US 9,870,859 B2 · Variable mode wireless power supply systems

Variable mode wireless power supply systems

OwnerRichard J. Weber, Joseph C. Van Den Brink +8inventors

InventorsRichard J. Weber, Joseph C. Van Den Brink, Kaitlyn J. Turner, Benjamin C. Moes, Neil W. Kuyvenhoven, Sean T. Eurich, David W. Baarman, Scott J. Anderson, Scott A. Tiedemann, Carolyn E. Johnson

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Abstract

The present invention provides a wireless power supply system in which a remote device is provided with different control methodologies depending on one or more factors. One type of wireless power supply can selectively control one or more remote devices according to a first control methodology and another type of wireless power supply can control the remote device according to a second control methodology. In one embodiment, a wireless power supply system is provided for wirelessly powering a display circuit in a product located at a point of display differently than when charging at a point of use, or when the device is in use. In another embodiment, a wireless power supply is programmed to operate a remote device according to a primary control methodology and the remote device is programmed to operate the remote device according to a secondary control methodology where the remote device includes circuitry for enabling the primary control methodology instead of the secondary control methodology.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A wireless power supply system comprising:

a remote device capable of receiving wireless power, said remote device including a display load;
a point of display wireless power supply including a point of display controller programmed with a demonstration mode having a point of display control methodology that controls said display load of said remote device;
and
a point of use wireless power supply including a point of use controller programmed with a use mode having a point of use control methodology that controls said remote device differently than said point of display wireless power supply;
wherein said remote device includes circuitry for selectively enabling said point of display control methodology and said point of use control methodology.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

13/941,865Filed 15 Jul 2013 · us provisional application

Priority

15 Jul 2012

Published

US 2014/0015336 A116 Jan 2014

Granted

16 Jan 2018

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Classification8 codes

H02J 50/40
Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power: using two or more transmitting or receiving devices
H02J 7/80
Circuit arrangements for charging or discharging batteries or for supplying loads from batteries: including monitoring or indicating arrangements
H02J 50/12
Using inductive coupling: of the resonant type
H02J 50/90
Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power: involving detection or optimisation of position, e.g. alignment