公开(公告)号：US11108282B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-31

申请号：US16200960

申请日：2018-11-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fady Mishriki ,  Lawrence Bernardo dela Cruz ,  Daniel James Robertson ,  John Kinnear Terry ,  Saining Ren

IPC: H02J7/02 ,  H02J7/04 ,  H02J50/90 ,  H04B5/00 ,  H02J50/10 ,  H02J50/40 ,  B25J17/02

Abstract: A powered joint having a first joint component and second joint component in which the first joint component has multiple degrees of rotational freedom with respect to the second joint component, the powered joint including one or more power transmission coils associated with the first component; a plurality of power receiving coils associated with the second component; a sensor which determines the orientation of the second component with respect to the first component; and a control circuit for selectively connecting one of the plurality of power receiving coils to a power receiving circuit based on information received from the sensor.

公开(公告)号：US20190097472A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-28

申请号：US16200960

申请日：2018-11-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fady Mishriki ,  Lawrence Bernardo dela Cruz ,  Daniel James Robertson ,  John Kinnear Terry ,  Saining Ren

IPC: H02J50/90 ,  H04B5/00 ,  H02J50/10 ,  H02J50/40

Abstract: A powered joint having a first joint component and second joint component in which the first joint component has multiple degrees of rotational freedom with respect to the second joint component, the powered joint including one or more power transmission coils associated with the first component; a plurality of power receiving coils associated with the second component; a sensor which determines the orientation of the second component with respect to the first component; and a control circuit for selectively connecting one of the plurality of power receiving coils to a power receiving circuit based on information received from the sensor.