WIRELESS CHARGER USING INDUCTIVE COUPLING

• US 20110074344A1
• Filed: 09/29/2010
• Published: 03/31/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Woo-Ram, Kim, Ki-Hyun, Kim, Hong-Kweun, PARK, Se-Ho, Park, Sung-Kweon, Lee, Young-Min
• Application Number:
  US12/893,619
• Publication Number:
  US 20110074344A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/108
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 38/14 Inductive couplings for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling H02J50/10
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/22 The load being a portable electronic device
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/90 involving detection or optimisation of position, e.g. alignment
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0042 characterised by the mechanical construction

Abstract

A wireless charger of an inductive coupling type for charging a portable device provided with a rechargeable built-in battery having a second coil, includes a housing provided with a touch pad on one surface; a first coil retained within the housing; and a driving means for horizontally moving the first coil in a plane parallel to the one surface on which the touch pad is installed, wherein when the portable device is placed on the touch pad, the touch pad senses the position of the portable device to activate the driving means and displaces the first coil to a position facing the second coil.

Claims

1. A wireless charger of an inductive coupling type for charging a portable device provided with a rechargeable built-in battery having a second coil, comprising:

a housing provided with a touch pad on one surface;

a first coil retained within the housing; and

a driving means for horizontally moving the first coil in a plane parallel to the one surface on which the touch pad is installed,

wherein when the portable device is placed on the touch pad, the touch pad senses a position of the portable device to activate the driving means and displaces the first coil to a position facing the second coil.

2. The wireless charger as recited in claim 1, wherein the driving means comprises:

a mount in which the first coil is installed;

a first guide rail extending in a first direction and passing through the mount; and

a second guide rail extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and passing through the mount,

wherein the first guide rail moves along the second direction within the housing and the second guide rail moves along the first direction within the housing, wherein the mount moves in the second direction together with the first guide rail under the guidance of the second guide rail when the first guide rail moves along the second direction, and wherein the mount moves in the first direction together with the second guide rail under the guidance of the first guide rail when the second guide rail moves along the first direction.

3. The wireless charger as recited in claim 1, further comprising an alarm device for providing a warning signal when the portable device is located on an outer periphery of the touch pad.

4. The wireless charger as recited in claim 1, wherein when two or more different portable devices are placed on the touch pad, the touch pad senses the position of each portable device to activate the driving means in turn, thereby charging the portable devices on the touch pad consecutively.

5. The wireless charger as recited in claim 1, wherein when a second portable device is placed on the touch pad during the charging operation of a first portable device, the touch pad senses a position of the second portable device and then activates the driving means to move the first coil to a position facing the second coil of the second portable device upon completion of the charging operation the first portable device.