# US 11,115,513 B2 · Mobile telephone case facilitating wireless charging > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,115,513 B2 - Document ID: US11115513B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/009,391 - Filed: 2020-09-01 - Published: 2021-01-14 - Granted: 2021-09-07 - Earliest claimed: 2018-02-09 - Applicants: Peter Anthony Matos - Inventors: Peter Anthony Matos - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11115513B2 ## CPC - H02J 7/731: {specially adapted for holding portable devices containing batteries (H02J7/751 takes precedence)} - H04M 1/0262: {for a battery compartment} - H02J 7/02: for charging batteries from AC mains by converters - H04M 1/21: Combinations with auxiliary equipment, e.g. with clocks or memoranda pads - H02J 50/10: using inductive coupling - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract A mobile telephone case that includes a housing structured to receive a mobile telephone, the housing includes a perimeter frame disposed about a perimeter of the mobile telephone to substantially cover and protect the mobile telephone, an at least partially open front face to provide access to a display screen of the mobile telephone, and a protective rear panel that is at least partially movable between an open orientation and a closed orientation when the housing is operatively disposed on the mobile telephone. The protective rear panel substantially covers and protects a rear surface of the mobile telephone when in the closed orientation, with at least a portion thereof being at least partially separable from the perimeter frame to define the open orientation that provides wireless charging access to the rear surface of the mobile telephone with the housing still disposed on the mobile telephone. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A mobile telephone case comprising: a housing structured to receive a mobile telephone; said housing including a perimeter frame disposed about a perimeter of the mobile telephone and structured to substantially cover and protect the mobile telephone; said housing further including an at least partially open front face structured to provide access to a display screen of the mobile telephone; said housing further comprising a protective rear panel, said protective rear panel being at least partially movable between an open orientation and a closed orientation, concurrent to said housing being operatively disposed on the mobile telephone; said protective rear panel structured to substantially cover and protect a rear surface of the mobile telephone when in said closed orientation; and said protective rear panel comprising at least a portion thereof being at least partially separable from said perimeter frame to define said open orientation that provides direct proximity and unimpeded wireless charging access to the rear surface of the mobile telephone. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The mobile telephone case as recited in claim 1 wherein substantially all of said protective rear panel is structured to move into said open orientation to provide wireless charging access to substantially all of the rear surface of the mobile telephone. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The mobile telephone case as recited in claim 2 wherein said protective rear panel is detachable from said housing to define said open orientation. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The mobile telephone case as recited in claim 2 wherein said protective rear panel is hingedly attached to said housing during movement thereof between said open orientation and said closed orientation. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The mobile telephone case as recited in claim 1 wherein said protective rear panel includes an access segment, said access segment structured to move into said open orientation. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The mobile telephone case as recited in claim 5 wherein said access segment is completely detachable from said housing to define said open orientation. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The mobile telephone case as recited in claim 6 wherein said access segment is hingedly connected to said housing during movement between said open orientation and said closed orientation. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The mobile telephone case as recited in claim 1 further comprising a closure element structured to maintain a portion of said protective rear panel, separable from said housing, in said closed orientation. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The mobile telephone case as recited in claim 8 wherein said closure element comprises a frictional snap closure. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The mobile telephone case as recited in claim 8 wherein said closure element comprises a magnetic contact closure. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The mobile telephone case as recited in claim 8 wherein said closure element comprises a latch closure. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The mobile telephone case as recited in claim 11 wherein said latch closure is structured to be released by an exterior actuator. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The mobile telephone case as recited in claim 1 wherein said portion of said protective rear panel that is separable from said housing is hingedly attached to said housing and is structured to wraparound said housing into confronting relation with said open front face of said housing when in said open orientation. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The mobile telephone case as recited in claim 1 wherein said portion of said protective rear panel that is separable from said housing at least partially overlaps a perimeter of the mobile telephone so as to allow the rear surface of the mobile telephone to directly engage a wireless charger surface. ### Claim 15 A mobile telephone case comprising: a housing structured to receive a mobile telephone; said housing including a perimeter frame disposed about a perimeter of the mobile telephone and structured to substantially cover and protect the mobile telephone; said housing further including an at least partially open front face structured to provide access to a display screen of the mobile telephone; said housing further comprising a protective rear panel, said protective rear panel being at least partially movable between an open orientation and a closed orientation, concurrent to said housing being operatively disposed on the mobile telephone; said protective rear panel structured to substantially cover and protect a rear surface of the mobile telephone when in said closed orientation; said protective rear panel comprising at least a portion thereof being at least partially separable from said perimeter frame to define said open orientation that provides direct proximity and unimpeded wireless charging access to the rear surface of the mobile telephone, and a storage compartment disposed on said protective rear panel and structured to move with said protective rear panel into said open orientation such that contents of said storage compartment do not impede said wireless charging access provided by said protective rear panel.