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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:
Dec. 05, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 16, 2015
Applicant:

Motorola Solutions, Inc, Schaumburg, IL (US);

Inventors:

Dipti V. Desai, Lawenceville, GA (US);

Daniel J. Jakl, Dacula, GA (US);

William B. Kiger, Hoschton, GA (US);

Edmond Louie, Snellville, GA (US);

Francesca Schuler, Palatine, IL (US);

Cheah Heng Tan, Bayan Lepas, MY;

Assignee:

MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC., Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/182 (2013.01); H02J 7/0052 (2013.01); H02J 7/025 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus, system and method for wirelessly charging are provided within a vehicular environment. The wireless charging system comprises a seatbelt receptacle containing a transmit coil integrated therein for transmitting a charging signal to a battery or powering a battery operated device. A repeater coil can be wirelessly coupled to the transmit coil via the seatbelt's buckle, as a buckle repeater coil or a retrofit cover repeater coil. Additional repeater coils may be added to a shoulder strap, a lap strap, or other portions of the seat belt harness for additional charging points. The additional repeater coils are slideable to adjust for different body sizes. One or more portable devices having receive coils can be charged or powered wirelessly from the transmit coil in the seatbelt receptacle, the repeater coil of the seatbelt buckle or cover, and/or the additional adjustable strap repeater coils.


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