Optimized wireless charging system

• US 9,680,517 B2
• Filed: 09/22/2015
• Issued: 06/13/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Faurecia Interieur Industrie (Stellantis NV)
• Original Assignee: Faurecia Interieur Industrie (Stellantis NV)
• Inventors: Ben Abdelaziz, Omar
• Primary Examiner(s): HSIEH, PING Y
• Application Number:
  US14/861,319
• Publication Number:
  US 20160087668A1
• Time in Patent Office: 630 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0044 specially adapted for holding portable devices containing batteries H02J7/0045 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3877 Arrangements for enabling portable transceivers to be used in a fixed position, e.g. cradles or boosters
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3883 Arrangements for mounting batteries or battery chargers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3888 Arrangements for carrying or protecting transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer

Abstract

A transmission device that includes a fixed support for receiving an electronic appliance. The transmission device has at least one first and one second retaining elements defining between them a receiving space, the second retaining element being movable with respect to the fixed support along a main direction so as to give the possibility of adapting the size of the receiving space. The transmission device includes a transmission element attached to the retaining elements by a mechanism that includes a first return element connecting the transmission element to the first retaining element and a second return element connecting the transmission element to the second retaining element. The stiffness of the first return element is equal to the stiffness of the second return element.

Claims

1. A wireless transmission device for an electronic appliance, comprising:

a fixed support for receiving an electronic appliance, said fixed support comprising at least one first retaining element and a second retaining element defining between them a receiving space for the electronic appliance, at least the second retaining element being movable with respect to the fixed support along a main direction so as to allow adaptation of the size of the receiving space to the electronic appliance received by the support, and

at least one wireless transmission element for transmitting energy and/or information with the electronic appliance, said transmission element being positioned between the first and second retaining elements and being attached to said retaining elements by a mechanism and being movable with respect to the fixed support, wherein the mechanism comprises a first return element connecting the transmission element to the first retaining element and a second return element connecting the transmission element to the second retaining element, the stiffness of the first return element being equal to the stiffness of the second return element so that the transmission element extends at an equal distance from the first retaining element and the second retaining element such that the transmission element is centered between the first and second retaining elements along the main direction in all positions of the second retaining element relative to the first retaining element.

2. The transmission device according to claim 1, wherein the fixed support comprises a support element slider extending along the main direction, at least the second retaining element being mounted so as to be translationally movable on said slider.

3. The transmission device according to claim 2, wherein the first retaining element is fixed with respect to the fixed support or is also mounted so as to be translationally movable on the retaining element slider.

4. The transmission device according to claim 1, wherein the fixed support comprises a transmission element slider extending along the main direction, the transmission element being at mounted so as to be translationally movable on said slider.

5. The transmission device according to claim 4, wherein the transmission element slider comprises two abutments, the transmission element being translationally movable between said abutments.

6. The transmission device according to claim 4, wherein the transmission element slider coincides with the retaining element slider.

7. The transmission device according to claim 1, wherein the transmission element is a wireless energy transmitter for the wireless charging of an electronic appliance retained on the support.

8. The transmission device according to claim 1, wherein the transmission element is an element for transmitting and receiving information for exchanging information with an electronic appliance retained on the support.

9. The transmission device according to claim 1, wherein the fixed support comprises at least one third fixed retaining element delimiting the receiving space along a direction different from the main direction.

10. A piece of equipment for the interior of a vehicle comprising at least one transmission device according to claim 1.

11. The transmission device according to claim 1, wherein the first retaining element is fixed with respect to the fixed support.

12. The transmission device according to claim 1, wherein the fixed support comprises a transmission element slider extending along the main direction, the transmission element being at mounted so as to be translationally movable on said slider in the main direction.