Patent ID: 9515492
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: B60L,H01F,H02J,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for transmitting power to a vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a power transmitter, including a transmitter coil and a first metamaterial lens, the power transmitter further including a first electromagnetic mirror; and a power receiver, including a receiver coil and a second metamaterial lens, the power receiver further including a second electromagnetic mirror, the power receiver being located within the vehicle, the transmitter coil, receiver coil, first metamaterial lens, and the second metamaterial lens being located between the first electromagnetic mirror and the second electromagnetic mirror, the first and second metamaterial lenses each having a negative magnetic permeability, the apparatus being operable to transmit electromagnetic radiation from the transmitter coil to the receiver coil when the transmitter coil is energized, the first metamaterial lens configured to transmit electromagnetic radiation from the transmitter coil onto a focus point, the focus point disposed equidistant between the first and second metamaterial lenses, the electromagnetic radiation transmitting from the focus point so as to be received by the receiver coil.