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US 7,782,610 B2Granted
Portable electronic device case with battery
AssigneeIncase Designs Corp.
InventorsMarkus Diebel, David Johnson
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Abstract
A case for an electronic device protects and extends the battery life of the electronic device. The case has a lower case portion and an upper case portion, which assemble together to protect the top, side, and bottom edges of the electronic device. The lower case portion includes a battery to extend the battery life of the electronic device.
Claims20
A case for an electronic device comprising:
- a first case portion comprising:
- a base surface upon which a back of a housing of the electronic device will be placed against, wherein the base surface comprises a top edge;
- a battery, enclosed in the first case portion;
- electronic circuitry, coupled to the battery;
- a lower sidewall, connected to the base surface at an end opposite of the top edge, that will be positioned against a bottom side edge of the electronic device;
- an inner connector, on the lower sidewall, positioned to connect to a connector of the electronic device, and coupled through the electronic circuitry to the battery;
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- an outer connector, positioned on an outside of the first case portion, coupled through the electronic circuitry to the battery and inner connector;
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- a second case portion comprising:
- an upper sidewall that will be positioned against a top side edge of the electronic device when the second case portion is seated against the first case portion;
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- an open side end, opposite of the upper sidewall, wherein the second case portion slides onto the first case portion through the open side end,
- wherein when the second case portion is seated against the first case portion, the first and second case portions meet at and form a seam which extends across a back of the case, and
- when the second case portion is seated against the first case portion, a first open-shaped opening for the first case portion merges with a second open-shaped opening for the second case portion to form a front opening of the case through which a screen of the electronic device will be visible, the front opening having a closed shape.
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A method of making an electronic device case comprising:
- providing a first case portion of the electronic device case comprising a base front surface and base back surface, wherein a housing of an electronic device will be placed against the base front surface;
- enclosing a battery between the base front surface and base back surface;
- connecting electronic circuitry to the battery and an inner and outer connector, wherein the electronic circuitry implements a charging mode during which the battery can be charged via the outer connector, and a sync mode during which an electronic device when coupled to the inner connector can be synchronized with another electronic device coupled to the outer connector;
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- providing a second case portion for the electronic device case that slides onto the first case portion, wherein when the second case portion is seated against the first case portion, the first and second case portions form a seam which extends across a back of the case, and
- when the second case portion is seated against the first case portion, a first open-shaped opening for the first case portion merges with a second open-shaped opening for the second case portion to form a front opening of the case through which a screen of the electronic device will be visible, the front opening having a closed shape.
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A case for an electronic device comprising:
- a first case portion comprising:
- a base surface upon which a back of a housing of the electronic device will be placed against, wherein the base surface comprises a top edge;
- a battery, enclosed in the first case portion;
- a first printed circuit board comprising electronic circuitry, coupled to the battery;
- a lower sidewall, connected to the base surface at an end opposite of the top edge, that will be positioned against a bottom side edge of the electronic device;
- an inner connector on the lower sidewall, positioned to connect to a connector of the electronic device, wherein the inner connector is coupled to a second printed circuit board, and the second printed circuit board is coupled to the battery through the first printed circuit board;
- an outer connector, positioned on an outside of the first case portion, coupled through the electronic circuitry to the battery and inner connector;
- a metallic shield, positioned between a first side of the first printed circuit board and the base surface;
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- a plurality of light emitting diodes, positioned on a second side of the first printed circuit board, opposite of the first side of the first printed circuit board;
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- a second case portion comprising:
- an upper sidewall that will be positioned against a top side edge of the electronic device when the second case portion is seated against the first case portion;
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- an open side end, opposite of the upper sidewall, wherein the second case portion slides onto the first case portion through the open side end,
- wherein when the second case portion is seated against the first case portion, the first and second case portions meet at and form a seam which extends across a back of the case, and
- when the second case portion is seated against the first case portion, a first open-shaped opening for the first case portion merges with a second open-shaped opening for the second case portion to form a front opening of the case through which a screen of the electronic device will be visible, the front opening having a closed shape.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.