Carry case apparatus with wireless charger
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsVikram Malhotra, Holli Pheil, Summer L. Schneider
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Abstract
A carry case can house multiple removable electronic devices and facilitate wireless power or data communication among the devices. The case can include a primary coil for inductively receiving energy from a source device, and a secondary coil for inductively providing energy to a target device. The case can include a control circuit or a storage circuit coupled with the primary coil or the secondary coil. The control circuit can coordinate an inductive energy transfer among the source device, the target device, and the storage circuit using the primary or secondary coils.
Claims21
(canceled)
A system for inductively transferring power or data between portable devices, the system comprising:
- a portable carry case having a compartment configured to receive multiple removable electronic devices, each of the multiple removable electronic devices including at least one respective communication coil configured to inductively wirelessly communicate with another coil inside of the portable carry case;
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- a control circuit configured to identify, from the multiple removable electronic devices, a source device and a target device of the multiple removable electronic devices and enable or disable a power transfer between the source device and the target device of the multiple removable electronic devices.
A method for inductively transferring power or data between portable devices, comprising:
- obtaining a portable carry case having a compartment configured to receive multiple removable electronic devices, each of the multiple removable electronic devices including at least one respective communication coil configured to inductively wirelessly communicate with another coil inside of the portable carry case;
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- obtaining a control circuit configured to identify, from the multiple removable electronic devices, a source device and a target device of the multiple removable electronic devices and enable or disable a power transfer between the source device and the target device of the multiple removable electronic devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.