Patent ID: 8106539
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: B60L,H01F,H02J,H03H,H04B,Y02E,Y02T,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator with wireless power transfer comprising: an enclosure member comprising a non-lossy magnetic material; and a source comprising at least one high-Q source magnetic resonator coupled to a power source and generating an oscillating magnetic field, wherein the source is integrated into the enclosure member of the refrigerator and oriented to allow a device that is attached to the enclosure member with a permanent magnet to capture energy from the oscillating magnetic field at a plurality of locations on the enclosure member, and wherein the permanent magnet is capable of attaching to the refrigerator via magnetic attraction of the permanent magnet to the non-lossy magnetic material of the enclosure member.