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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2008
Filed:
May. 11, 2004
Marlin H. Mickle, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Christopher C. Capelli, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Harold Swift, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Marlin H. Mickle, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Christopher C. Capelli, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Harold Swift, Gibsonia, PA (US);
University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides apparatus and an associated method for remotely energizing power storage devices. Energization may preferably be effected through the use of RF energy within frequencies of the wireless fidelity standards. The remote station preferably has at least one antenna having an effective area greater than its physical area. The invention may advantageously be used on wireless fidelity products which are energized by the power storage device.