Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inductive power transfer using acoustic or haptic devices
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Application No.: US14245817Application Date: 2014-04-04
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Publication No.: US10044232B2Publication Date: 2018-08-07
- Inventor: Justin D. Crosby , Nikolas T. Vitt , Gary P. Geaves
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
- Main IPC: H02J50/15
- IPC: H02J50/15 ; H02J5/00 ; H02J50/90 ; H04R9/04

Abstract:
A first electronic device includes a first coil that is operative in at least two modes. In a first mode, the first coil may be utilized to moves a membrane to produce one or more sound waves, register movement of a membrane to detect one or more sound waves, or generates one or more haptic outputs. In the second mode, the first coil may be used to inductively transmit power to and/or inductively receive power from a second coil included in a second electronic device. In various cases, the second coil may be a dedicated inductive power transmission coil. In other cases, the second coil may be capable of multimode operation similar to the first coil.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150288193A1 Inductive Power Transfer Using Acoustic or Haptic Devices Public/Granted day:2015-10-08
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