Patent ID: 11955274
Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A receiver unit of a wireless power transfer system, the receiver unit comprising:
a main receiver coil configured to receive a wireless power signal having a first voltage from a transmitter unit;
one or more auxiliary receiver coils configured to receive the wireless power signal having the first voltage from the transmitter unit; and
a receiver drive unit comprising:
a main converter operatively coupled to the main receiver coil,
one or more auxiliary converters operatively coupled to respective ones of the one or more auxiliary receiver coils, and
a common output terminal formed by a main output terminal of the main converter and an auxiliary output terminal formed by the one or more auxiliary converters; and

a controller operatively coupled to the receiver drive unit and configured to:
determine one or more circuit parameters of the receiver drive unit, and
control a first plurality of switches of the main converter and a second plurality of switches of the one or more auxiliary converters based on the one or more circuit parameters.