Battery charger

• US 3,277,358 A
• Filed: 09/09/1963
• Issued: 10/04/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: The Brinkmann Corporation
• Original Assignee: Thomas H. Nicholl
• Inventors: Nicholl, Thomas H.
• Application Number:
  US04/307,668
• Time in Patent Office: 1,121 Days
• US Class Current: 320/111
• CPC Class Codes: F21L 4/085 Pocket lamps
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 27/40 Structural association with built-in electric component, e.g. fuse
• 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 7/0044 specially adapted for holding portable devices containing batteries H02J7/0045 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 336/02 Separable
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 439/929 Connecting base plate or shelf type holder

Claims

1. IN COMBINATION WITH AN ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE HAVING A BODY WITH AN ELECTRICALLY NON-CONDUCTIVE NON-MAGNETIC PORTION, SAID APPLIANCE BEING POWERED BY A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY, APPARATUS FOR RECHARGING SAID BATTERY COMPRISING;

A MOUNTING BRACKET HAVING A NON-MAGNETIC ELECTRICALLY NON-CONDUCTIVE PORTION AND ADAPTED TO REMOVABLY ENGAGE SAID BODY FOR MAINTAINING SAID BRACKET PORTION ADJACENT SAID BODY PORTION, SAID MOUNTING BRACKET HAVING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC CORE MOUNTED THEREIN WITH A POLE THEREOF ADJACENT SAID BRACKET PORTION, AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE WIRE COIL CONTAINED WITHIN SAID BRACKET AND SURROUNDING AT LEAST PART OF SAID BRACKET CORE, MEANS FOR IMPRESSING ALTERNATING CURRENT ON SAID BRACKET COIL FOR PRODUCING AN ALTERNATING MAGNETIC FIELD, SAID BODY HAVING ELECTROMAGNETIC CORE MOUNTED THEREIN WITH A POLE THEREOF ADJACENT SAID BODY PORTION, AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE WIRE