Wirelessly-chargeable strength-resistant light-emitting or heat-emitting structure

• US 9,130,398 B2
• Filed: 03/20/2015
• Issued: 09/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: WindStream Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Winharbor Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Yeh, Ming-Hsiang
• Primary Examiner(s): PASCHALL, MARK H
• Application Number:
  US14/663,516
• Publication Number:
  US 20150194841A1
• Time in Patent Office: 172 Days
• Field of Search: 219/488, 219483-486, 219/492, 219/497, 219/502, 219/494, 219/211, 219/214, 362/108, 362/212, 362/800, 210/8, 290/5
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 13/0051 Heated garments heated divers' suits B63C11/28
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 13/01 with reflective or luminous safety means visible signalling arrangements G08B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/02 the elements being transformers, impedances or power supply units, e.g. a transformer with a rectifier
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/0008 Clothing or clothing accessories, e.g. scarfs, gloves or belts
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/15 Organic light-emitting diodes [OLED]
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 1/0272 For heating of fabrics
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 2203/003 using serpentine layout
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 2203/014 Heaters using resistive wires or cables not provided for in H05B3/54
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 2203/017 Manufacturing methods or apparatus for heaters
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 2203/036 Heaters specially adapted for garment heating
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 3/342 heaters used in textiles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 2/905 Electric

Abstract

The present invention provides a stretch-resistant light-emitting or heat-emitting structure. The wirelessly-chargeable stretch-resistant light-emitting structure includes a woven member, conductive twisted cables, a light-emitting element, and a receiver circuit. The woven member is mounted to the article. Each conductive twisted cable includes a stretch-resistant wire and a conductive wire twisted together. The conductive twisted cables are woven in the woven member. The light-emitting element, which is arranged inside the woven member, includes a light emission section and two conductive pins. The conductive pins are respectively and electrically connected to the conductive wires of the conductive twisted cables. The wirelessly-chargeable stretch-resistant heat-emitting structure includes a carrying member, an electrical heating element mounted to the carrying member, conductive twisted cables that are in electrical connection with the electrical heating element, and a receiver circuit that is in electrical connection with the conductive twisted cables. The carrying member is woven in the article.

Claims

1. A wirelessly-chargeable stretch-resistant heat-emitting structure, which is adapted to be used in an article, a charging device being coupled to the article, the charging device comprising a transmitter circuit and a power source connected to the transmitter circuit, the power source supplying electrical power to the transmitter circuit, the electrical power being converted by the transmitter circuit into an alternate-current signal, the wirelessly-chargeable stretch-resistant heat-emitting structure comprising:

at least one carrying member, which is woven in the article;

at least one electrical heating element, which is mounted to the carrying member;

at least two conductive twisted cables, each of which comprises at least one stretch-resistant wire and at least one conductive wire twisted together, the conductive wires of the two conductive twisted cables each having an end electrically connected to the electrical heating element, wherein the stretch-resistant wire is more stretch-resistant than the conductive wire; and

a receiver circuit, which is electrically connected to an opposite end of each of the conductive wires of the conductive twisted cables and comprises a rechargeable battery, the transmitter circuit transmitting the alternate-current signal to the receiver circuit, the receiver circuit receiving and converting the alternate-current signal to electrical power, which is stored in the rechargeable battery to be subsequently supplied to the electrical heating element.

2. The wirelessly-chargeable stretch-resistant heat-emitting structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the carrying member comprises a heat spreader, the electrical heating element being in engagement with the heat spreader.

3. The wirelessly-chargeable stretch-resistant heat-emitting structure as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a switch, wherein the switch and the rechargeable battery are electrically connected through the conductive twisted cables to the electrical heating element.

4. The wirelessly-chargeable stretch-resistant heat-emitting structure as claimed in claim 3 further comprising a control circuit, wherein the switch, the rechargeable battery, and the control circuit are electrically connected through the conductive twisted cables to the electrical heating element.

5. The wirelessly-chargeable stretch-resistant heat-emitting structure as claimed in claim 1 further comprising an external connecting member, a connector, and a switch, wherein the connector and the switch are electrically connected through the conductive twisted cables to the electrical heating element, the external connecting member comprising the receiver circuit and a counterpart connector mateable with the connector, the counterpart connector being electrically connected to the rechargeable battery, the external connecting member being electrically connectable through mating engagement between the counterpart connector and the connector.

6. The wirelessly-chargeable stretch-resistant heat-emitting structure as claimed in claim 5, wherein the external connecting member further comprises a control circuit, the counterpart connector and the rechargeable battery of the external connecting member being electrically connected to the control circuit.

7. The wirelessly-chargeable stretch-resistant heat-emitting structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transmitter circuit comprises an oscillation and frequency-division circuit, a driving and amplifying circuit, a primary transmitting resonant circuit, and a transmitter coil, the oscillation and frequency-division circuit being connected to the power source, the oscillation and frequency-division circuit converting the electrical power supplied from the power source into an alternate-current signal, the driving and amplifying circuit being connected to the oscillation and frequency-division circuit, the driving and amplifying circuit amplifying the alternate-current signal that is formed by the oscillation and frequency-division circuit, the primary transmitting resonant circuit being connected to the driving and amplifying circuit, the primary transmitting resonant circuit providing resonance to the amplified alternate-current signal, the transmitter coil being connected to the primary transmitting resonant circuit transmitting the alternate-current signal that is subjected to resonance by the primary transmitting resonant circuit to the receiver circuit.

8. The wirelessly-chargeable stretch-resistant heat-emitting structure as claimed in claim 7, wherein the transmitter circuit further comprises a feedback detection circuit and a control regulation circuit, the feedback detection circuit being connected to the transmitter coil, the control regulation circuit being connected to the feedback detection circuit and the oscillation and frequency-division circuit, whereby the feedback detection circuit feeds the alternate-current signal transmitted by the transmitter coil back to the control regulation circuit to allow the control regulation circuit to regulate oscillation frequency of the oscillation and frequency-division circuit.

10. The wirelessly-chargeable stretch-resistant heat-emitting structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the coupling between the charging device and the article is realized through one of clamping, bonding, adhering, and mutual attraction.

9. The wirelessly-chargeable stretch-resistant heat-emitting structure as claimed in 1, wherein the receiver circuit comprises a receiver induction coil, a secondary receiving resonant circuit, and an AC/DC rectification and filtering regulation circuit, the receiver induction coil receiving an alternate-current signal transmitted from the transmitter circuit, the secondary receiving resonant circuit being connected to the receiver induction coil, the secondary receiving resonant circuit providing resonance to the alternate-current signal received by the receiver induction coil, the AC/DC rectification and filtering regulation circuit being connected to the secondary receiving resonant circuit, the AC/DC rectification and filtering regulation circuit performing rectification and regulation of the alternate-current signal that is subjected to resonance by the secondary receiving resonant circuit so as to convert the alternate-current signal into electrical power, the AC/DC rectification and filtering regulation circuit being connected to the rechargeable battery so as to store the electrical power obtained by the performance of the AC/DC rectification and filtering regulation circuit to the rechargeable battery.