US 12,314,021 B2
System and method for providing power to building management system components using inductive coupling
Walter A. Martin, Ballymena (GB)
Assigned to Sensormatic Electronics, LLC, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Filed by Sensormatic Electronics, LLC, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Filed on Apr. 5, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/376,499.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/654,763, filed on Apr. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0310595 A1, Oct. 10, 2019
Int. Cl. G05B 19/04 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/041 (2013.01) [G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2642 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A distributed device of a building management system, the device comprising:
a base module comprising an inductive power transmitter;
a secondary module attached to the base module, the secondary module comprising an inductive power receiver for receiving power from the inductive power transmitter of the base module and the secondary module further comprising one or more sensors, user interface elements, and/or actuators of the building management system; and
one or more attachment mechanisms for securing the secondary module to the base module,
wherein the base module is permanently mounted to a mounting surface of a building where the building management system is installed and is connected to a mains power line, which supplies alternating current electric power to the base module at voltages ranging from 110 to 240 Volts,
wherein the secondary module is configured to receive identification information from the base module and transmit the identification information to a control panel of the building management system for updating operating parameters of the distributed device,
wherein the second module communicates with the control panel of the building management system via a wireless transceiver, either directly or via a hub, and
wherein the control panel of the building management system is permanently installed in a building and the control panel is located separately from the base module and the secondary module.