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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
May. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey Michael Hickox, Middlefield, OH (US);
Gary R. Thompson, Youngstown, OH (US);
Assignee:
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/46 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/182 (2013.01);
Abstract
A non-contact charging device for charging a battery in a vehicle includes a source resonator, and a foreign object detector. The source resonator is configured to transfer electrical energy to a capture resonator in a vehicle. The foreign object detector is configured to detect a foreign object proximate to the source resonator. The foreign object detector includes a vertical antenna configured to detect a foreign object above the source resonator, and a horizontal antenna configured to detect a foreign object beside the source resonator.