CHARGER, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND STORAGE CASE

• US 20140009111A1
• Filed: 09/11/2013
• Published: 01/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Nagasaki, Terumasa, Tajima, Nobuyasu
• Application Number:
  US14/024,503
• Publication Number:
  US 20140009111A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/108
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2250/30 Fuel cells in portable systems, e.g. mobile phone, laptop
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 8/04089 of gaseous reactants
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 8/04156 with product water removal
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 8/2475 Enclosures, casings or containers of fuel cell stacks
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2300/30 The power source being a fuel cell
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0042 characterised by the mechanical construction
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0044 specially adapted for holding portable devices containing batteries H02J7/0045 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/20127 Natural convection
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 90/10 Applications of fuel cells in buildings
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/50 Fuel cells

Abstract

According to one embodiment, configured to be charged by a charger, an electronic apparatus comprises a first housing, a display device, a power reception unit and a second housing. Arranged in the first housing, the display device comprises a display screen. The power reception unit is arranged at the first housing in a position overlapping the display device on a side opposite to the display screen and in a position eccentric from a center of the display device, and configured to receive an electricity transmitted from a power transmission unit of the charger with the first housing standing on an exterior setting surface. The second housing is configured to support the first housing with standing on the exterior setting surface, and an input device on the second housing.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus configured to be charged by a charger, comprising:

a first housing;

a display device in the first housing and comprising a display screen;

a power reception unit arranged at the first housing in a position overlapping the display device on a side opposite to the display screen and in a position eccentric from a center of the display device, and configured to receive an electricity transmitted from a power transmission unit of the charger with the first housing standing on an exterior setting surface; and

a second housing configured to support the first housing with standing on the exterior setting surface, and an input device on the second housing.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the power reception unit is in the first housing at a position eccentric from the center of the display device to the exterior setting surface.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the charger comprises a coil configured to generate magnetic flux, and is configured to input the magnetic flux generated by the coil to another coil in the electronic apparatus so as to transmit electricity to the electronic device.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the power reception unit comprises a coil configured to receive magnetic flux from the charger to generate electricity, thereby receiving electricity from the charger.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the charger comprises a first coil configured to generate magnetic flux by electricity, and the power reception unit comprises a second coil configured to face the first coil in non-contact manner and configured to receive magnetic flux from the first coil to generate electricity.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second housing is configured to be placed on the exterior surface with the first housing standing upright.

7. An electronic apparatus configured to be charged by a charger, comprising:

a first housing;

a display device in the first housing and comprising a display screen;

a coil arranged at the first housing in a position overlapping the display device on a side opposite to the display screen and in a position eccentric from a center of the display device, and configured to receive magnetic flux generated from the charger in a non-contact manner with the charger to generate electricity in a state wherein the display device stands at an angle across to an exterior setting surface; and

a second housing configured to support the first housing with standing at the angle across to the exterior setting surface, and an input device on the second housing.

8. The electronic apparatus of claim 7, wherein the coil is in the first housing at a position eccentric from the center of the display device to the exterior setting surface.

9. The electronic apparatus of claim 7, wherein the second housing is configured to be placed on the exterior surface with the first housing standing upright.

10. A charger configured to charge an external electronic apparatus, comprising:

a first housing;

a coil arranged in the first housing at a position overlapping a display device on a side opposite to a display screen of the display device and in a position eccentric from a center of the display device in a state wherein the display device connected to the electronic apparatus stands at an angle across to an exterior setting surface, and configured to generate magnetic flux toward the electronic apparatus; and

a second housing configured to support the first housing with standing at the angle across to the exterior setting surface, and an input device on the second housing.

11. The charger of claim 10, wherein the second housing is configured to be placed on the exterior surface with the first housing standing upright.

12. A storage case configured to contain a charger and an electronic apparatus configured to be charged by the charger and including a first housing, a display device in the first housing and comprising a display screen, a coil arranged in a position overlapping the display device on a side opposite to the display screen and in a position eccentric from a center of the display device and configured to receive magnetic flux generated from the charger in a non-contact manner with the charger to generate electricity in a state wherein the display device stands at an angle across to an exterior setting surface, and a second housing configured to support the first housing with standing at the angle across to the exterior setting surface, and an input device on the second housing, the storage case comprising:

an apparatus storage portion configured to contain the electronic apparatus and cover an outer periphery of the electronic apparatus; and

a charger storage portion provided on an outside the apparatus storage portion, comprising a vent portion through which air passes and configured to contain the charger in such a manner that the intake/exhaust unit of the charger and the coil of the charger face the vent portion and the coil of the electronic apparatus in the apparatus storage portion, respectively.

13. The storage case of claim 12, wherein the apparatus storage portion is formed of a material without an electrical shielding property and covers the outer periphery of the electronic apparatus.