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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. 12, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 21, 2014
Applicant:

Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);

Inventors:

Bingnan Wang, Belmont, MA (US);

William S. Yerazunis, Acton, MA (US);

Koon Hoo Teo, Lexington, MA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 17/00 (2006.01); H01F 38/14 (2006.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.01); H04B 5/00 (2006.01); H01Q 7/00 (2006.01); H01Q 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01F 38/14 (2013.01); H01Q 7/00 (2013.01); H01Q 15/0053 (2013.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.02); H04B 5/0037 (2013.01); H01Q 15/0086 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system includes a first resonator coupled to an energy source and a second resonator located a distance from the first resonator and coupled to the first resonator to provide near-field wireless energy transfer between the first resonator and the second resonator. The first resonator and the second resonator are non-radiative structures having a resonant frequency. The system also includes an artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) having the resonant frequency and arranged within the system to shape the near-field of at least one of the first resonator and the second resonator. The AMC includes a layer of unit cells arranged in a periodic pattern enabling the AMC to reflect the near-field. Each unit cell of the AMC includes a plurality of electronic components.


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