Method and apparatus for wireless mobile device charging for a wireless mobile device with no charging ports
OwnerMichael G. Walker, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A battery powered wireless power transmitter may be used to charge a mobile device using wireless power. Such a wireless mobile device charger may include: a housing omitting any electronic ports or electrical contacts; a rechargeable battery disposed within the housing; an electronic power receiver disposed within the housing, the power receiver powered by an external source and through which the battery is wirelessly charged; and an electronic power transmitter disposed within the housing, the power transmitter powered by the battery to wirelessly transmit electrical power.
Claims24
A wireless mobile device charger, comprising:
- a housing, the housing omitting any electronic ports or electrical contact;
- a rechargeable battery disposed within the housing;
- an electronic power receiver disposed within the housing, the power receiver wirelessly powered by an external power source using a wireless power transfer standard and through which the battery is wirelessly charged;
- and
- an electronic power transmitter disposed within the housing, the power transmitter powered by the battery to wirelessly transmit electrical power using the wireless power transfer standard.
An assembly, comprising:
- an electrical charging base;
- and
- a plurality of wireless mobile device chargers stacked atop the electrical charging base, wherein:
- the bottom-most wireless device charger is wirelessly charged by the electrical charging base using a wireless power transfer standard;
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- each succeeding wireless device charger is wirelessly charged by the wireless device charger immediately below using the wireless power transfer standard.
A wireless mobile device charger, comprising:
- a housing defining a top and a bottom thereof;
- a plurality of alignment magnets disposed in the housing on the top and bottom to align the wireless mobile device charger with a second wireless mobile device charger stacked above and with a third wireless mobile stacked below;
- power receiver wirelessly powered by an external power source using a wireless power transfer standard;
- and
- an electronic power transmitter capable of wirelessly transmitting electrical power using the wireless power transfer standard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.