Charging system capable of charging electronic device by electromagnetic induction

• US 8,248,025 B2
• Filed: 05/05/2009
• Issued: 08/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Sip, Kim-Yeung
• Primary Examiner(s): Patidar, Jay
• Assistant Examiner(s): Schindler, David M.
• Application Number:
  US12/436,099
• Publication Number:
  US 20100237827A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,204 Days
• Field of Search: 324/108, D13/107, D13/108, 320/108
• US Class Current: 320/108
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 38/14 Inductive couplings for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling H02J50/10
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/46 Accumulators structurally combined with charging apparatus circuits for charging H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/90 involving detection or optimisation of position, e.g. alignment
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0042 characterised by the mechanical construction
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

A charging system for charging a rechargeable battery in an electronic device includes a charging generator, a receiver and at least one magnetic core. The charging generator includes a first coil. The receiver includes a second coil magnetically coupled to the first coil, and a charging module electrically connecting the second coil to the rechargeable battery. The charging module is configured for charging the rechargeable battery using current induced in the second coil. The at least one magnetic core is sleeved by the first coil or by the second coil.

Claims

1. A charging system for charging a rechargeable battery in an electronic device, the charging system comprising:

a charging generator comprising a first coil and a housing, the first coil being a planar spiral coil;

a receiver attached to an inner surface of a cover of the electronic device, and comprising a second coil magnetically coupled to the first coil, and a charging module electrically connecting the second coil to the rechargeable battery, the charging module configured for charging the rechargeable battery using current induced in the second coil, the second coil being a planar spiral coil; and

a first magnetic core and a second magnetic core, the first magnetic core sleeved by the first coil and extending through the housing, the first coil being received in the housing, and the first magnetic core comprising a disc-shaped body and a pole extending perpendicularly from the disc-shaped body, the second magnetic core being sleeved by the second coil and fixedly received in a first through hole defined in the cover, and an end surface of the second magnetic core coplanar with an outer surface of the cover and exposed from the cover, the second magnetic core being aligned with the first magnetic core, wherein the housing comprises a central concave portion at a top surface thereof, and the pole extends from a second through hole defined in the central concave portion and protrudes from the central concave portion so that the first magnetic core is capable of contacting the second magnetic core.