US 12,108,836 B2
Wireless charging assemblies for sensorized insoles, methods for charging sensorized insoles, and footwear systems including sensorized insoles
Travis Michael Stevens, Calgary (CA); Sanjay Gupta, Bedford, MA (US); Samuel Carl William Blades, Victoria (CA); Cory David Paddock, Calgary (CA); Patrick Dobbie, Calgary (CA); and Jeffrey Thompson Knight, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to ORPYX MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC., Calgary (CA)
Filed by ORPYX MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC., Calgary (CA)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/062,063.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/290,247, filed on Dec. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 3175982 (CA), filed on Sep. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0189918 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. A43B 3/40 (2022.01); H02J 50/00 (2016.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); H02J 50/40 (2016.01); H02J 50/70 (2016.01); H02J 50/90 (2016.01)
CPC A43B 3/40 (2022.01) [H02J 50/005 (2020.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02); H02J 50/40 (2016.02); H02J 50/70 (2016.02); H02J 50/90 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A footwear system comprising:
at least a first sensorized insole having a first insole bulk having a first foot-facing upper surface and a first ground-facing lower surface, at least a first sensor embedded in the first insole bulk for measuring a parameter of a user's first foot, at least a first battery embedded in the first insole bulk for providing energy to the first sensor, and at least a first wireless charging receiver pod embedded in the first insole bulk for wirelessly receiving energy and providing energy to the first battery; and
a first wireless charging transmitter pod that is electrically connectable to an energy source for receiving energy from the energy source and wirelessly transmitting energy to the first wireless charging receiver pod, wherein the first wireless charging transmitter pod is positionable against the first foot-facing upper surface to wirelessly provide energy to the first wireless charging receiver pod through the first insole bulk; and
a wireless charging mat that is electrically connectable to the energy source for receiving energy from the energy source and wirelessly transmitting energy to the first wireless charging receiver pod, wherein the wireless charging mat is positionable adjacent the first ground-facing lower surface to wirelessly provide energy to the first wireless charging receiver pod through the first insole bulk;
wherein the system is configured to allow only one of the first wireless charging transmitter pod and the wireless charging mat to provide energy to the first wireless charging receiver pod at a given time.