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US 2012/0235474 A1Published application
Windshield embedded power coil for wireless charging
OwnerJoseph Mannino, Thomas A. Miller +1inventors
InventorsJoseph Mannino, Thomas A. Miller, Roy Thorsell
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Abstract
A wireless power charging or supply system provides a wireless charging coil mounted on or in a vehicle windshield. The wireless charging coil is positioned so that an electronic device that is mounted to the vehicle windshield will receive power from the wireless charging coil.
Claims12
A wireless power supply including:
- a coil mounted to a vehicle windshield;
- and
- a power source connected to the coil.
A method for charging an electronic device including the steps of:
- a) placing an electronic device proximate a power coil mounted to a vehicle windshield, the electronic device including a receiving coil for receiving power wirelessly from the power coil;
- and
- b) causing the power coil to wirelessly transmit power to the receiving coil to power or charge the electronic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.