WATCH WINDER HAVING WIRELESS ENERGY TRANSFERRING FUNCTION

• US 20120082011A1
• Filed: 09/22/2011
• Published: 04/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gooten Innolife Corporation
• Original Assignee: Gooten Innolife Corporation
• Inventors: LIAO, Been-Tzaw
• Granted Patent: US 8,714,813 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 368/206
• CPC Class Codes: G04B 5/00 Automatic winding up normal winding up by hand or mechanically G04B3/00; automatic winding in combination with hand winding G04B7/00; electrical winding of mechanical clockworks G04C1/00; advertising by making use of vibrations or shocks of land vehicles G09F21/045
• CPC Class Codes: G04D 7/009 with regard to the functioning of the automatic winding-up device
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling

Abstract

A watch winder includes a housing, a power supply disposed in the housing, a transmitter coil mounted at one side of the housing and electrically connected with a circuit board of the power supply, and a receiver coil mounted at another side of the housing and electrically connected with a circuit board of the power supply. The fist coil can be actuated by the power supply to transmit a signal, and the receiver coil can be used to receive a signal and convert the signal into an electrical current that can be transmitted to the circuit board for charging the power supply. Therefore, the electrical energy of the watch winder can be wireless transmitted through a non-contact interface.

Claims

1. A watch winder comprising:

a housing having a chamber therein;

a rotating unit disposed in the chamber of the housing , and having a motor and a rotating bracket connected with the motor;

a power supply disposed in the chamber of the housing and having a circuit board electrically connected with the motor; and

a non-contact inducing charger having at least one transmitter coil mounted at one side of the housing and electrically connected with the circuit board for transmitting a signal, and at least one receiver coil mounted at another side of the housing and electrically connected with the circuit board for receiving a signal and converting the signal into an electric current transmitted to the circuit board.

2. The watch winder as claimed in claim 1, wherein the non-contact inducing charger comprises two said transmitter coils selectively mounted at two sides of the housing.

3. The watch winder as claimed in claim 2, wherein the two transmitter coils are mounted at two adjacent sides of the housing.

4. The watch winder as claimed in claim 1, wherein the non-contact inducing charger comprises two said receiver coils selectively mounted at two sides of the housing.

5. The watch winder as claimed in claim 4, wherein the two receiver coils are mounted at two adjacent sides of the housing.

6. The watch winder as claimed in claim 1, wherein a transparent plate is attached to the housing to cover an opening in communication with the chamber and an outside of the housing.

7. The watch winder as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transmitter coil is switchable to act as a receiver and the receiver coil is switchable to act as a transmitter by a switch.