Method and Means of Eliminating Wiring Harness in High-Speed and High-Precision Machines

• US 20120269517A1
• Filed: 10/19/2011
• Published: 10/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Omnitek Partners LLC
• Original Assignee: Omnitek Partners LLC
• Inventors: Rastegar, Jahangir S.
• Application Number:
  US13/277,192
• Publication Number:
  US 20120269517A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 398/130
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/30 using light, e.g. lasers
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/80 involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/90 involving detection or optimisation of position, e.g. alignment
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/807 Optical power feeding, i.e. transmitting power using an optical signal

Abstract

A method for wirelessly providing electrical energy to a moving platform that is movable relative to a base or ground structure. The method including: moving the moving platform relative to the base or ground structure; providing a device on the moving platform for converting a first energy to the electrical energy; directing a source of the first energy at the device; converting the first energy to the electrical energy at an output of the device; and providing the electrical energy to one or more of an electrical or electronic device associated with the moving platform or to an energy storage device associated with the moving platform. The method can further include wirelessly transmitting data between the moving platform and the base or ground structure.

Claims

1. A method for wirelessly providing electrical energy to a moving platform that is movable relative to a base or ground structure, the method comprising:

moving the moving platform relative to the base or ground structure;

providing a device on the moving platform for converting a first energy to the electrical energy;

directing a source of the first energy at the device;

converting the first energy to the electrical energy at an output of the device; and

providing the electrical energy to one or more of an electrical or electronic device associated with the moving platform or to an energy storage device associated with the moving platform.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the device converts light energy to electrical energy.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the light energy is a laser and the source is a laser generation device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the maintaining comprises providing the device on an area of the moving platform such that the source is always incident on the device throughout a range of movement of the moving platform.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising wirelessly transmitting data between the moving platform and the base or ground structure.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the wirelessly transmitting data comprises modulating the first energy.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first energy is a light energy.

4. The method of claim 4, further comprising maintaining the directing even though the moving platform moves relative to the base or ground structure.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the maintaining comprises providing one or more of the source or device to be movable relative to the base.

10. A method for wirelessly transmitting data to a moving platform that is movable relative to a base or ground structure, the method comprising:

moving the moving platform relative to the base or ground structure;

providing one or more of a first transceiver or a receiver on the moving platform for receiving data;

directing a signal source at the device from one or more of a second transceiver or a transmitter;

processing a signal from the signal source; and

providing data contained in the signal to one or more electrical or electronic device associated with the moving platform.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising maintaining the directing even though the moving platform moves relative to the base or ground structure.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the maintaining comprises providing the device on an area of the moving platform such that the signal is always incident on the device throughout a range of movement of the moving platform.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the maintaining comprises providing one or more of the signal or device to be movable relative to the base.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising wirelessly transmitting electrical energy to the moving platform.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the wirelessly transmitting the electrical energy comprises:

providing a device on the moving platform for converting a first energy to the electrical energy;

directing a source of the first energy at the device;

converting the first energy to the electrical energy at an output of the device; and

providing the electrical energy to one or more of the electrical or electronic device associated with the moving platform or to an energy storage device associated with the moving platform

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the signal and the first energy is a light energy.