Wireless charging pad with natural draft cooling and method therefor

• US 10,148,115 B2
• Filed: 09/01/2015
• Issued: 12/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Sultenfuss, Andrew T., North, Travis C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Alam, Mohammed
• Application Number:
  US14/842,783
• Publication Number:
  US 20170063130A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,190 Days
• Field of Search: 320108
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/402 the two or more transmitting or the two or more receiving devices being integrated in the same unit, e.g. power mats with several coils or antennas with several sub-antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0042 characterised by the mechanical construction

Abstract

A wireless charging device includes an enclosure base and an enclosure top. A portion of the enclosure top is inclined relative to the base. A power transmission antenna is disposed on an under-surface of the inclined portion. A first inlet is located proximate to the enclosure base for receiving ambient air. An outlet is located proximate to an apex of the inclined portion for exhausting air. Airflow from the inlet to the outlet is based only on passive air convection.

Claims

1. A wireless charging device comprising:

an enclosure base;

a first inlet to receive ambient air, the first inlet proximate to the enclosure base;

an outlet to exhaust air, airflow from the inlet to the outlet based only on passive air convection;

an enclosure top having a portion that is inclined relative to the enclosure base, the inclined portion extending from the first inlet to the outlet, the outlet proximate to an apex of the inclined portion; and

a first power transmission antenna, an entirety of the antenna in physical communication with an inside surface of the inclined portion.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the first power transmission antenna is located inline between the first inlet and the outlet.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the passive air convection is in response to an air-pressure differential between the outlet and the inlet caused by heat generated at the transmission antenna.

4. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a second power transmission antenna attached to the inside surface of the inclined portion; and

a second inlet proximate to the enclosure base for receiving ambient air, the second antenna located inline between the second inlet and the outlet.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the device does not include a fan or an active cooling device.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the inclination of the top portion is between two and thirty degrees relative to a primary planar surface of the base.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the enclosure top is conical.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the enclosure top includes four or more inclined surfaces.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the enclosure top includes a single inclined plane surface.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein the enclosure top is configured to provide a resting surface for a data processing device receiving power from the charging device.

11. A wireless power transmission device comprising:

an enclosure including an enclosure base and an enclosure top, a portion of the enclosure top inclined relative to the enclosure base;

a first inlet to receive ambient air;

an outlet to exhaust air, airflow from the inlet to the outlet in response to a difference between a temperature of air proximate to the first inlet and a temperature of air proximate to the outlet; and

a first power transmission antenna in physical communication with the inclined portion of the enclosure top, the inclined portion of the enclosure top extending from the first inlet to the outlet.

12. The wireless power transmission device of claim 11, wherein the first power transmission antenna is located inline between the first inlet and the outlet.

13. The wireless power transmission device of claim 11, wherein the passive air convection is in response to an air-pressure differential between the outlet and the inlet caused by heat generated at the transmission antenna.

14. The wireless power transmission device of claim 11, further comprising:

a second power transmission antenna attached to the inside surface of the inclined portion; and

a second inlet proximate to the enclosure base for receiving ambient air, the second antenna located inline between the second inlet and the outlet.

15. The wireless power transmission device of claim 11, wherein the device does not include a fan or an active cooling device.

16. The wireless power transmission device of claim 11, wherein the inclination of the top portion is between two and thirty degrees relative to a primary planar surface of the base.

17. The wireless power transmission device of claim 11, wherein the enclosure top is conical.

18. The wireless power transmission device of claim 11, wherein the enclosure top includes four or more inclined surfaces.

19. The wireless power transmission device of claim 11, wherein the enclosure top includes a single inclined plane surface.

20. The wireless power transmission device of claim 11, wherein the enclosure top is configured to provide a resting surface for a data processing device receiving power from the charging device.