Patent ID: 11865926
Assignee: NXP AERONAUTICS RESEARCH, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B  H

Claim 16:
17. A method for generating electric power for an electrical load from one or more differentials in electric field strength within a vicinity of powerlines, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) positioning a plurality of separated electrodes within the vicinity of powerlines such that the electrodes experience differentials in electric field strength with resulting differentials in voltage at the electrodes; and
(b) detecting voltage differentials and establishing, as a function of voltage differentials and electric current specifications for powering the electrical load, a particular one of a plurality of different electric circuits, each of the different electric circuits comprising a set of two or more mutually exclusive subsets of the plurality of electrodes, the electrodes in each subset that have more than one electrode being electrically connected with each other for avoiding any voltage differential therebetween, and the one or more electrodes of each subset being electrically insulated from each electrode of any other subset of the set for enabling one or more voltage differentials between the subsets of the set, wherein the subsets are interconnected in each electric circuit such that the one or more voltage differentials therebetween causes a current to flow through the electric circuit for powering the electrical load.