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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Te Connectivity Nederland Bv, s'Hertogenbosch, NL;
Inventors:
Gied Habraken, Valkenswaard, NL;
Dirk-Jan Riezebos, Elst, NL;
Assignee:
TE Connectivity Nederland BV, S-Hertogenbosch, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01P 5/00 (2006.01); H04B 5/00 (2006.01); H01P 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 5/0037 (2013.01); H04B 5/0012 (2013.01); H04B 5/0031 (2013.01); H04B 5/0093 (2013.01);
Abstract
A contactless coupler is disclosed. The contactless coupler has an inductive coupling element adapted to transmit and/or receive power by inductive magnetic coupling and a capacitive coupling element adapted to transmit and/or receive a data signal by capacitive coupling. The capacitive coupling element comprises one or more capacitive electrodes disposed at an end of the coupler.