Automotive car seat wireless charging system
AssigneeYank Technologies, Inc.
InventorJoshua Aaron Yankowitz
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Abstract
Systems and methods for wirelessly charging one or more electronic devices in a vehicle (e.g., electronics in the vehicle seat or charging occupant devices from charging system embedded in the vehicle) are described. One method includes receiving a direct current (DC) signal from a power source, amplifying the received DC signal to generate an amplified alternating current (AC) signal, monitoring an internal signal in the power amplifier and adjusting one or more properties of the power amplifier in response to the monitored signal. The amplified AC signal is transmitted by one or more transmit antennas
Claims15
A wireless charging system for a vehicle seat of a vehicle, comprising:
- a first transmitter coupled to a power source of the vehicle, wherein the first transmitter comprises an amplifier coupled to one or more resonant capacitors and one or more transmitter antennas,
- wherein the amplifier is disposed on an amplifier printed circuit board (PCB),
- wherein the one or more resonant capacitors are disposed on a resonant capacitor PCB, and
- wherein the amplifier PCB is physically separate from the resonant capacitor PCB;
- a first receiver embedded in the vehicle seat of the vehicle,
- wherein the first receiver comprises one or more receiver antennas wirelessly coupled to the one or more transmitter antennas to receive power wirelessly from the first transmitter;
- a rectifier circuit coupled to the one or more receiver antennas, wherein the rectifier circuit is configured to convert an alternating current to a direct current;
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- a regulator circuit coupled to the rectifier circuit, wherein the regulator circuit is configured to generate a constant output voltage.
A wireless charging system for a vehicle seat of a vehicle, comprising:
- a transmitter coupled to a power source of the vehicle,
- wherein the transmitter comprises an amplifier coupled to one or more transmitter antennas,
- wherein the transmitter is configured to wirelessly charge one or more electronic devices, and
- wherein the amplifier is disposed on an amplifier printed circuit board (PCB);
- and
- one or more resonant capacitors coupled to the amplifier,
- wherein the one or more resonant capacitors are disposed on a resonant capacitor PCB, and
- wherein the resonant capacitor PCB is physically separate from the amplifier PCB.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.