Patent ID: 8847432
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: H02J,H04B

Abstract:
1. A method of transporting electrical energy at a distance, the method comprising: providing a generator device comprising a first pair of electrodes, a first electrode of the first pair of electrodes being an active electrode and a second electrode of the first pair of electrodes being a single passive electrode, the first pair of electrodes being connected to a pair of terminals of a generator of electric energy at high frequency and high voltage, wherein the active electrode is segmented into a plurality of sub-electrodes that are connected to a first terminal of the pair of terminals via respective switches, and the single passive electrode is directly connected to a second terminal of the pair of terminals, without an intervening switch, and wherein the switches are configured to selectively control which sub-electrodes are connected to said first terminal of the generator, providing at least one load device, the load device comprising a second pair of electrodes one being an active electrode and the other being a passive electrode that is not grounded, the second pair of electrodes being connected to a load; positioning the active electrode of the at least one load device in the vicinity of sub-set of the plurality of sub-electrodes of the generator device; automatically detecting the sub-set of sub electrode in whose vicinity the active electrode of said at least one load device is positioned; and transporting electrical energy to said at least one load device by activating the respective switches to connect, to said one terminal of the generator, said sub-set of sub electrode detected in the detecting step, while the other sub-electrodes are not connected to the generator, creating a region of intense electric field localized in the vicinity of said at least one sub-electrode, the region being located in the vicinity of said at least one load device, capacitvely coupling said sub-set of sub electroted detected in the detecting step to the active electrode of said at lease one load device, whereby said intense electric field region induces an electric charge in the active electrode of said at least one load device thereby transferring electrical energy to the load device.