Dual Function Wireless Power and Thermal Receiver
AssigneeSpark Connected LLC
InventorsPetru Emanuel Stingu, Malek Ramezani, Kenneth Moore, Yulong Hou, Ruwanga Dassanayake
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Abstract
In an embodiment, a method for heating a personal device using a wirelessly-powered heating device includes: wirelessly receiving power with a receiving coil of the wirelessly-powered heating device, the receiving coil located inside the personal device, where the receiving coil is coupled to a capacitor of the wirelessly-powered heating device to form a receiver resonant tank; and heating the personal device with heat produced by a resistance of the receiving coil, where the receiving coil functions as a receiver antenna and as a heat producing element.
Claims28
A method for heating a personal device using a wirelessly-powered heating device, the method comprising:
- wirelessly receiving power with a receiving coil of the wirelessly-powered heating device, the receiving coil located inside the personal device, wherein the receiving coil is coupled to a capacitor of the wirelessly-powered heating device to form a receiver resonant tank;
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- heating the personal device with heat produced by a resistance of the receiving coil, wherein the receiving coil functions as a receiver antenna and as a heat producing element.
A shoe comprising:
- a sole;
- and
- a heating device configured to heat the shoe, the heating device comprising a resonant tank that comprises a capacitor and a receiving coil, wherein the receiving coil is configured to function as a receiver antenna and as a heat producing element.
A personal device comprising:
- fabric that surrounds or partially surrounds the personal device;
- and
- a heating device comprising:
- a capacitor, and
- a receiving coil coupled to the capacitor to form a resonant tank, wherein the receiving coil is configured to function as a receiver antenna and as a heat producing element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.