Patent ID: 9646763
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: H01F,H02J

Claim:
1. A contactless near field inductively coupled power transfer system including: a. a plurality of power transmitter coils; b. a plurality of power receiver coils each inductively coupled in use to selected one of the power transmitter coils; c. a power transmitter module for distributing power to the power transmitter coils; d. a power receiver module for supplying power received by the power receiver coils to a plurality of associated loads; and e. a power management module for controlling the supply of power to the power transmitter coils or the power supplied by the power receiver module to the loads, wherein the power transmitter coils and power receiver coils are configured to rotate with respect to each other during power transmission, and the power management module controls the power transmitter module to distribute power to selected ones of the power transmitter coils based on power demands of the loads during rotation.