Wireless power transfer and communications for industrial equipment
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1. An assembly comprising:
- (a) a transmitter unit and a receiver unit, the transmitter unit capable of transmitting wireless electrical power to the receiver unit;
(b) the receiver unit having a first wired connector capable of selective and disengageable manual connection to a power consuming load device such that said power consuming device may receive said wireless electrical power when connected, and a second wired connector capable of selective and disengageable manual connection to a power storage device, where said first wired connector is capable of delivering electrical power to said power consuming device from said power storage device when said receiver unit does not receive said wireless electrical power from said transmitter unit.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for wirelessly transmitting power and/or data.
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16 Claims
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1. An assembly comprising:
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(a) a transmitter unit and a receiver unit, the transmitter unit capable of transmitting wireless electrical power to the receiver unit; (b) the receiver unit having a first wired connector capable of selective and disengageable manual connection to a power consuming load device such that said power consuming device may receive said wireless electrical power when connected, and a second wired connector capable of selective and disengageable manual connection to a power storage device, where said first wired connector is capable of delivering electrical power to said power consuming device from said power storage device when said receiver unit does not receive said wireless electrical power from said transmitter unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An assembly comprising:
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(a) a transmitter unit and a receiver unit, the transmitter unit capable of transmitting wireless electrical power to the receiver unit; (b) the receiver unit having a first wired connector capable of selective and disengageable connection to a battery and a second wired connector capable of selective and disengageable connection to a power consuming load device;
where(c) said first wired connector is capable of recharging the battery using a first portion of said wireless electrical power while said second wired connector simultaneously delivers a second portion of said wireless electrical power to said power consuming load device. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An assembly comprising:
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(a) a housing containing an inductive coil capable of receiving wireless electrical power;
(b) an input connector for wired electrical power from a storage device external to the housing;(c) an output connector capable of delivering electrical power to a load external to the housing; and (d) circuitry implementing a power management system that selectively routes output power to said output connector, said output power comprising an automatically selected combination of said wired electrical power from said storage device and said wireless electrical power. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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