Charger

• US 9,379,563 B2
• Filed: 04/30/2014
• Issued: 06/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Compal Electronics Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Compal Electronics Incorporated
• Inventors: Lin, Pei-Jen, Wei, Chang-Hua, Huang, Pei-Pin, Wu, Ting-Wei, Wu, Chun-Liang, Pan, Hung-Sung
• Primary Examiner(s): Rossoshek, Helen
• Application Number:
  US14/265,368
• Publication Number:
  US 20150130415A1
• Time in Patent Office: 790 Days
• Field of Search: 320/106, 320/107, 320/110, 320/113, 320/114, 320/115
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A44C 5/0007 Bracelets specially adapted for other functions or with means for attaching other articles
• CPC Class Codes: G04R 60/12 inside metal cases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1613 for portable computers cooling arrangements therefor G06F1/203; constructional details or arrangements for pocket calculators, electronic agendas or books G06F15/0216; constructional details of portable telephone sets: with several bodies H04M1/0202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1654 the display being detachable, e.g. for remote use
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/26 Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof for memories G11C
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/014 Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/273 Adaptation for carrying or wearing by persons or animals
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00 Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0045 concerning the insertion or the connection of the batteries

Abstract

A charger including a base and a clamping component is provided. The base includes a first charging portion and a second charging portion. The clamping component is connected to the base and aligned to the first charging portion and the second charging portion. A first charging space is formed between the clamping component and the first charging portion, and a second charging space is formed between the clamping component and the second charging portion.

Claims

1. A charger, comprising:

a base comprising a first charging portion and a second charging portion; and

a clamping component connected to the base and aligned to the first charging portion and the second charging portion, wherein a first charging space is formed between the clamping component and the first charging portion, and a second charging space is formed between the clamping component and the second charging portion,

wherein the base comprises a first connecting portion, and the clamping component is movably connected to the first connecting portion to be adapted to rotate in relative to the base, so as to change the distance between the clamping component and the first charging portion and change the distance between the clamping component and the second charging portion.

2. The charger of claim 1, wherein a first electronic device is adapted to be clamped between the clamping component and the first charging portion and charged through the first charging portion, and a second electronic device is adapted to be clamped between the clamping component and the second charging portion and charged through the second charging portion.

3. The charger of claim 1, wherein the first charging portion has a plurality of first electrical contacts, and the second charging portion has a plurality of second electrical contacts.

4. The charger of claim 3, wherein a quantity of the first electrical contacts is different from a quantity of the second electrical contacts.

5. The charger of claim 1, wherein a distance between the first charging portion and the clamping component is greater than a distance between the second charging portion and the clamping component.

6. The charger of claim 1, wherein a thickness of the first charging portion is less than a thickness of the second charging portion.

7. The charger of claim 1, wherein the clamping component comprises a clamping portion, a pressing portion and a second connecting portion, the second connecting portion being pivoted to the first connecting portion, the first charging portion and the second charging portion being aligned to the clamping portion, the pressing portion being adapted to be pressed to drive the clamping component to rotate along a rotating direction, so as to increase a distance between the clamping portion and the first charging portion and a distance between the clamping component and the second charging portion.

8. The charger of claim 7, wherein the clamping portion and the pressing portion are connected to different sides of the second connecting portion respectively, and the first charging portion and the second charging portion are located on the same side of the first connecting portion.

9. The charger of claim 7, comprising an elastic component, wherein the elastic component is connected between the base and the clamping component, and the clamping component is adapted to rotate along the rotating direction in resistance to an elastic force of the elastic component.

10. The charger of claim 1, wherein the clamping component comprises a first clamping portion, a second clamping portion and a second connecting portion, the second connecting portion being movably connected to the first connecting portion, the first charging portion and the second charging portion being aligned to the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion respectively, the first clamping portion being adapted to be pressed to drive the clamping component to rotate along a first rotating direction to increase a distance between the second clamping portion and the second charging portion, and the second clamping portion being adapted to be pressed to drive the clamping component to rotate along a second direction to increase a distance between the first clamping portion and the first charging portion.

11. The charger of claim 10, wherein the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion are connected to different sides of the second connecting portion respectively, and the first charging portion and the second charging portion are located on different sides of the first connecting portion.

12. The charger of claim 10, comprising a first elastic component and a second elastic component, wherein the first elastic component and the second elastic component are connected between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion, and the clamping component is adapted to rotate along the first rotating direction in resistance to an elastic force of the first elastic component and adapted to rotate along the second direction in resistance to an elastic force of the second elastic component.

13. The charger of claim 10, comprising a frame, wherein the frame has an accommodating space, the base being pivoted to the frame and adapted to rotate in relative to the frame to move the first clamping portion or the second clamping portion into the accommodating space, the frame generating elastic deformation and pushing the first clamping portion to drive the clamping component to rotate when the first clamping portion is located in the accommodating space and the frame is pressed, and the frame generating elastic deformation and pushing the second clamping portion to drive the clamping component to rotate when the second clamping portion is located in the accommodating space and the frame is pressed.

14. The charger of claim 13, wherein the frame comprises a bottom portion, a top portion and an elastic portion, the elastic portion being connected between the bottom portion and the top portion, the bottom portion and the top portion forming the accommodating space, the base being pivoted to the bottom portion, and the elastic portion generating elastic deformation and the top portion pushing the first clamping portion or the second clamping portion when the top portion is pressed.