Rechargeable battery assemblies and methods of constructing rechargeable battery assemblies
First Claim
1. A rechargeable battery assembly comprising:
- a storage cell; and
receive circuitry comprising a receive coil operatively connected to receive control circuitry, wherein the receive coil is configured to receive inductively coupled current, wherein the receive control circuitry is configured to rectify the current and communicate charging power to the storage cell, wherein the coil is wound around a shield/core comprising magnetically permeable material, and wherein the shield/core is disposed around the storage cell,wherein the receive circuitry includes a receive resonant circuit that exhibits resonance at about a resonant frequency that a transmit resonant circuit exhibits resonance, wherein the receive resonant circuit exhibits a Q value of at least about 10 at the resonant frequency, wherein the transmit resonant circuit is associated with transmit circuitry and a transmit coil configured to produce an alternating magnetic field at about the resonant frequency.
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Abstract
Rechargeable battery assemblies and methods of constructing rechargeable battery assemblies are provided. Rechargeable battery assemblies can include a storage cell and receive circuitry comprising a receive coil operatively connected to receive control circuitry, the receive coil configured to receive inductively coupled current, the receive control circuitry configured to rectify the current and communicate charging power to the storage cell, the coil wound around a shield/core comprising magnetically permeable material, and the shield/core disposed around the storage cell. Methods of constructing rechargeable battery assemblies can include disposing a shield/core comprising magnetically permeable material around a storage cell; winding a receive coil around the shield/core; and providing the receive coil in operative connection with receive control circuitry and the storage cell, the receive coil configured to receive inductively coupled current, and the receive control circuitry configured to rectify the current and communicate charging power to the storage cell.
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38 Claims
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1. A rechargeable battery assembly comprising:
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a storage cell; and receive circuitry comprising a receive coil operatively connected to receive control circuitry, wherein the receive coil is configured to receive inductively coupled current, wherein the receive control circuitry is configured to rectify the current and communicate charging power to the storage cell, wherein the coil is wound around a shield/core comprising magnetically permeable material, and wherein the shield/core is disposed around the storage cell, wherein the receive circuitry includes a receive resonant circuit that exhibits resonance at about a resonant frequency that a transmit resonant circuit exhibits resonance, wherein the receive resonant circuit exhibits a Q value of at least about 10 at the resonant frequency, wherein the transmit resonant circuit is associated with transmit circuitry and a transmit coil configured to produce an alternating magnetic field at about the resonant frequency. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of constructing a rechargeable battery assembly comprising:
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disposing a shield/core comprising magnetically permeable material around a storage cell; winding a receive coil, of receive circuitry, around the shield/core; and providing the receive coil in operative connection with receive control circuitry, of the receive circuitry, and the storage cell, wherein the receive coil is configured to receive inductively coupled current, and wherein the receive control circuitry is configured to rectify the current and communicate charging power to the storage cell, wherein the receive circuitry includes a receive resonant circuit that exhibits resonance at about a resonant frequency that a transmit resonant circuit exhibits resonance, wherein the receive resonant circuit exhibits a Q value of at least about 10 at the resonant frequency, and wherein the transmit resonant circuit is associated with transmit circuitry and a transmit coil configured to produce an alternating magnetic field at about the resonant frequency. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A rechargeable battery assembly comprising:
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a storage cell; and receive circuitry comprising a receive coil operatively connected to receive control circuitry, wherein the receive coil is configured to receive inductively coupled current, wherein the receive control circuitry is configured to rectify the current and communicate charging power to the storage cell, wherein the coil is wound around a shield/core comprising magnetically permeable material, and wherein the shield/core is disposed around the storage cell, wherein the assembly comprises a first end and a second end, wherein the shield/core comprises a gap that runs between the first end and the second end, and wherein the receive coil includes a return wire disposed in the gap such that a first coil end and a second coil end can terminate at the same end of the assembly. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method of constructing a rechargeable battery assembly comprising:
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disposing a shield/core comprising magnetically permeable material around a storage cell, the shield/core comprising a gap that runs between a first end and a second end of the assembly; winding a receive coil around the shield/core, the receive coil including a return wire disposed in the gap such that a first coil end and a second coil end can terminate at the same end of the assembly; and providing the receive coil in operative connection with receive control circuitry and the storage cell, wherein the receive coil is configured to receive inductively coupled current, and wherein the receive control circuitry is configured to rectify the current and communicate charging power to the storage cell. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38)
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