SBIR-STTR Award

ArmorWorks will develop an airman’s personal power distribution system that employs inductively coupled power transfer at connection nodes to portable electronic equipment. The system reduces battery logistic burdens created by the use of airman mounted electronic devices and will continue to be ever more practical as advances in power management reduce peripheral device power requirements.

Benefit:
The airman’s personal power distribution system developed in this program can be used for soldier-portable power transfer to recharge and/or power battlefield computers, hand held radios, GPS’s, thermal imaging devices, and laser designators and range finders. Commercial applications include Wireless battery chargers, power electronic devices carried by border patrol, homeland security, and search and rescue personnel.

Keywords:
Wireless Power Transfer, Wireless Battery Recharger, Wireless Power Distribution

A phase II program is proposed leading to integrate wireless inductive power transfer technology on two prototype tactical vests. The focus of the phase II program would be the development and evaluation of a full-scale inductive power transfer system on a PRC-152 radio by both modifying and interfacing its battery. Because a mating vest/pouch that contains inductive charging circuits so the PRC-152 charges automatically once the radio is inserted into the pouch. The prototypes developed in Phase II will be qualified against MIL-STD-810G and 461F.

Benefit:
By providing airmen with a patented wireless power transfer technology, it results in operational cost savings to the Air Force, while allowing it to be more responsive to the burdens of the dismounted airman. The convenience and user-friendliness of a wireless power transfer system can be commercialized immediately for electronic devices carried by border patrol, homeland security, and search and rescue personnel as well as for consumer electronic devices such as cell phones, smart phones, iPod/MP3 players, and tablet computers.

Keywords:
Wireless Power Transfer, Wireless Battery Recharger, Wireless Power Distribution, Prc-148, Prc-152, Inductive Power Transfer, Vest, Pouch