Mobile telephone integration device

• US 9,998,578 B2
• Filed: 07/02/2014
• Issued: 06/12/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Peiker Acustic GmbH & Co. KG
• Original Assignee: Peiker Acustic GmbH & Co. KG
• Inventors: Peiker, Andreas
• Primary Examiner(s): Afshar, Kamran
• Assistant Examiner(s): Louis-Fils, Nicole
• Application Number:
  US14/322,163
• Publication Number:
  US 20150024801A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,441 Days
• Field of Search: 455569, 455557, 4555621, 4555751, 701 2, 439700
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/52 Means for reducing coupling between antennas; Means for reducing coupling between an antenna and another structure absorbing means H01Q17/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/28 Combinations of substantially independent non-interacting antenna units or systems multiple beam H01Q25/00
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/20 using microwaves or radio frequency waves
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/90 involving detection or optimisation of position, e.g. alignment
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/02 for charging batteries from ac mains by converters
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6075 adapted for handsfree use in a vehicle H04M1/6058 takes precedence; arrangements for holding telephones in a vehicle B60R11/0241
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6091 including a wireless interface

Abstract

The invention relates to a mobile telephone integration device for integrating a mobile telephone into a vehicle, the mobile telephone integration device including an adapter with a depositing plane on which the mobile telephone is deposited, at least two mobile radio coupling antennas and at least one charging antenna for wirelessly charging an energy store of the mobile telephone that is arranged below the depositing plane, where the at least one charging antenna is arranged between the at least two mobile radio coupling antennas.

Claims

1. A mobile telephone integration device for integrating a mobile telephone and a mobile radio antenna into a vehicle in respective first and second positions, the mobile telephone integration device comprising:

an adapter with a depositing plane on which the mobile telephone is deposited, a first and a second mobile radio coupling antennas, at least one charging antenna for wirelessly charging an energy store of the mobile telephone, wherein the at least one charging antenna is arranged between the first and second mobile radio coupling antennas, a communication antenna arranged between the first and second mobile radio coupling antennas, and vehicle electronics adapted to be connected to the adapter, the mobile telephone, the first and second mobile radio coupling antennas, the at least one charging antenna, and the communication antenna, the vehicle electronics comprising at least one of an antenna amplifier, an outside antenna, and an interface, wherein the first and second mobile radio coupling antennas transmit at least one of voice and data signals to and from the mobile radio antenna of the mobile telephone and are arranged spaced from one another such that one of the first and second mobile radio coupling antennas is located adjacent to the mobile radio antenna of the mobile telephone, thereby providing interference free coupling both in the first position and in the second position, wherein the at least one charging antenna and the first and second mobile radio coupling antennas are arranged below the depositing plane, and

wherein the adapter comprises additional electronics to which the at least one charging antenna, the first and second mobile radio coupling antennas, and the communication antenna are connected.

2. The mobile telephone integration device according to claim 1, further comprising at least one communication antenna for wireless communication between vehicle electronics, which are connected to the adapter, and the mobile telephone, wherein the at least one communication antenna is arranged between the at least two mobile radio coupling antennas.

3. The mobile telephone integration device according to claim 2, further comprising a metalized layer, and the at least two mobile radio coupling antennas, the at least one charging antenna and the at least one communications antenna are arranged between the metalized layer and the depositing plane.

4. The mobile telephone integration device according to claim 3, further comprising an absorber layer that is arranged between the metalized layer and the depositing plane, the at least one communication antenna and the at least one charging antenna are arranged between the absorber layer and the depositing plane, and the absorber layer is arranged between the at least two mobile radio coupling antennas.

5. The mobile telephone integration device according to claim 1, wherein the adapter is an integral part of a console of the vehicle.

6. The mobile telephone integration device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one charging antenna is designed to also operate as a near-field antenna.