Intellectual Property Licensing, Llc, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Jayanti Ganesh, Bangalore, IN;
Viswanathan Kanakasabai, Bangalore, IN;
Subbarao Tatikonda, Bangalore, IN;
Suma Memana Narayana Bhat, Bangalore, IN;
GE Intellectual Property Licensing, LLC, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses for managing phase transitions of a wireless power transfer (WPT) system. For example, transitions between a connected phase and a power transfer phase may be coordinated in relation to changing a protective switch (one or more switches) in a power receiver. The protective switch may decouple or couple a secondary coil of the power receiver with a power reception circuit (such as a load or a rectifier). A first position of the protective switch may open a circuit that includes the secondary coil and the power reception circuit. A second position of the protective switch may close the circuit such that the secondary coil can receive the wireless power and provide the wireless power to the load during the power transfer phase. This disclosure also describes how a WPT system may temporarily pause wireless power transfer while remaining in a power transfer phase.