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Wireless energy transfer to moving devices

  • US 8,384,247 B2
  • Filed: 01/13/2010
  • Issued: 02/26/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system configured to transfer energy wirelessly, comprising:

  • a source configured to generate evanescent waves, in response to receiving the energy, on at least part of a surface of the source;

    a sink configured to receive the energy wirelessly from the source via a coupling of the at least part of the evanescent waves; and

    a load configured to receive the energy from the sink, wherein the load and the sink are configured to move along the surface of the source such that the at least a part of the evanescent waves are coupled between the source and the sink within an energy transfer area.

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