US 11,451,083 B2 · Portable charger

Abstract

An apparatus includes a housing having a first connector port at a first end of the housing and a second connector port at a second end of the housing. The first end and the second end are opposite one another. An activator is configured to simultaneously move the first connector port and the second connector port when a force is applied. When the first connector port is extended beyond the housing, the second connector port is retracted into the housing, and when the second connector port is extended beyond the housing, the first connector port is retracted into the housing. An internal battery is coupled to the first connector port and configured to be charged via the first connector port from an external power source, and coupled to the second connector port and configured to provide power via the second connector port to an external device.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An apparatus comprising:

a housing having a first opening in a first surface of the housing and a second opening in a second surface of the housing;
a first connector port positioned at the first opening of the housing and within the housing;
a second connector port positioned at the second opening of the housing and outside the housing and configured to be directly coupled to an external device without an intervening cable or an adapter connected between the apparatus and the external device;
and
an internal battery coupled to (i) the first connector port and configured to be charged via the first connector port from an external power source and (ii) the second connector port and configured to provide power via the second connector port to the external device.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/248,379Filed 22 Jan 2021 · continuation

Priority

17 Oct 2017

Published

US 2021/0143668 A113 May 2021

Granted

20 Sep 2022

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

H02J 7/342
Parallel operation in networks using both storage and other DC sources, e.g. providing buffering: the other DC source being a battery actively…
H02J 7/00
Circuit arrangements for charging or discharging batteries or for supplying loads from
H02J 7/70
Circuit arrangements for charging or discharging batteries or for supplying loads from batteries: characterised by the mechanical construction
H02J
Power supply and charging

Family

Application15/786,439Parent of this continuation · filed 17 Oct 2017

Application16/787,468Parent of this continuation · filed 11 Feb 2020

US 10,574,072 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 25 Feb 2020

US 2021/0143668 A1Pre-grant publication · published 13 May 2021

US 10,910,871 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2019/0115777 A1Published application

US 2020/0177015 A1Published application

US 11,451,083 B2This patent

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Abstract

Claims20