CHARGING CABINET

• US 20180166896A1
• Filed: 12/08/2016
• Published: 06/14/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2016
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Chen-Source Inc.
• Original Assignee: Chen-Source Inc.
• Inventors: CHEN, Yun-Hao
• Granted Patent: US 10,355,502 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/22 The load being a portable electronic device
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0013 acting upon several batteries simultaneously or sequentially H02J7/1423 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0044 specially adapted for holding portable devices containing batteries H02J7/0045 takes precedence

Abstract

A charging cabinet includes a housing including a plurality of horizontal storage chambers for storing mobile electronic devices, a mounting chamber at a back side relative to the horizontal storage chambers, a plurality of flip covers pivotally mounted at a front panel thereof and biasable to close/open the respective horizontal storage chambers and clocks for locking the respective flip covers, and a power supply unit including a power input module mounted at a back panel of the housing and electrically connectable to an external power source for power input, and a power socket module and an expansion module respectively electrically connected to the power input module with respective power jacks and respective USB connectors thereof arranged at different elevations to face toward the respective horizontal storage chambers for the connection of the respective storage mobile electronic device for charging.

Claims

1. A charging cabinet, comprising:

a housing comprising a base, a top panel horizontally mounted at a top side of said base, a front panel vertically mounted at a front side of said base, a back panel vertically mounted at an opposing back side of said base, two opposing side panels respectively and vertically mounted at two opposing lateral sides of said base, an accommodation chamber surrounded by said base, said top panel, said front panel, said back panel and one said side panel and a mounting chamber defined between said base and the other said side panel, said mounting chamber being relatively smaller than said accommodation chamber, said base comprising an upright frame plate, a plurality of horizontal partition plates perpendicularly connected to a front wall of said upright frame plate at different elevations and dividing said accommodation chamber into a plurality of horizontal storage chambers for the storage of mobile electronic devices, said mounting chamber being defined between an opposing back wall of said upright frame plate and the other said side panel, said front panel comprising a plurality of flip covers respectively disposed at different elevations and configured to openably close the respective said horizontal storage chambers and a plurality of locks adapted for locking the respective said flip covers; and

a power supply unit comprising a power input module electrically connectable to an external power source for electrical power input, a power socket module electrically connected to said power input module and mounted at said base within said mounting chamber and an expansion module electrically connected to said power input module and mounted at said base within said mounting chamber, said power socket module comprising a plurality of power jacks mounted at said upright frame plate at different elevations to face toward the respective said horizontal storage chambers, said expansion module comprising a plurality of charging circuit boards mounted at said upright frame plate and a plurality of USB connectors respectively electrically connected to said charging circuit boards and respectively disposed to face toward the respective said horizontal storage chambers.

2. The charging cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein each said flip cover comprises a mounting axle pivotally coupled to said front panel, a hook backwardly extended from a back wall thereof, a recessed finger pull located on an opposing front wall thereof for enabling a user to open said front panel with fingers, and a plurality of perforations cut through the opposing front and back walls and surrounded by said recessed finger pull and said mounting axle.

3. The charging cabinet as claimed in claim 2, wherein each lock comprises a set of numeric keys arranged at one lateral side relative to the respective said flip cover, a lock body mounted at an upright frame plate within a mounting chamber, and a latch movable in and out of said lock body and insertable through said upright frame plate into an accommodation chamber for engagement with said hook of the respective said flip cover.

4. The charging cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein each said side panel of said housing comprises a recessed grip handle, and a plurality of air vents.

5. The charging cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein said back panel comprises a plurality of heat dissipation holes cut through opposing front and back walls thereof.

6. The charging cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein said power input module of said power supply unit comprises a power adapter electrically connectable to an external power source.

7. The charging cabinet as claimed in claim 6, wherein said power input module is mounted at a back panel of a housing to hold said power adapter outside said back panel;

said power adapter is a power jack.

8. The charging cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein said power input module of said power supply unit is adapted for transmitting AC power supply to said power socket module.

9. The charging cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein said charging circuit boards of said expansion module are adapted for converting AC power supply from said power input module into DC power supply and providing said DC power supply to said USB connectors.