Detachably integrated battery charger for mobile cell phones and like devices

• US 9,413,179 B2
• Filed: 07/09/2013
• Issued: 08/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wafr IP LLC
• Original Assignee: Max Moskowitz, Yeoshua Sorias
• Inventors: Sorias, Yeoshua, Moskowitz, Max
• Primary Examiner(s): Whitmore, Stacy
• Application Number:
  US13/937,648
• Publication Number:
  US 20150015204A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,127 Days
• Field of Search: 320/107, 320/111, 320/114
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/00 Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the non-active parts of electrochemical cells other than fuel cells, e.g. hybrid cells
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/256 Carrying devices, e.g. belts
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00 Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0042 characterised by the mechanical construction
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/08 with current supply sources at the substations generating ringing current H04M19/04
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

A cell phone charger comprises a main body having embedded therein a charging circuit configured to receive line AC voltage and to convert it to a DC voltage suitable for charging the mobile device. AC prongs fold into the body in a stowed position and a connection structure formed integrally with the main body grasps onto and holds the charger secured to the cell phone device. In a preferred embodiment, the AC prongs pivot independently and lie flat against an outside surface of the main body. In a further embodiment, the AC prongs are concealed by a cover plate in their stowed position.

Claims

1. An electrical charger for a mobile device, the charger comprising:

a main body that is jacket-shaped and includes a back panel having a thickness of less than 12 mm, a left panel, a right panel and a bottom panel defining therebetween a space for receiving and holding the mobile device therein, said back panel housing a charging circuit configured to receive a line AC voltage and convert it to a DC voltage suitable for charging the mobile device;

a pair of AC prongs including a first AC prong and a second prong, selectively foldable into the back panel into a stowed position and into an extended position, at which the AC prongs jutt out of the back panel;

a connection structure comprising at least said left panel and said right panel and configured to grasp onto and hold the charger secured directly to the mobile device in a detachable manner; and

the AC prongs are so foldable into the back panel that in their stowed position, the main body plane of each of the prongs is aligned with a main body plane of the back panel,

wherein the operating element is structurally formed as a slidable cover which exposes the AC prongs in a first sliding position and covers the AC prongs in a second sliding position of the operating element, the slidable cover including a first slidable cover for the first prong and a second and physically separate slidable cover for the second prong.

2. The charger of claim 1, including a movable cover plate which covers an opening of the main body through which the AC prongs are raised from within the body, when the AC prongs are in their stowed position, the cover plate being configured to render the prongs invisible in their stowed position.

3. The charger of claim 2, wherein the cover plate is slidable.

4. The charger of claim 2, wherein the slideable cover comprises a plurality of ridges that can be engaged by users thumb or fingers to slide the cover between the first sliding position and the second sliding position.

5. The charger of claim 2, wherein the slideable cover comprises a pair of jutting projections that initially engage the AC prongs to commence the pivoting thereof into their stowed position.

6. The charger of claim 1, wherein the back panel is a generally flat body with a substantially uniform thickness dimension and with length and width dimensions, so formed that the ratio of the thickness dimension to the product of the length and width dimensions is less than or equal to .05.

7. The charger of claim 1, wherein the left panel and the right panel have cutouts in positions that avoid obstructing access to operating switches, buttons or indicators of the mobile device.

8. The charger of claim 1, wherein the AC prongs are positioned and configured to fold in opposite directions.

9. The charger circuit of claim 1, wherein the AC prongs are formed with a detent mechanism that maintains the operable position of the prongs.

10. The electric charger for a mobile device, the charger comprising:

a main body housing a charging circuit configured to receive a line AC voltage and convert it to a DC voltage suitable for charging a battery of the mobile device;

a pair of AC prongs selectively foldable into the main body into a stowed position and into an extended position, at which the AC prongs jutt out of the main body;

a connection structure configured to grasp onto and hold the charger secured directly to the mobile device in a detachable manner; and

a cover structured and configured to conceal the AC prongs to render them invisible in the stowed position, including an operating element actuatable by a user of the charger and configured to raise the AC prongs from the stowed position and to return the AC prongs to the stowed position, in a manner wherein the pivotable movement of the AC prongs in and out of the main body is substantially proportional to the movement of the operating element, wherein each prong has a respective pivot body, and a tight wire is wound on by each said pivot body and said operating element pushes and pulls on said tight wire to move said prongs from and to said stowed position.

11. The charger of claim 10, wherein the main body is comprised of a back panel that is a generally flat body with a substantially uniform thickness dimension and with length and width dimensions, so formed that the ratio of the thickness dimension to the product of the length and width dimensions is less than or equal to .05.