US 12,034,315 B2
System and method for wirelessly charging a medical device battery
Sean Christopher Laughery, Vicksburg, MI (US); Bryan Christian Mohney, Schoolcraft, MI (US); Burton Connor Judson, Kalamazoo, MI (US); and Daniel Scott Gunnett, Portage, MI (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/056,576.
Application 18/056,576 is a continuation of application No. 16/651,246, granted, now 11,575,281, previously published as PCT/US2018/052854, filed on Sep. 26, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/563,245, filed on Sep. 26, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0079910 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H02J 50/40 (2016.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01)
CPC H02J 50/402 (2020.01) [H02J 7/00045 (2020.01); H02J 7/0045 (2013.01); H02J 7/0047 (2013.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for charging a battery, the system comprising:
a first and a second container, each of the first and the second containers comprising:
a plurality of receptacles, each receptacle shaped to receive a battery; and
a plurality of protrusions, each protrusion being aligned with a corresponding receptacle;
wherein a number of receptacles and a number of corresponding protrusions in the first container is greater than a number of receptacles and a number of corresponding protrusions in the second container; and
a charging device comprising:
a plurality of charging bays, wherein each charging bay is shaped to receive a protrusion of the first or second container, the plurality of charging bays being arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, a number of columns corresponding to a number of receptacles in the first container and a number of rows corresponding to a number of receptacles in the second container;
wherein each of the charging bays comprises an antenna configured to provide charging power to the battery disposed in a receptacle; and
a charging controller configured to provide charging power to the battery disposed in the receptacle via the antenna.