US 12,243,951 B2
Wireless power distribution systems and methods
Patrick Soon-Shiong, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to NANT HOLDINGS IP, LLC, Culver City, CA (US)
Filed by Nant Holdings IP, LLC, Culver City, CA (US)
Filed on May 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/321,303.
Application 17/321,303 is a continuation of application No. 16/572,512, filed on Sep. 16, 2019, granted, now 11,038,074.
Application 16/572,512 is a continuation of application No. 15/707,925, filed on Sep. 18, 2017, granted, now 10,418,842, issued on Sep. 17, 2019.
Application 15/707,925 is a continuation of application No. 14/401,112, granted, now 9,793,760, issued on Oct. 17, 2017, previously published as PCT/US2013/042630, filed on May 24, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/651,139, filed on May 24, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2021/0343889 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. H01L 31/054 (2014.01); F21S 9/03 (2006.01); F21S 11/00 (2006.01); F24S 23/00 (2018.01); H02J 50/00 (2016.01); H02J 50/20 (2016.01); H02J 50/30 (2016.01)
CPC H01L 31/0543 (2014.12) [H01L 31/0547 (2014.12); H02J 50/20 (2016.02); F21S 9/032 (2013.01); F21S 11/007 (2013.01); F24S 23/12 (2018.05); H02J 50/30 (2016.02); Y02E 10/52 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A solar light beam distribution system comprising a plurality of optical elements including:
at least one solar collector that collects solar energy;
at least one collimator that receives the solar energy from the at least one solar collector and collimates the solar energy into a collimated light beam having a flux density adjustable as a function of one or more optical properties of one or more of the plurality of optical elements;
at least one redirector controlled by at least one pathway switch coupled with one or more sensors and a triggering module having a processor and software instructions stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium, wherein the software instructions, upon execution by the processor, cause the triggering module to change a state of the at least one pathway switch as a function of sensor data from the one or more sensors operable to sense one or more physical movements, physical manipulations, changes in physical conditions, or sounds, wherein the state of the at least one pathway switch changes to redirect the collimated light beam through one or more different underground pathways; and
at least one converter that receives the collimated light beam via the one or more different underground pathways and converts the light beam into heat.