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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2011
Applicants:
Philip S. Dunlap, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Robert J. Budica, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Inventors:
Philip S. Dunlap, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Robert J. Budica, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for transmitting power over long distances to a remote device is described. The method includes positioning a lens between a photon source and a photon receiver, the lens, photon source and photon receiver being physically separate systems, focusing a plurality of photons originating from the photon source using the lens, collecting the photons at a receiver, and utilizing the collected photons to generate electrical power.