Wireless charge system in door pocket of vehicle

• US 9,455,595 B2
• Filed: 12/10/2014
• Issued: 09/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.), LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.), LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jeon, Seul Ki, Kim, Hyun Sang, Hur, Nam Woong, Chae, Yong Suk, Son, Jeong Nam, Jung, Woo Kil K., Lee, Yun Bok
• Primary Examiner(s): Lin, Sun
• Application Number:
  US14/565,727
• Publication Number:
  US 20160013679A1
• Time in Patent Office: 657 Days
• Field of Search: 320/108
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/02 for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/80 involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0044 specially adapted for holding portable devices containing batteries H02J7/0045 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0049 Detection of fully charged condition

Abstract

A wireless charge system includes a wireless charger configured to wirelessly transfer power to an apparatus including a battery in order to charge the battery; a fixing unit configured to fix the apparatus so that the apparatus cannot be moved separately from the wireless charger while wirelessly receiving the power from the wireless charger; and a display configured to provide an indication of a charged state of the battery, wherein the wireless charger, the fixing unit, and the display are formed in a door pocket included in a door of a vehicle.

Claims

1. A wireless charge system comprising:

a wireless charger configured to wirelessly transfer power to an apparatus including a battery in order to charge the battery;

a fixing unit configured to fix the apparatus so that the apparatus cannot be moved separately from the wireless charger while wirelessly receiving the power from the wireless charger; and

a display configured to provide an indication of a charged state of the battery,

wherein the wireless charger, the fixing unit, and the display are formed in a door pocket included in a door of a vehicle.

2. The wireless charge system according to claim 1, wherein the fixing unit is any one of a seal formed of rubber in which a rubber plate is cut in a predetermined direction, a net having restoring force, and a slot of a sliding scheme.

3. The wireless charge system according to claim 1, wherein the display provides the indication of the charged state of the battery by emitting a light or by outputting a sound, the charged state being a state in which the battery is being charged or a state in which the charge of the battery is completed.

4. The wireless charge system according to claim 1, wherein in a case of the door is included at all seats of the vehicle, the display provides the indication of the charged state of the battery through a cluster included in the vehicle, the charged state being a state in which the battery is being charged or a state in which the charge of the battery is completed.

5. The wireless charge system according to claim 1, wherein in a case in which a door open signal allowing the door of the vehicle to be opened is sensed when the apparatus is fixed on the fixing unit, the display emits a flickering light or outputs an alarm sound, so as to discourage a user of the apparatus from getting out of the vehicle when the apparatus is left in the vehicle.

6. The wireless charge system according to claim 1, wherein in a case in which a door open signal allowing the door of the vehicle to be opened is sensed when the apparatus is fixed on the fixing unit, the wireless charge system performs an action that prevents the door of the vehicle from opening.

7. The wireless charge system according to claim 1, wherein the wireless charge system informs a head unit of the vehicle, through a controller area network (CAN) communication, of one or more of:

whether or not the apparatus is present and the charged state of the battery.

8. The wireless charge system according to claim 1, wherein the wireless charger, the fixing unit, and the display are formed in a housing which is attachable to and detachable from the door pocket, and the housing is mounted in or separated from the door pocket.

9. The wireless charge system according to claim 8, wherein the wireless charge system indicates, to a head unit of the vehicle or a cluster of the vehicle, whether the door pocket having the housing mounted therein or separated therefrom is in any door of the vehicle.