US 12,272,967 B2
Automatically-aligning magnetic field system
Leslie G. Farkas, Ventura, CA (US); Brian R. Dearden, Pasadena, CA (US); and Justin Cheng-Tsu Loo, San Marino, CA (US)
Assigned to The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research, Valencia, CA (US)
Filed by The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research, Valencia, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/179,821.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/321,554, filed on Mar. 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0299620 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. H02J 50/40 (2016.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.01); H02J 50/70 (2016.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.01); H02J 50/90 (2016.01)
CPC H02J 50/402 (2020.01) [H02J 50/12 (2016.02); H02J 50/70 (2016.02); H02J 50/80 (2016.02); H02J 50/90 (2016.02)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless power transfer system comprising a wireless power transfer device, the wireless power transfer device comprising:
a coil assembly, comprising:
a first transmitting coil oriented along a first axis,
a second transmitting coil above the first transmitting coil in an area of overlap between the first and second transmitting coils, and oriented along a second axis different from the first axis, and
a nonmagnetic material magnetically decoupling the first transmitting coil from the second transmitting coil in the area of overlap between the first and second transmitting coils; and
an electronics assembly, comprising at least one electronic component.