FURNITURE WITH WIRELESS POWER
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Abstract
Furniture components, such as office furniture components, that are configured to include electronic components that transfer electrical power to peripheral electronic devices via wireless technologies, including conductive and inductive technologies. The articles of furniture may include grommet devices received within work surfaces, the grommet devices incorporating or housing the electronics of wireless power systems. The articles of furniture may also include the electronics of wireless power systems physically embedded or integrated within work surfaces in a manner in which the continuous surfaces of the work surfaces are maintained, and the work surfaces may optionally further include lighting or other indication features to indicate the locations of the electronics to a user.
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43 Claims
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1-15. -15. (canceled)
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16. A furniture assembly for transferring power to an electronic device, the furniture assembly comprising:
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a working platform including a working surface and a non-working surface opposite the working surface, an intermediate portion disposed between the working surface and the non-working surface, and a cavity in the intermediate portion; a first housing component at least partially embedded in the working platform, the first housing component having a first planar portion supporting an electrically conductive surface comprising a first plurality of conductive strips adapted to receive power from an electrical power source; and electrical conductors disposed at least partially in the cavity and electrically coupling the power source with the first plurality of conductive strips through the first planar portion of the first housing to energize the conductive surface. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A furniture assembly for transferring power to an electronic device with a secondary coil of an inductive coupling, the furniture assembly comprising:
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a working platform including a working surface and a non-working surface opposite the working surface, an intermediate portion disposed between the working surface and the non-working surface and, an edge surface defining a perimeter of the working platform; a primary coil supported by the working platform and adapted to induce a current in the secondary coil when the secondary coil is positioned proximate the working surface and the primary coil; and an indicator component associated with the working platform, the indicator component providing a visual indication in at least one of the working surface and the edge surface of a location of said primary coil. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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37. A furniture assembly as in claim 37, the veneer layer having at least one hole therein.
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