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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 01, 2013
Applicants:

Mohamed A. Abdelmoneum, Portland, OR (US);

Paul J. Gwin, Orangevale, CA (US);

Rashed Mahameed, Beaverton, OR (US);

Mark E. Sprenger, Folsom, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mohamed A. Abdelmoneum, Portland, OR (US);

Paul J. Gwin, Orangevale, CA (US);

Rashed Mahameed, Beaverton, OR (US);

Mark E. Sprenger, Folsom, CA (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 17/00 (2006.01); H04B 11/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); H02J 50/00 (2016.01); H02J 50/15 (2016.01); H02J 50/90 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/025 (2013.01); H02J 17/00 (2013.01); H02J 50/00 (2016.02); H02J 50/15 (2016.02); H02J 50/90 (2016.02);
Abstract

Methods and systems may provide for detecting a location of an adjacent ultrasonic receiver of a battery powered device relative to a charging surface of a contactless charger. The charging surface may include an ultrasonic array of transmitter sub arrays, wherein one or more of the transmitter sub arrays may be selectively activated based on the location to focus an ultrasonic beam on the adjacent ultrasonic receiver. In one example, a movement of the adjacent ultrasonic receiver may be detected and the focus of the ultrasonic beam is adjusted in response to the movement.


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