Case battery with storage device

• US 7,638,969 B2
• Filed: 12/14/2007
• Issued: 12/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Steven Woud
• Original Assignee: Steven Woud
• Inventors: Woud, Steven
• Primary Examiner(s): Tso; Edward
• Assistant Examiner(s): Muralidar; Richard V
• Application Number:
  US11/957,268
• Publication Number:
  US 20090154095A1
• Time in Patent Office: 746 Days
• Field of Search: 320/112, 320/107, 320113-115, 361/679.56
• US Class Current: 320/112
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0042 characterised by the mechanical construction
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

A case battery with storage device is provided. The case battery comprises first and second holding portions, a charging portion, and storage devices. The first holding portion is configured to hold a first part of the personal electronic device. The second holding portion is configured to hold a second part. The charging portion is disposed in the first base plate of the first holding portion. The storage devices are disposed in one of the first base plates of the first and the second base plates of the second holding portions. The first and second holding portions are configured to enclose and hold at least part of the personal electronic device and provide additional electrical power and memory capacity to the personal electronic device.

Claims

1. A case battery with storage device for a personal electronic device having a plurality of input and output devices, the case battery comprising:

a first holding portion, comprising a first base plate, configured to hold a first part of the personal electronic device and provide access to at least part of the plurality of input and output devices of the personal electronic device over or through the first holding portion;

a second holding portion, comprising a second base plate, configured to hold a second part of the personal electronic device and to provide access to at least part of the input and output devices of the personal electronic device over or through the second holding portion;

a charging portion disposed in the first base plate of the first holding portion, the charging portion being configured to be electrically connected to a power input through a first connector so as to provide electrical power to the personal electronic device while the personal electronic device is installed; and

one or more storage devices disposed in one of the first base plate of the first holding portion and the second base plate of the second holding portion, each of the one or more storage devices being configured to be electrically connected to the personal electronic device through a second connector so as to be accessed by the personal electronic device while the personal electronic device is installed to the case battery,

wherein the first and second holding portions are configured to enclose and hold at least part of the personal electronic device and provide additional electrical power and memory capacity to the personal electronic device.

2. The case battery of claim 1, wherein the first holding portion comprises:

the first base plate having a first end, a second end, and a plurality of side ends;

a plurality of first holding walls extended substantially perpendicularly from some of the plurality of side ends of the first base plate;

a first enclosing pocket provided at the first end of the first base plate;

a plurality of first controllers configured to be connected to the personal electronic device;

a plurality of first speakers configured to be connected to the personal electronic device; and

a first locking portion provided at the second end of the first base plate, wherein the first locking portion is configured to lock the first holding portion with the second holding portion,

wherein a first receiving space configured to accept the first part of the personal electronic device is defined by the first base plate, the plurality of first holding walls, the first enclosing pocket, wherein the second holding portion is configured to be locked with the first holding portion and to be unlocked from the first holding portion so as to provide a space for the personal electronic device to be installed to or uninstalled from the case battery,

wherein the second holding portion comprises;

the second base plate having a first end, a second end, and a plurality of side ends;

a plurality of second holding walls extended substantially perpendicularly from some of the plurality of side ends of the second base plate;

a second enclosing pocket provided at the first end of the second base plate;

a plurality of first controllers configured to be connected to the personal electronic device;

a plurality of first speakers configured to be connected to the personal electronic device; and

a second locking portion provided at the second end of the second base plate, wherein the second locking portion is configured to lock the second holding portion with the first holding portion,

wherein a second receiving space configured to accept the second part of the personal electronic device is defined by the second base plate, the plurality of second holding walls, and the second enclosing pocket.

3. The case battery of claim 2, further comprising:

a plurality of first access holes and first access bubbles configured to allow a user to reach some of the input and output devices of the personal electronic device; and

a plurality of second access holes and second access bubbles configured to allow the user to reach some of the input and output devices of the personal electronic device, wherein the plurality of access holes and bubbles are provided on the plurality of holding walls and the enclosing pockets,

wherein the first access holes comprise a plurality of sound exit holes configured to guide sound from one or more speakers of the personal electronic device, wherein each of the first access bubbles comprises a flexible and transparent membrane.

4. The case battery of claim 3, wherein the input and output devices of the personal electronic device comprise one or more game controllers, one or more speakers, a plurality of control buttons, an optical indicator, a plurality of plug-ins, and a digital camera.

5. The case battery of claim 1, wherein the first and second locking portions are separated when unlocked.

6. The case battery of claim 1, further comprising:

a transceiver configured to communicate information with the personal electronic device or other external electronic devices; and

one or more antennae configured to transmit or receive signals from the personal electronic device or other external electronic devices.

7. The case battery of claim 1, wherein the charging portion comprises an electrical power acceptor configured to accept electrical power from outside, wherein the charging portion further comprises:

a secondary battery, and wherein the electrical power acceptor is configured to charge the secondary battery using an external electrical power source; and

a primary battery and a receptacle configured to accept the primary battery.

8. The case battery of claim 1, wherein each of the one or more storage devices further comprises a hard disc and a flash memory, and wherein the personal electronic device comprises a portable game machine, a cellular phone, a PDA, a palmtop, and a GPS.

9. The case battery of claim 1, wherein the first holding portion comprises a first magnetic plate provided on an edge of the first holding portion, wherein the second holding portion comprises a second magnetic plate provided on an edge of the second holding portion, and wherein the first and second magnetic plates are configured to further lock the first and second holding portions together, wherein the first holding portion comprises a first electric connector provided on an edge of the first holding portion, wherein the second holding portion comprises a second electric connector provided on an edge of the second holding portion, and wherein the first and second electric connectors are configured to connect the first and second holding portions electrically.

10. The case battery of claim 1, further comprising:

an electrical power acceptor configured to charge the charging portion and the battery of the personal electronic device using an external electrical power source;

an electronic signal input and output configured to communicate information with the personal electronic device and other external electronic devices; and

a control circuitry configured to control charging and discharging of the charging portion and the battery of the personal electronic device,

wherein the electric power acceptor is integrated with the electric signal input and output,

wherein the control circuitry is further configured to use the charging portion first and then the battery.

11. The case battery of claim 1, further comprising:

a central processing unit; and

a memory,

wherein the central processing unit and the memory are connected electrically to the personal electronic device so as to work as a computing device.

12. The case battery of claim 1, further comprising a signal converter configured to convert a signal of a first type to a signal of a second type, wherein each of the first type and the second type comprises GSM and CDMA.