CONTACTLESS POWER SUPPLY

• US 20090067198A1
• Filed: 08/28/2008
• Published: 03/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Alexander Brailovsky, David Jeffrey Graham, Jesse Frederick Goellner, Michael Thomas Mcelhinny
• Original Assignee: Alexander Brailovsky, David Jeffrey Graham, Jesse Frederick Goellner, Michael Thomas Mcelhinny
• Inventors: Graham, David Jeffrey, Brailovsky, Alexander, McElhinny, Michael Thomas, Goellner, Jesse Frederick
• Application Number:
  US12/200,422
• Publication Number:
  US 20090067198A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 363/8
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/05 using capacitive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/80 involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00 Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00034 Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge

Abstract

A system includes a first device configured to receive a first wireless power associated with a first electromagnetic wave from a wireless power source. The first device is configured to convert the first wireless power to a first DC power, store the first DC power, and convert the first DC power stored in the first device to a second wireless power associated with a second electromagnetic wave. The system includes a second device configured to receive the second wireless power from the first device. The second device is configured to convert the second wireless power to a second DC power. The first device can receive the first wireless power at a first location and can convert the first DC power stored in the first device to the second wireless power at a second location different from the first location.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a first device configured to receive a first wireless power associated with a first electromagnetic wave from a wireless power source, the first device configured to convert the first wireless power to a first DC power, the first device configured to store the first DC power, the first device configured to convert the first DC power stored in the first device to a second wireless power associated with a second electromagnetic wave via an antenna; and

a second device configured to receive the second wireless power from the first device, the second device configured to convert the second wireless power to a second DC power.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the second device is configured to store the second DC power.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the first device is configured to receive the first wireless power associated with the first electromagnetic wave at a first location, and

the first device is configured to convert the first DC power stored in the first device to the second wireless power at a second location different from the first location.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the first device includes:

a sensor module configured to detect the second device via an input received from the second device; and

an activation module configured to enable at least a portion of the first device upon the second device being detected by the sensor module.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the first electromagnetic wave is associated with a first radio frequency band, and

the second electromagnetic wave is associated with a second radio frequency band different from the first radio frequency band.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the first device includes:

a user interface configured to detect a user input; and

an activation module configured to enable at least at least a portion of the first device based on the user input.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the first device is configured to be removably attached to the second device.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the first device is configured to be complimentarily fitted to at least one of an outside portion of the second device or an inside portion of the second device.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the first device is configured to be complimentarily fitted to at least one of an outside portion of the wireless power source or an inside portion of the wireless power source.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the first device includes a first mating member, the second device includes a second mating member, the first mating member of the first device and the second mating member of the second device configured to removably attach the first device to the second device.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the first device and the second device each includes at least one of a protrusion, a projection, a groove, or a depression configured to complimentarily fit the first device to the second device.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the first device is hermetically sealed.

13. The system of claim 1, further comprises:

the wireless power source.

14. The system of claim 1, further comprises:

the wireless power source, the first device and the wireless power source each includes at least one of a protrusion, a projection, a groove, or a depression configured to complimentarily fit the first device to the wireless power source.

15. The system of claim 1, further comprises:

the wireless power source, the first device having a first mating member and the wireless power source having a second mating member, the first mating member of the first device and the second mating member of the wireless power source configured to removably attach the first device to the wireless power source.

16. A system, comprising:

a first device configured to receive a first wireless power from a power source, the first device configured to convert the first wireless power to a first DC power, the first device configured to store the first DC power, the first device configured to convert the first DC power stored in the first device to a second wireless power; and

a second device configured to receive the second wireless power from the first device, the second device configured to convert the second wireless power to a second DC power.

17. A system, comprising:

a first device having at least two capacitive plates configured to receive a first wireless power from a power source via capacitive coupling, the first device configured to convert the first wireless power to a first DC power, the first device configured to store the first DC power, the first device configured to convert the first DC power stored in the first device to a second wireless power via capacitive coupling; and

a second device having at least two capacitive plates configured to receive the second wireless power from the first device, the second device configured to convert the second wireless power to a second DC power.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the at least two capacitive plates of the first device include:

a first set of capacitive plates configured to capacitively couple the first device and the power source; and

a second set of capacitive plates configured to capacitively couple the first device and the second device.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the first device includes:

a switch having a first position and a second position, the at least two capacitive plates of the first device being configured to capacitively couple the first device and the power source when the switch is in the first position, the at least two capacitive plates of the first device being configured to capacitively couple the first device and the second device when the switch is in the second position.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the at least two capacitive plates of the first device include:

a first set of capacitive plates configured to capacitively couple the first device and the power source via a first frequency band,

the second set of capacitive plates being configured to capacitively couple the first device and the second device via a second frequency band different from the first frequency band.

21. The system of claim 17, wherein the first device includes:

a sensor module configured to detect the second device via an input received from the second device through the at least two capacitive plates of the first device; and

an activation module configured to enable at least a portion of the first device upon second device being detected by the sensor module.

22. A method, comprising:

moving a first device to a first location within a wireless-power threshold associated with a power source, the first device configured to receive a first wireless power from the power source when in the first location, the first device configured to convert the first wireless power to a first DC power; and

moving the first device to a second location such that a second device is within a wireless-power threshold associated with the first device, the first device configured to convert the first DC power to a second wireless power when in the second location, the second device configured to receive the second wireless power from the first device, the second device configured to convert the second wireless power to a second DC power.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising removably attaching the first device to the second device.

24. The method of claim 22, wherein a maximum distance between the power source and the first device based on the wireless-power threshold associated with the power source is different from a maximum distance between the first device and the second device based on the wireless-power threshold associated with the first device.

25. An apparatus, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a first wireless power, the receiver configured to convert the first wireless power to a first DC power;

a power storage module configured receive the first DC power from the receiver, the power storage module configured to store the first DC power;

a transmitter configured to receive the first DC power from the power storage module, the transmitter configured to convert the first DC power to a second wireless power via an antenna; and

a housing within which the receiver, the power storage module, and the transmitter are disposed,

the transmitter configured to transmit the second wireless power via the antenna to a device separate from the housing such that the device receives the second wireless power from the transmitter and converts the second wireless power to a second DC power.

26. An apparatus, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a first wireless power, the receiver configured to convert the first wireless power to a first DC power;

a power storage module configured receive the first DC power from the receiver, the power storage module configured to store the first DC power;

a transmitter configured to receive the first DC power from the power storage module, the transmitter configured to convert the first DC power to a second wireless power via capacitive plates; and

a housing within which the receiver, the power storage module, and the transmitter are disposed,

the transmitter configured to transmit the second wireless power via the capacitive plates to a device separate from the housing such that the device receives the second wireless power from the transmitter and converts the second wireless power to a second DC power.