Accessory device for wireless charging and electronic device having the same

• US 10,468,901 B2
• Filed: 07/05/2016
• Issued: 11/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Uijin, Lee, Sangwon, Kim, Geunbeom, Seo, Myunggi, Lim, Jungtaek, Hawng, Chihun, Kim, Joonil, Lim, Kyung-Woo, Seo, Youngmi, Lee, Seungju, Jang, Byeonghyun, Choi, Jong-Chul
• Primary Examiner(s): Tso, Edward
• Assistant Examiner(s): Omar, Ahmed H
• Application Number:
  US15/201,890
• Publication Number:
  US 20170047764A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,218 Days
• Field of Search: 320115
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/00 Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0042 characterised by the mechanical construction
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3888 Arrangements for carrying or protecting transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/185 Improving the rigidity of the casing or resistance to shocks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for wirelessly charging are disclosed. An accessory device is detachably mounted on an electronic device. The accessory device includes a housing including a first face configured to oppose a face of the electronic device when the housing is mounted on the electronic device, a second face opposite to the first face, and a third face extending in a first direction from the first face so as to enclose at least a portion of a side face. The accessory device further includes a battery and at least one conductive pattern electrically connected to the battery. The accessory device can transmit power to the electronic device in a wireless manner and/or receive power from an external device in a wireless manner. Areas of the first face and the third face of the housing of the accessory device are formed of a non-conductive material.

Claims

1. An accessory device for being detachably mounted on an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a housing, the housing of the electronic device comprising a first face facing in a first direction, a second face facing a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, and a side face that at least partially encloses a space between the first face and the second face, the accessory device comprising:

a housing comprising;

a first face facing the second face of the electronic device when the housing is mounted on the electronic device,

a second face directed opposite to the first face, and

a third face extending in the first direction from the first face so as to enclose at least a portion of the side face;

a battery positioned between the first face and the second face of the housing of the accessory device;

at least one conductive pattern electrically connected to the battery, and configured to transmit power from the battery to the electronic device in a wireless manner; and

a circuit electrically connected to the battery and the at least one conductive pattern,

wherein, a substantially entire area of the first face and a substantially entire area of the third face of the housing of the accessory device comprise a non-conductive material, and

wherein the circuit is configured to;

transmit power from the battery to the electronic device with a first frequency through the at least one conductive pattern, and

transmit information on a state of the accessory device through the at least one conductive pattern, with a second frequency which is changed from the first frequency.

2. The accessory device of claim 1, wherein no exposed conductive material exists on:

the substantially entire area of the first face and

the substantially entire area of the third face of the housing of the accessory device.

3. The accessory device of claim 1, wherein the conductive pattern is positioned between the battery and the first face of the housing of the accessory device.

4. The accessory device of claim 3, wherein the circuit is further configured to:

apply a current output from the battery to the at least one conductive pattern, and

transmit power to the electronic device based on the current applied to the at least one conductive pattern.

5. The accessory device of claim 4, wherein the circuit is further configured to generate the information based on a charged degree of the battery.

6. The accessory device of claim 1,

wherein the first frequency and the second frequency are included in substantially equal frequency bands, and

wherein the circuit is further configured to transmit the power and the information to the electronic device simultaneously by using the frequency bands.

7. The accessory device of claim 1, wherein the third face of the housing of the accessory device comprises one or more protrusions formed in the second direction.

8. The accessory device of claim 7, wherein the one or more protrusions comprise:

a first protrusion protruding by a first height from the third face, and

a second protrusion protruding from the third face by a second height that is higher than the first height.

9. The accessory device of claim 8,

wherein the first protrusion protrudes from a portion of the third face of the housing of the accessory device in a third direction that is directed to a portion of the side face of the housing of the electronic device, and

wherein the second protrusion protrudes from another portion of the third face in a fourth direction that is orthogonal to the third direction.

10. The accessory device of claim 1, further comprising:

a hall integrated circuit disposed between the first face and the second face of the housing of the accessory device.

21. The accessory device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device comprises at least one key button for at least one of:

identifying a charging status of the batter,

initiating a wireless charging operation, or

turning on or off a power source.

11. An electronic device comprising:

a housing comprising;

a first face directed in a first direction,

a second face directed in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, and

a side face that at least partially encloses a space between the first face and the second face;

a cover accessory detachably mountable on the housing, and comprising;

a first face facing the second face of the electronic device when the cover accessory is mounted on the electronic device,

a second face opposite to the first face, and

a third face extending in the first direction from the first face so as to enclose at least a portion of the side face;

a first battery disposed within the cover accessory;

a first conductive pattern electrically configured to;

connect to the first battery, and

transmit power from the first battery to outside the cover accessory in a wireless manner;

a first circuit electrically connected to the first battery and the first conductive pattern;

a second battery disposed within the housing;

a second conductive pattern electrically configured to;

connect to the second battery, and

receive power from outside in a wireless manner to charge the second battery,

wherein substantial areas of the first face and the third face of the housing of the cover accessory comprises a non-conductive material, and

wherein the first circuit is configured to;

transmit power to the second conductive pattern with a first frequency through the first conductive pattern, and

transmit information on a state of the accessary device through the first conductive pattern, with a second frequency which is changed from the first frequency.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the first circuit is further configured to:

apply a current output from the first battery to the first conductive pattern, and

transmit power to the second conductive pattern based on the current applied to the first conductive pattern.

13. The electronic device of claim 11, further comprising:

a second circuit electrically connected to the second battery and the second conductive pattern,

wherein the second circuit is configured to;

receive at least a part of the power transmitted from the first conductive pattern by using the second conductive pattern, and

charge the second battery based on the received power.

14. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein, when the cover accessory is mounted, the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern are aligned to each other when viewed from above the first face of the housing.

15. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein at least a partial region of the first face of the housing comprises a display.

16. The electronic device of claim 15,

wherein the cover accessory comprises a fourth face that extends from the third face of the cover accessory, and

wherein the fourth face is rotatably arranged to cover at least a partial region of the display.

17. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the cover accessory comprises a charging connector port to charge the first battery in a wired manner.

18. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the cover accessory comprises at least one LED indicator for visually displaying to a user of a charge state of the first battery and the second battery.

19. A method of wirelessly charging an electronic device via an accessory device, the method comprising:

detachably mounting the accessory device on the electronic device;

identifying whether at least one conductive pattern is electrically connected to a battery;

applying a current output from the battery to at least one conductive pattern in response to the identification;

transmitting power from the battery to the electronic device with a first frequency through the at least one conductive pattern; and

transmitting information on a state of the accessary device through the at least one conductive pattern with a second frequency which is distinct from the first frequency.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein a plurality of areas of the housing of the accessory device comprise a non-conductive material.