FLEXIBLE AND RETRACTABLE WIRELESS CHARGING DEVICE

• US 20160322850A1
• Filed: 09/22/2015
• Published: 11/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: JTouch Corporation
• Original Assignee: JTouch Corporation
• Inventors: Yeh, Yu-Chou, Yeh, Tsung-Her, Wu, Chen-Chi, Yeh, Chun-Ting, Huang, Hsueh-Jung, Cheng, Bo-Ruei, Hu, Chih-Ming, Tsui, Chiu-Cheng
• Application Number:
  US14/860,987
• Publication Number:
  US 20160322850A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/04 Regulation of charging current or voltage
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/24 Inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer

Abstract

A wireless charging device includes a first separation part, a second separation part, a flexible charging film and a circuit board. The first separation part has a first accommodation space. The second separation part has a second accommodation space. The flexible charging film is retractable back to the first accommodation space of the first separation part. The circuit board is electrically connected with the flexible charging film, and disposed within the second accommodation space of the second separation part. When the second separation part is moved in a direction away from the first separation part, the flexible charging film is stretched so as to wirelessly charge at least one power-receiving device. When the second separation part is moved in a direction toward the first separation part, the flexible charging film is retracted back to the first accommodation space of the first separation part.

Claims

1. A wireless charging device, comprising:

a first separation part having a first accommodation space;

a second separation part having a second accommodation space;

a flexible charging film comprising a first lateral end and a second lateral end, wherein the first lateral end is connected with the first separation part, the second lateral end is connected with the second separation part, and the flexible charging film is retractable back to the first accommodation space of the first separation part; and

a circuit board electrically connected with the flexible charging film, and disposed within the second accommodation space of the second separation part,

wherein when the second separation part is moved in a direction away from the first separation part, the flexible charging film is stretched, so that at least one power-receiving device is placed on the flexible charging film to be wirelessly charged, wherein when the second separation part is moved in a direction toward the first separation part, the flexible charging film is retracted back to the first accommodation space of the first separation part.

2. The wireless charging device according to claim 1, wherein the flexible charging film and the circuit board are electrically connected with each other through a conductive wire, wherein the conductive wire is disposed within the second accommodation space of the second separation part.

3. The wireless charging device according to claim 1, wherein the first separation part comprises:

a first casing comprising the first accommodation space and an opening, wherein the flexible charging film is allowed to be penetrated through the opening; and

a winding mechanism disposed within the first accommodation space, and comprising a rotating shaft, wherein the first lateral end of the flexible charging film is connected with the rotating shaft, and the flexible charging film is wound around the rotating shaft.

4. The wireless charging device according to claim 3, wherein the winding mechanism further comprises an adjusting mechanism, wherein the adjusting mechanism is connected with the rotating shaft for adjusting a turn number and a positioning angle of the rotating shaft.

5. The wireless charging device according to claim 4, wherein the adjusting mechanism is a torsion adjusting mechanism, and the adjusting mechanism provides a torsional moment to the rotating shaft, wherein when the torsional moment is released, the flexible charging film is automatically wound around the rotating shaft.

6. The wireless charging device according to claim 1, wherein the second separation part comprises a second casing, and the second casing comprises the second accommodation space and an elongated slot, wherein the second lateral end of the flexible charging film is connected with the elongated slot of the second casing.

7. The wireless charging device according to claim 1, wherein the flexible charging film comprises at least one thin-film transmitter coil assembly, and the circuit board comprises at least one transmitter module, wherein the at least one thin-film transmitter coil assembly is electrically connected with the corresponding transmitter module for receiving an AC signal from the corresponding transmitter module, wherein the at least one thin-film transmitter coil assembly emits an electromagnetic wave with at least one specified frequency for wirelessly charging at least one power-receiving device.

8. The wireless charging device according to claim 7, wherein each thin-film transmitter coil assembly comprises:

a flexible substrate having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface and the second surface are opposed to each other;

an oscillation starting antenna disposed on the first surface of the flexible substrate;

a resonant antenna disposed on the second surface of the flexible substrate, wherein at least one capacitor is connected between a first end and a second end of each resonant antenna, wherein the electromagnetic wave with the specified frequency is emitted in response to a coupling effect of the resonant antenna and the oscillation starting antenna;

a first protective layer for covering the oscillation starting antenna; and

a second protective layer for covering the resonant antenna.

9. The wireless charging device according to claim 8, wherein the thin-film transmitter coil assembly further comprises a shielding structure, wherein the shielding structure is arranged between the oscillation starting antenna and the first protective layer, or the shielding structure is located at an outer side of the first protective layer, wherein the shielding structure comprises a metal mesh, a magnetically-permeable film, or a combination of the metal mesh and the magnetically-permeable film.

10. The wireless charging device according to claim 7, wherein each transmitter module comprises:

a converting circuit electrically connected with a power source for converting an electric energy from the power source;

an oscillator electrically connected with the converting circuit for adjustably outputting the AC signal with the specified frequency;

a power amplifier connected with the oscillator and the converting circuit for amplifying the AC signal; and

a filtering circuit connected with the power amplifier for filtering the AC signal and outputting the filtered AC signal to the corresponding transmitter coil assembly.

11. The wireless charging device according to claim 1, wherein the wireless charging device further comprises a controller, wherein the power-receiving device is wirelessly charged by the wireless charging device under control of the controller according to magnetic resonance or magnetic induction.

12. The wireless charging device according to claim 1, wherein the flexible charging film further comprises a first surface and a second surface, wherein after the at least one power-receiving device is placed on the first surface or the second surface of the flexible charging film, the at least one power-receiving device is wirelessly charged by the wireless charging device.