CHARGING APPARATUS USING PAD TYPE ELECTRODE CONTACT POINT

• US 20130057202A1
• Filed: 08/30/2012
• Published: 03/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Lee, Kwang Du, Kim, Eung Ju, Min, Jun Ki, Park, Chul Gyun, Hwang, Sang Hoon
• Granted Patent: US 8,981,713 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/107
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/00 Installations of electric cables or lines or protective tubing therefor in or on buildings, equivalent structures or vehicles installations of bus-bars H02G5/00; overhead installations H02G7/00; installations in or on the ground H02G9/00
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00 Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0045 concerning the insertion or the connection of the batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/04 Regulation of charging current or voltage
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/16 Regulation of the charging current or voltage by variation of field
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 7/14 Structural association with mechanical loads, e.g. with hand-held machine tools or fans with fan or impeller for cooling the machine H02K9/06

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a charging apparatus using a pad type electrode contact point, the charging apparatus including: a charging plate having a plate shape; and an attaching plate installed on a portable terminal to provide the power to a charging circuit of the portable terminal.

Claims

1. A charging apparatus using a pad type electrode contact point, the charging apparatus comprising:

a charging plate having a plate shape, including first and second contact point electrodes having polarities and formed to be exposed and a third contact point electrode not having a polarity and formed to be exposed, and receiving power from an adaptor when a charging voltage of a battery is sensed through the first contact point electrode, thereby providing the power through the second and third contact point electrodes; and

an attaching plate installed on a portable terminal, including fourth and fifth contact point electrodes having shapes corresponding to those of the first and second contact point electrodes, polarities opposite to those of the first and second contact point electrodes, and formed to be exposed and a sixth contact point electrode having a shape corresponding to the third contact point electrode and formed to be exposed, sensing a remaining voltage of the battery to provide the remaining voltage to the first contact point electrode through the fourth contact point electrode, and receiving power provided from the second and third contact point electrodes through the fourth and sixth contact point electrodes to provide the power to a charging circuit of the portable terminal.

2. The charging apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the charging plate includes the first and second contact point electrodes provided at a central portion thereof.

3. The charging apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the second contact point electrode of the charging plate is formed to enclose the first contact point electrode thereof.

4. The charging apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the charging plate further includes a support formed on a rear surface thereof so as to support the charging plate to stand up the charging plate.

5. The charging apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the charging plate includes:

a first automatic switch switched on according to a switch control signal to provide the power supplied from the adaptor to the second contact point electrode; and

a first switch control circuit generating the switch control signal when the charging voltage is sensed through the first contact point electrode, thereby switching on the first automatic switch.

6. The charging apparatus as set forth in claim 5, wherein the charging plate includes:

a manual switch switched on an operation by a user to provide the power supplied from the adaptor to the first switch control circuit, and

the first switch control circuit switches on the first automatic switch when power supplied to the adaptor is sensed through the manual switch.

7. The charging apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the attaching plate includes:

a main attaching plate installed on the portable terminal, including the fourth and fifth contact point electrodes having the shapes corresponding to those of the first and second contact point electrodes, the polarities opposite to those of the first and second contact point electrodes, and formed to be exposed, sensing the remaining voltage of the battery to provide the remaining voltage to the first contact point electrode through the fourth contact point electrode, and receiving the power provided from the second contact point electrode through the fifth contact point electrode to provide the power to the charging circuit of the portable terminal; and

a sub attaching plate installed on the portable terminal, including the six contact point electrode having the shape corresponding to that of the third contact point electrodes and formed to be exposed, and receiving the power provided from the third contact point electrode through the sixth contact point electrodes to provide the power to the charging circuit of the portable terminal.

8. The charging apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the attaching plate includes:

a charging voltage sensing unit detecting the remaining voltage of the battery to provide the remaining voltage to the fourth contact point electrode;

a second automatic switch switched on to provide the power supplied through the fifth contact point electrode to the charging circuit; and

a second switch control circuit generating a switch control signal when the voltage is sensed through the second contact point electrode, thereby switching on the second automatic switch.