Articulating receiver for wireless power delivery system

• US 9,887,555 B2
• Filed: 09/01/2015
• Issued: 02/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Sultenfuss, Andrew T., Kockan, Sinem
• Primary Examiner(s): Skibinski, Thomas
• Application Number:
  US14/842,798
• Publication Number:
  US 20170063102A1
• Time in Patent Office: 889 Days
• Field of Search: 307104, 320107-115, 36167901, 36167902, 36167906
• 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 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• 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 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/20 Cooling means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/203 for portable computers, e.g. for laptops
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/263 Arrangements for using multiple switchable power supplies, e.g. battery and AC G06F1/30 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/005 Mechanical details of housing or structure aiming to accommodate the power transfer means, e.g. mechanical integration of coils, antennas or transducers into emitting or receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/402 the two or more transmitting or the two or more receiving devices being integrated in the same unit, e.g. power mats with several coils or antennas with several sub-antennas
• 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 7/0042 characterised by the mechanical construction
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/007192 in response to temperature
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/04 Regulation of charging current or voltage

Abstract

A mobile computing device includes a body having a front side and a back side, and an easel adapted to fit in a first position within an indentation formed in the back side. The easel is movable to a second position, and a wireless power receiver coil is disposed in the easel. A universal hinge connects the easel to the body.

Claims

1. A mobile computing device comprising:

a body having a front side and a back side;

an easel adapted to fit in a first position within an indentation formed in the back side, the easel being movable to a second position;

a wireless power receiver coil disposed in the easel; and

a universal hinge connecting the easel to the body.

2. The mobile computing device of claim 1 wherein the easel is normally biased toward the first position.

3. The mobile computing device of claim 1 wherein the front side includes a display.

4. The mobile computing device of claim 1 wherein the hinge provides mechanical resistance.

5. The mobile computing device of claim 1 wherein the hinge provides stops.

6. The mobile computing device of claim 1 wherein the easel is rotatable about a first axis with respect to the body, and rotatable about a second axis with respect to the body that is perpendicular the first axis.

7. The mobile computing device of claim 1 further comprising a wire connecting the hinge with the body.

8. The mobile computing device of claim 7 wherein the wire is retractable.

9. A mobile computing device comprising:

a body having a front side with a display, a back side and an indentation formed in the back side;

an easel having a first position disposed within the indentation, the easel being movable to a second position;

a wireless power receiver coil disposed in the easel; and

a universal hinge connecting the easel to the body, the hinge normally biasing the easel toward the first position.

10. The mobile computing device of claim 9 wherein the hinge provides mechanical resistance.

11. The mobile computing device of claim 9 wherein the hinge provides stops.

12. The mobile computing device of claim 9 wherein the easel is rotatable about a first axis with respect to the body, and rotatable about a second axis with respect to the body that is perpendicular the first axis.

13. The mobile computing device of claim 9 further comprising a wire connecting the hinge with the body.

14. The mobile computing device of claim 13 wherein the wire is retractable.

15. A mobile computing device comprising:

a body having a front side and a back side;

an easel adapted to fit in a first position within an indentation formed in the back side, the easel being movable to a second position;

a wireless power receiver coil disposed in the easel;

a universal hinge connecting the easel to the body; and

a retractable wire connecting the hinge with the body.

16. The mobile computing device of claim 15 wherein the easel is normally biased toward the first position.

17. The mobile computing device of claim 15 wherein the front side includes a display.

18. The mobile computing device of claim 15 wherein the hinge provides mechanical resistance.

19. The mobile computing device of claim 15 wherein the hinge provides stops.

20. The mobile computing device of claim 15 wherein the easel is rotatable about a first axis with respect to the body, and rotatable about a second axis with respect to the body that is perpendicular the first axis.