BASEPLATE INDUCTIVE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION SYSTEM

Organization Name

Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor(s)

Matthew B. Rutman of Canton MI (US)

Stuart C. Salter of White Lake MI (US)

Michael M. Azzouz of Farmington MI (US)

Michael Lozano of Detroit MI (US)

Eric Scott Levine of Novi MI (US)

Jeff Sturges of Grosse Pointe Farms MI (US)

BASEPLATE INDUCTIVE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION SYSTEM

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18958433 titled 'BASEPLATE INDUCTIVE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION SYSTEM

Original Abstract Submitted

An inductive connection system includes a baseplate that provides an attachment interface on a support surface. The baseplate is configured to engage with at least one accessory via the attachment interface to secure the accessory to the support surface. The attachment interface provides a plurality of different mounting positions for the at least one accessory. At least one puck is selectively coupled to the attachment interface to provide a desired one of the plurality of different mounting positions. One of the at least one puck and the at least one accessory includes an inductive transmitter and the other of the at least one puck and the at least one accessory includes an inductive receiver such that the at least one puck in the baseplate and the at least one accessory electrically connect to each other through a wireless electrical power link between the inductive transmitter and the inductive receiver when the at least one accessory is mounted in the desired one of the plurality of different mounting positions.