Back cover for mobile terminals

• US 20140066138A1
• Filed: 11/30/2012
• Published: 03/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Smart Power Solutions, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Smart Power Solutions, Inc.
• Inventors: Kim, Hyun-Jun, Youn, Dae-Young, Kim, Jung-Gyo
• Granted Patent: US 8,755,851 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/575.1
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6205 Two-part coupling devices held in engagement by a magnet
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2201/16 for telephony
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0042 characterised by the mechanical construction
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0274 for an electrical connector module

Abstract

A back cover for mobile terminals which protects the rear surface of a mobile terminal having a battery in the rear surface. The back cover includes: a cover body mounted to the rear surface of the mobile terminal; hooks formed on the edge of the cover body and locked to the rear surface of the mobile terminal; a terminal unit provided on a first surface of the cover body at a location corresponding to terminals of the mobile terminal; a pattern electrode unit provided on a second surface of the cover body and electrically connected to the terminal unit, the pattern electrode unit having an electrode that electrically connects the terminals of the mobile terminal to an outside charger; and a magnet placed in the cover body and magnetically connected to the outside charger.

Claims

1. A back cover for mobile terminals, which is mounted to a rear surface of a mobile terminal so as to electrically charge the mobile terminal using terminals provided by the mobile terminal, the back cover comprising:

a cover body mounted to a rear surface of the mobile terminal;

a plurality of hooks formed on an edge of the cover body and locked to the rear surface of the mobile terminal;

a terminal unit provided on a first surface of the cover body at a location corresponding to the terminals of the mobile terminal;

a pattern electrode unit provided on a second surface of the cover body and electrically connected to the terminal unit, the pattern electrode unit having an electrode that electrically connects the terminals of the mobile terminal to an outside charger; and

a magnet installed in the cover body and magnetically connected to the outside charger.

2. The back cover for mobile terminals as set forth in claim 1, wherein the pattern electrode unit comprises concentric circular electrodes.

3. The back cover for mobile terminals as set forth in claim 1, wherein the pattern electrode unit is arranged in a through hole formed in a predetermined portion of the cover body adjacent to the terminal unit and is exposed to the second surface of the cover body.

4. The back cover for mobile terminals as set forth in claim 3, further comprising:

a step formed around the through hole; and

a support held by the step and supporting the pattern electrode unit in such a way that the support prevents the pattern electrode unit from protruding outside the second surface of the cover body.

5. The back cover for mobile terminals as set forth in claim 4, wherein the magnet is placed in a center of the support.

6. The back cover for mobile terminals as set forth in claim 4, wherein the first surface of the cover body is provided with a protector for protecting both the magnet and the support so as to prevent both the magnet and the support from being exposed to an outside.

7. The back cover for mobile terminals as set forth in claim 1, wherein the pattern electrode unit includes a power electrode and a ground electrode.

8. The back cover for mobile terminals as set forth in claim 7, wherein the pattern electrode unit includes at least one of a first data electrode, a second data electrode and an ID electrode.

9. The back cover for mobile terminals as set forth in claim 1, wherein the pattern electrode unit corresponds to a pin terminal unit of the outside charger.

10. The back cover for mobile terminals as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:

subsidiary magnets placed in four sides of the cover body at locations spaced apart from the pattern electrode unit by the same distance.