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公开(公告)号：US20190178924A1
公开(公告)日：2019-06-13
申请号：US15837343
申请日：2017-12-11
Applicant: X DEVELOPMENT LLC
Inventor： Brian John Adolf
IPC: G01R27/04 , H02J50/20 , G01R21/133 , G06F17/50
Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting low-loss eigenmodes of a spherical waveguide bounded by the Earth's surface and its ionosphere are disclosed. One or more eigenmodes of the Earth-ionosphere waveguide may be computed based on a mathematical model incorporating electrical properties of the terrestrial surface and plasma physics of the ionospheric layer. A transmitter apparatus may be used transmit electrical power into the Earth-ionosphere waveguide in the form of an electromagnetic wave, which may, in turn, be detected by a receiver apparatus remote from the transmitter apparatus. A coupling strength between the transmitted electromagnetic wave and the one or more eigenmodes may be determined by measuring power received by the receiver apparatus in the detected electromagnetic wave. By iteratively adjusting parameters of the transmitter apparatus, determining the coupling strength, and refining a quantitative description of the eigenmodes, the eigenmodes may be harnessed for wireless power transmission throughout the Earth-ionosphere waveguide.
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公开(公告)号：US10317963B1
公开(公告)日：2019-06-11
申请号：US14941136
申请日：2015-11-13
Applicant: X Development LLC
Inventor： Richard Wayne DeVaul , Brian John Adolf , Raj B. Apte
Abstract: A computer system includes at least one power transmitter that includes a first resonator to generate an oscillating field at a resonant frequency in response to receiving power from a power source. The at least one power transmitter provides a wireless power delivery system within a spatial bound. The computer system also includes a plurality of modular computer components. Each modular computer component includes a power receiver that includes a second resonator to be wirelessly coupled to the at least one power transmitter. The second resonator resonates at the resonant frequency in response to the oscillating field generated by the first resonator. Each modular component also includes a wireless communication interface. The respective wireless communication interfaces of the plurality of modular computer components provide a wireless data communication network that allows each modular computer component to communicate data with at least another of the plurality of modular computer components.
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公开(公告)号：US10283971B2
公开(公告)日：2019-05-07
申请号：US15853909
申请日：2017-12-25
Applicant: X Development LLC
Inventor： Brian John Adolf , Richard Wayne DeVaul
Abstract: Embodiments described herein may relate to a system comprising a power source configured to provide a signal at an oscillation frequency; a transmitter coupled to the power source, wherein the transmitter comprises at least one transmit resonator; one or more receivers, wherein the at least one receive resonator is operable to be coupled to the transmit resonator via a wireless resonant coupling link; one or more loads, wherein each of the one or more loads is switchably coupled to one or more respective receive resonators. The system includes a controller configured to determine an operational state of the system, wherein the operational state comprises at least one of three coupling modes (common mode, differential mode, and inductive mode), and is configured to cause the transmitter to provide electrical power to each of the one or more loads via the wireless resonant coupling link according to the determined operational state.
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公开(公告)号：US10153644B2
公开(公告)日：2018-12-11
申请号：US14941017
申请日：2015-11-13
Applicant: X Development LLC
Inventor： Richard Wayne DeVaul , Brian John Adolf
Abstract: A transmitter includes a first resonator to generate an oscillating field at a resonant frequency in response to receiving power from a power source. The transmitter includes a first communication interface and a first controller to control the first resonator and to communicate data via the first communication interface. One of a plurality of receivers includes a second resonator to be wirelessly coupled to the first resonator. The second resonator resonates at the common mode resonant frequency in response to the oscillating field. The one receiver includes a second communication interface to establish wireless side-channel communications with the first communication interface and to communicate the data with the first communication interface via the wireless side-channel communications. The first controller identifies the one receiver from the plurality of receivers according to the communicated data, and in response, the first resonator transfers the power to the second resonator.
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公开(公告)号：US09866039B2
公开(公告)日：2018-01-09
申请号：US14940762
申请日：2015-11-13
Applicant: X Development LLC
Inventor： Brian John Adolf , Richard Wayne DeVaul
Abstract: Embodiments described herein may relate to a system comprising a power source configured to provide a signal at an oscillation frequency; a transmitter coupled to the power source, wherein the transmitter comprises at least one transmit resonator; one or more receivers, wherein the at least one receive resonator is operable to be coupled to the transmit resonator via a wireless resonant coupling link; one or more loads, wherein each of the one or more loads is switchably coupled to one or more respective receive resonators. The system includes a controller configured to determine an operational state of the system, wherein the operational state comprises at least one of three coupling modes (common mode, differential mode, and inductive mode), and is configured to cause the transmitter to provide electrical power to each of the one or more loads via the wireless resonant coupling link according to the determined operational state.
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