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US 8,541,974 B2Granted
Movable magnetically resonant antenna for wireless charging
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorShahin Farahani
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Abstract
Exemplary embodiments are directed to wireless power. A method may include reorienting at least one transmit antenna to reduce orthogonality with a receive antenna of at least one chargeable electronic device in response to receiving the at least one electronic device in a holder. The method may further include wirelessly transferring power from the at least one transmit antenna to the receive antenna.
Claims36
A wireless power charger, comprising:
- a retention device having a fixed base and configured to retain a chargeable device, the chargeable device comprising a receive antenna;
- and
- a deflection plate supported by the retention device and configured to support a transmit antenna, the deflection plate adjustable from a first position to a second position to reduce orthogonality between the transmit and the receive antenna.
A method for wireless power charging using a wireless power charger, comprising:
- adjusting a position of a deflection plate configured to support a transmit antenna, the deflection plate supported by a retention device, the retention device having a fixed base and configured to retain a chargeable device, from a first position to a second position to reduce orthogonality with a receive antenna of at least one chargeable electronic device;
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- wirelessly transferring power from the transmit antenna to the receive antenna.
A wireless power charger, comprising:
- means for adjusting a position of a deflection plate configured to support a transmit antenna, the deflection plate supported by a retention device, the retention device having a fixed base and configured to retain a chargeable device, from a first position to a second position to reduce orthogonality with a receive antenna of at least one chargeable electronic device;
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- means for wirelessly transferring power from the at least one transmit antenna to the receive antenna.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.