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ADAPTIVE INDUCTIVE POWER SUPPLY WITH COMMUNICATION

  • US 20110177782A1
  • Filed: 04/01/2011
  • Published: 07/21/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A contactless power supply for inductively providing power to one or more remote devices, said contactless power supply comprising:

  • a resonant circuit having a primary for transferring power to said one or more remote devices by an inductive coupling;

    a receiver for receiving power information from said one or more remote devices; and

    a controller coupled to said receiver and to said resonant circuit for adapting said contactless power supply in response to at least one of said one or more remote devices no longer being present or a new remote device in addition to said one or more remote devices being present, wherein said controller is programmed to calculate one or more settings for said contactless power supply as a function of said received power information and wherein said controller is programmed to set said one or more calculated settings.

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