CASE AND APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME

• US 20160072337A1
• Filed: 08/27/2015
• Published: 03/10/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Wit Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Chang, Ki Won, Kim, Ji Hoon, Sung, Jae Suk, Lim, Hyun Keun, Nam, Isaac, Kim, Choon Hee
• Application Number:
  US14/837,635
• Publication Number:
  US 20160072337A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 11/00 Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups A45C1/00-A45C9/00 specially adapted for toiletry or cosmetic equipment A45D29/20, A45D44/18; travelling sewing kits A45F3/48
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 2011/002 for portable handheld communication devices, e.g. mobile phone, pager, beeper, PDA, smart phone
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 2011/003 for portable computing devices, e.g. laptop, tablet, netbook, game boy, navigation system, calculator
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/46 Accumulators structurally combined with charging apparatus circuits for charging H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2208 associated with components used in interrogation type services, i.e. in systems for information exchange between an interrogator/reader and a tag/transponder, e.g. in Radio Frequency Identification [RFID] systems methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns G06K7/00; record carrier for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings G06K19/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 7/00 Loop antennas with a substantially uniform current distribution around the loop and having a directional radiation pattern in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the loop
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/80 involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00034 Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge
• 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: H04B 5/26 using coils
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

A case includes a casing region made of metal and configured to cover at least a portion of an apparatus, and a coil electrically insulated from the casing region and having a ring shape or a polygonal shape having ends separated from each other, the coil being configured to be disposed outside the apparatus.

Claims

1. A case comprising:

a casing region made of metal and configured to cover at least a portion of an apparatus; and

a coil electrically insulated from the casing region and having a ring shape or a polygonal shape having ends separated from each other, the coil being configured to be disposed outside the apparatus.

2. The case of claim 1, wherein the casing region comprises a region corresponding to a rear surface of the apparatus.

3. The case of claim 2, wherein the coil is configured to substantially surround an edge of the apparatus.

4. The case of claim 2, wherein the coil is disposed in a position corresponding to an edge of the rear surface of the apparatus.

5. The case of claim 1, wherein the coil is constituted by a single conductive wire.

6. The case of claim 1, wherein the coil comprises two or more turns.

7. The case of claim 1, wherein the coil has a length of 95% or more of a length of an edge of the casing region.

8. The case of claim 1, further comprising an insulating portion disposed between the casing region and the coil.

9. The case of claim 1, wherein the coil is configured to receive power wirelessly.

10. The case of claim 1, wherein the coil is configured to receive or transmit data wirelessly.

11. An apparatus comprising:

a body; and

a case comprising;

a casing region made of metal and covering at least a portion of the body; and

a coil electrically insulated from the casing region and having a ring shape or a polygonal shape having ends separated from each other, the coil being disposed outside the body.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the body comprises a wireless charging module configured to rectify power wirelessly received through the coil to charge a battery with power.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the body comprises a near-field communication (NFC) module configured to transmit and receive data through the coil.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the body comprises:

a wireless charging module configured to rectify power wirelessly received through the coil to charge a battery with power;

a near-field communication (NFC) module configured to transmit and receive data through the coil; and

a switch portion configured to selectively connect the coil to the NFC module or the wireless charging module in response to a signal received by the coil.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the coil substantially surrounds an edge of the body.

16. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the coil is disposed along an edge of a rear surface of the body.

17. A case of an apparatus, the case comprising:

a metal portion constituting at least a portion of a rear surface of the apparatus; and

a coil electrically insulated from the metal portion and constituting a portion of an exterior surface of the apparatus.

18. The case of claim 17, wherein the coil has two ends separated by a gap, and constitutes a portion of an edge surface of the apparatus, or a portion of the rear surface of the apparatus substantially surrounding the metal portion.

19. The case of claim 17, wherein the coil constitutes a portion of an edge surface of the apparatus;

and

the case further comprises an insulating portion constituting another portion of the side surface of the apparatus and being disposed between the coil and the metal portion to electrically insulate the coil from the metal portion.

20. The case of claim 17, wherein the coil constitutes another portion of the rear surface of the apparatus substantially surrounding the metal portion;

and

the case further comprises an insulating portion constituting another portion of the rear surface of the apparatus and being disposed between the coil and the metal portion to electrically insulate the coil from the metal portion.