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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2011
Morris P. Kesler, Bedford, MA (US);
Katherine L. Hall, Westford, MA (US);
Ron Fiorello, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Michael Alan Feldstein, Sudbury, MA (US);
Volkan Efe, Watertown, MA (US);
Konrad Kulikowski, North Andover, MA (US);
Andre B. Kurs, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Morris P. Kesler, Bedford, MA (US);
Katherine L. Hall, Westford, MA (US);
Ron Fiorello, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Michael Alan Feldstein, Sudbury, MA (US);
Volkan Efe, Watertown, MA (US);
Konrad Kulikowski, North Andover, MA (US);
Andre B. Kurs, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
WiTricity Corporation, Watertown, MA (US);
Abstract
A vehicle powering wireless receiver for use with a first electromagnetic resonator coupled to a power supply. The wireless receiver includes a load configured to power the drive system of a vehicle using electrical power, and a second electromagnetic resonator adapted to be housed upon the vehicle and configured to be coupled to the load, at least one other electromagnetic resonator configured with the first electromagnetic resonator and the second electromagnetic resonator in an array of electromagnetic resonators to distribute power over an area, wherein the second electromagnetic resonator is configured to be wirelessly coupled to the array to provide resonant, non-radiative wireless power to the second electromagnetic resonator from the first electromagnetic resonator.