Recharging jacket assembly for a mobile communication device

• US 9,166,427 B2
• Filed: 11/22/2013
• Issued: 10/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mipwr, LLC
• Original Assignee: Mipwr, LLC
• Inventors: Panos, Bobby
• Primary Examiner(s): LIN, SUN J
• Application Number:
  US14/087,112
• Publication Number:
  US 20140152241A1
• Time in Patent Office: 697 Days
• Field of Search: 320/107
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F03G 5/06 other than of endless-walk type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0042 characterised by the mechanical construction
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/32 for charging batteries from a charging set comprising a non-electric prime mover rotating at constant speed
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 7/1853 driven by intermittent forces

Abstract

A jacket device is configured to be used with a mobile communication device. The jacket device includes a sidewall and a baseplate, wherein the sidewall and the baseplate cooperate to form a receiving chamber for receiving the mobile communication device. The jacket device also includes a rocker bar having a pressing portion connected to a rack portion, wherein the rack portion extends through the sidewall. A transmission is disposed on the baseplate and connected with the rocker bar. An electric generator is disposed on the baseplate. An electric generator includes a rotor coupled with the transmission and a stator fixed on the baseplate. When the pressing portion is pressed, the rack portion drives the rotor to rotate via the transmission so that electric power is generated by the electric generator.

Claims

1. A jacket device configured to be used with a mobile communication device, the jacket device comprising:

a sidewall and a baseplate, wherein the sidewall and the baseplate cooperate to form a receiving chamber for receiving the mobile communication device;

a rocker bar including a pressing portion connected to a rack portion, wherein the rack portion extends through the sidewall;

a transmission disposed on the baseplate and connected with the rocker bar; and

an electric generator disposed on the baseplate, wherein the electric generator includes a rotor coupled with the transmission and a stator fixed on the baseplate, wherein when the pressing portion is pressed, the rack portion drives the rotor to rotate via the transmission so that electric power is generated by the electric generator.

2. The jacket device of claim 1, wherein the transmission comprises a change gear set including a first gear and a second gear arranged coaxially, wherein the first gear engages the rack portion, and the rotor of the electric generator includes a drive gear coupled with the second gear.

3. The jacket device of claim 1, wherein the sidewall is formed with a through-hole and a locking portion, wherein the through-hole is adapted to allow the rack portion to reciprocate therethrough, wherein the rocker bar is further provided with a locking structure, and wherein the locking portion and the locking structure cooperate to fix the pressing portion into the through-hole in a non-operating status.

4. The jacket device of claim 3, wherein an outer side surface of the pressing portion that is to be pressed by a user is flush with an outer side surface of the sidewall with a smooth transition therebetween.

5. The jacket device of claim 4, wherein the rocker bar further comprises a pivoting portion and a resilient resetting element, wherein the pivoting portion is connected with the baseplate, and wherein the resilient resetting element is disposed between the pivoting portion and the baseplate to provide a resilient force for ejecting the pressing portion out of the through-hole.

6. The jacket device of claim 4, wherein the jacket device further comprises a first enclosure portion detachably connected to a second enclosure portion, and wherein one or more of the rocker bar, the change gear set or the electric generator are disposed on one or both of the sidewall or the baseplate.

7. The jacket device of claim 6, wherein one of the first enclosure portion and the second enclosure portion is provided with a slide rail, and the other one of the first enclosure portion and the second enclose portion is provided with a slide groove that cooperates with the slide rail to provide a relative sliding movement, and wherein the slide groove and the slide rail include corresponding engaging structures configured to achieve the detachable connection between the first enclosure portion and the second enclosure portion.

8. The jacket device of claim 3, wherein the through-hole and the locking portion are disposed at two sides of the sidewall that are distally located from each other, and the jacket device further comprises a cover plate that cooperates with the baseplate to form a receiving chamber for receiving the change gear set and the electric generator.

9. The jacket device of claim 1, further comprising an electric power storage module electrically connected with the electric generator.

10. The jacket device of claim 9, wherein the electric power storage module comprises a rechargeable battery or a capacitor, and wherein the jacket device further includes:

a battery charging chip disposed between the electric generator and the rechargeable battery;

a switching diode disposed between the electric generator and the battery charging chip; and

a voltage transforming circuit and a selecting switch, wherein the selecting switch is disposed between the electric power storage module and the voltage transforming circuit.

11. The jacket device of claim 10, wherein the electric generator is electrically connected with the electric power storage module and the voltage transforming circuit, wherein the voltage transforming circuit includes an output electrically connected with a charging interface of the mobile communication device and an input electrically connected with the electric generator and the electric power storage module, and wherein the voltage transforming circuit is configured to carry out voltage transformation on the electric power from the electric generator or the electric power storage module, and the jacket device further includes:

a rectifying circuit having an input electrically connected with the electric generator and an output electrically connected with the input of the voltage transforming circuit and the electric power storage module, and wherein the rectifying circuit is configured to rectify the electric power from the electric generator.

12. A mobile communication apparatus kit, comprising:

a mobile communication apparatus including a charging interface; and

a jacket device including a receiving chamber,

wherein the mobile communication apparatus is received in the receiving chamber, wherein electric power generated by the jacket device is used to charge the mobile communication apparatus via the charging interface, wherein the jacket device comprises;

a sidewall and a baseplate, wherein the sidewall and the baseplate cooperate to form the receiving chamber for receiving the mobile communication apparatus;

a rocker bar including a pressing portion connected to a rack portion, wherein the rack portion extends through the sidewall;

a transmission disposed on the baseplate and connected with the rocker bar; and

an electric generator disposed on the baseplate, wherein the electric generator includes a rotor coupled with the transmission and a stator fixed on the baseplate, wherein when the pressing portion is pressed, the rack portion drives the rotor to rotate via the transmission so that electric power is generated by the electric generator.

13. The mobile communication apparatus kit of claim 12, wherein the mobile communication apparatus includes a mobile phone or a computer, and the jacket device is electrically connected with the charging interface via a USB charging plug, a 30-pin charging plug or an 8-pin charging plug.

14. The mobile communication apparatus kit of claim 12, wherein the jacket device is further provided with a USB interface for electrical connection with an external power source, and the USB interface is electrically connected with a voltage transforming circuit of the jacket device and a battery charging chip of the jacket device respectively so that an electric power storage module of the jacket device and the mobile communication apparatus can be charged by the external power source via the USB interface.

15. A mobile communication apparatus kit, comprising:

a mobile communication apparatus including a charging interface; and

a jacket device including a receiving chamber,

wherein the mobile communication apparatus is received in the receiving chamber, wherein electric power generated by the jacket device is used to charge the mobile communication apparatus via the charging interface,

wherein the jacket device is further provided with a USB interface for electrical connection with an external power source, and the USB interface is electrically connected with a voltage transforming circuit of the jacket device and a battery charging chip of the jacket device respectively so that an electric power storage module of the jacket device and the mobile communication apparatus can be charged by the external power source via the USB interface.

16. The mobile communication apparatus kit of claim 15, wherein the jacket device comprises:

a sidewall and a baseplate, wherein the sidewall and the baseplate cooperate to form the receiving chamber for receiving the mobile communication apparatus;

a rocker bar including a pressing portion connected to a rack portion, wherein the rack portion extends through the sidewall;

a transmission disposed on the baseplate and connected with the rocker bar; and

an electric generator disposed on the baseplate, wherein the electric generator includes a rotor coupled with the transmission and a stator fixed on the baseplate, wherein when the pressing portion is pressed, the rack portion drives the rotor to rotate via the transmission so that electric power is generated by the electric generator.