ELECTRICAL ENERGY TRANSFER
First Claim
1. A receiver for receiving energy from a conductive object having a changing electrical voltage, a first end of the receiver being configured to be placed into electrical connection to the object and the receiver having an inductance and stray capacitance configured to be excited into resonance by the electrical connection to the object and to generate via the resonance a voltage within the receiver larger than the voltage of the object;
- and the receiver being configured to connect to a device to power the device using the resonance of the receiver.
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Abstract
An electrical source excites a conductive object. A receiver is electrically connected to the object to receive energy from the object, and can power a device. The object can be non-resonant under excitation by the source, and the receiver is excited into resonance by electrical contact with the object. The object can also be resonant under the excitation by the source, and the receiver receives energy from the resonance of the object.
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36 Claims
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1. A receiver for receiving energy from a conductive object having a changing electrical voltage, a first end of the receiver being configured to be placed into electrical connection to the object and the receiver having an inductance and stray capacitance configured to be excited into resonance by the electrical connection to the object and to generate via the resonance a voltage within the receiver larger than the voltage of the object;
- and the receiver being configured to connect to a device to power the device using the resonance of the receiver.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for transmitting electrical energy, comprising:
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supplying electrical energy to a first portion of a conductive object having an accumulative spatial distribution of self-inductance and an accumulative spatial distribution of stray capacitance to excite at least a second portion of the object into resonance to produce an electrical standing wave around at least the second portion of the object, the resonance being dependent on the accumulative spatial distribution of self-inductance and the accumulative spatial distribution of self-capacitance; and obtaining electrical energy from the electrical standing wave at a receiver connected to a location at the second portion of the object. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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25. A method for transmitting electrical energy, comprising:
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supplying electrical energy to a first portion of a conductive object by connecting the first portion of the conductive object into a circuit supplying a changing electrical current through the first portion of the conductive object, the object having a self-inductance and stray capacitance, the supply of changing electrical current through the first portion of the conductive object exciting the self-inductance and stray capacitance into resonance, the resonance including a changing electrical current or voltage at a second portion of the object, and obtaining electrical energy from the resonance at a receiver connected to a location at the second portion of the object. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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