Mobile terminal and chargeable communication module

• US 10,291,069 B2
• Filed: 04/05/2017
• Issued: 05/14/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sovereign Peak Ventures, LLC (Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Koyanagi, Yoshio, Yamamoto, Koichi, Hirobe, Takanori, Uejima, Hiroyuki, Tabata, Kenichiro, Yamaguchi, Shuichiro, Fujimura, Munenori, Hidaka, Akio, Naruse, Takumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Dunn, Drew A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Thapa, Sailesh
• Application Number:
  US15/480,174
• Publication Number:
  US 20170229910A1
• Time in Patent Office: 769 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 27/245 made from sheets, e.g. grain-oriented H01F27/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 27/2804 Printed windings
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 27/2823 Wires H01F27/2866 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 27/36 Electric or magnetic shields or screens movable for varying inductance H01F21/10
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 38/14 Inductive couplings for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling H02J50/10
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/46 Accumulators structurally combined with charging apparatus circuits for charging H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/202 Casings or frames around the primary casing of a single cell or a single battery
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/209 adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells H01M50/216 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/70 involving the reduction of electric, magnetic or electromagnetic leakage fields
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/90 involving detection or optimisation of position, e.g. alignment
• 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: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0262 for a battery compartment
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/04 including near field communication means, e.g. RFID
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

A mobile terminal is provided with a housing, a circuit board included in the housing and having a thickness direction normal to a plane of the circuit board, a battery pack included in the housing, and a non-contact charging module included in the housing. The non-contact charging module includes a charging coil formed of a wound conducting wire; a communication coil arranged adjacent to the charging coil; and a magnetic sheet on which the charging coil and the communication coil are arranged. The magnetic sheet has four edges that collectively define a rectangular profile of the magnetic sheet, and at most three pairs of adjacent edges respectively meet to form at most three corners. At least a portion of the non-contact charging module overlaps with the circuit board as viewed in the thickness direction of the circuit board.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a housing;

a circuit board included in the housing and having a thickness direction normal to a plane of the circuit board;

a battery pack included in the housing; and

a non-contact charging module included in the housing, the non-contact charging module including;

a charging coil formed of a wound conducting wire;

a communication coil arranged adjacent to the charging coil; and

a magnetic sheet on which the charging coil and the communication coil are arranged, wherein the magnetic sheet has four edges that collectively define a rectangular profile of the magnetic sheet, and at most three pairs of adjacent edges respectively meet to form at most three corners;

wherein at least a portion of the non-contact charging module overlaps with the circuit board as viewed in the thickness direction of the circuit board.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the rectangular shape of the magnetic sheet has four corner portions of which at most three form the corners, each of four pairs of adjacent edges forms a virtual corner, a difference between each corner portion and its corresponding virtual corner defines a missing area, and the missing area of the corner portion that forms the corner is smaller than the missing area of the corner portion that does not form the corner.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the communication coil is a near field communication (NFC) coil.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising a camera,

wherein the charging coil is arranged closer to the battery pack than to the camera in a plane normal to the thickness direction of the circuit board.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the communication coil includes a conducting wire pattern-printed on a substrate.

6. A chargeable communication module comprising:

a wireless power charging coil;

a wireless communication coil electrically isolated from the wireless power charging coil; and

a magnetic sheet having four edges that collectively define a rectangular profile of the magnetic sheet, wherein at most three pairs or adjacent edges respectively meet to form at most three corners;

wherein,

the wireless power charging coil is disposed on a surface of the magnetic sheet,

the wireless communication coil is arranged adjacent to the wireless power charging coil, and

at least a portion of the wireless communication coil is disposed on the surface of the magnetic sheet.

7. The chargeable communication module of claim 6, wherein the rectangular shape of the magnetic sheet has four corner portions of which at most three form the corners, each of four pairs of adjacent edges forms a virtual corner, a difference between each corner portion and its corresponding virtual corner defines a missing area, and the missing area of the corner portion that forms the corner is smaller than the missing area of the corner portion that does not form the corner.

8. The chargeable communication module of claim 6, wherein the wireless communication coil includes a conducting wire pattern-printed on a substrate.

9. The chargeable communication module of claim 6, wherein the wireless communication coil is a near field communication (NFC) coil.

10. A mobile terminal comprising:

a housing;

a circuit board included in the housing and having a thickness direction normal to a plane of the circuit board;

a battery pack included in the housing; and

a non-contact charging module included in the housing, the non-contact charging module including;

a charging coil formed of a wound conducting wire;

a communication coil arranged adjacent to the charging coil; and

a magnetic sheet on which the charging coil and the communication coil are arranged, wherein the magnetic sheet includes four sides that collectively define a rectangular profile of the magnetic sheet, the four sides consisting of a first side and a second side in parallel to each other, and a third side and a fourth side in parallel to each other, wherein the third side is interposed between the first side and the second side, the first side is longer than the second side, and the third side is longer than the fourth side;

wherein at least a portion of the non-contact charging module overlaps with the circuit board as viewed in the thickness direction of the circuit board.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the communication coil is a near field communication (NFC) coil.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 10, further comprising a camera,

wherein the charging coil is arranged closer to the battery pack than to the camera in a plane normal to the thickness direction of the circuit board.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the communication coil includes a conducting wire pattern-printed on a substrate.

14. A chargeable communication module comprising:

a wireless power charging coil;

a wireless communication coil electrically isolated from the wireless power charging coil; and

a magnetic sheet on which the charging coil and the communication coil are arranged, wherein the magnetic sheet includes four sides that collectively define a rectangular profile of the magnetic sheet, the four sides consisting of a first side and a second side in parallel to each other, and a third side and a fourth side in parallel to each other, wherein the third side is interposed between the first side and the second side, the first side is longer than the second side, and the third side is longer than the fourth side,

wherein,

the wireless power charging coil is disposed on a surface of the magnetic sheet,

the wireless communication coil is arranged adjacent to the wireless power charging coil, and

at least a portion of the wireless communication coil is disposed on the surface of the magnetic sheet.

15. The chargeable communication module of claim 14, wherein the wireless communication coil is a near field communication (NFC) coil.

16. The chargeable communication module of claim 14, wherein the wireless communication coil includes a conducting wire pattern-printed on a substrate.