# US 8,783,752 B2 · Mobile device retention and charging tray > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,783,752 B2 - Document ID: US8783752B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/718,312 - Filed: 2012-12-18 - Published: 2014-06-19 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2012-12-18 - Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. - Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. - Inventors: Michael R. Lambert; Nicholas S. Sitarski; Scott L. Weiss; Jonathan J. Quijano - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8783752B2 ## CPC - H02J 50/005: {Mechanical details of housing or structure aiming to accommodate the power transfer means, e.g. mechanical integration of coils, antennas or transducers into emitting or receiving devices} - B60R 7/04: in driver or passenger space {, e.g. using racks (B60R7/005, B60R7/08 take precedence)} - B60R 11/0241: {for telephones} - B60R 16/02: electric {constitutive elements} - H02J 7/14: for charging batteries from dynamo-electric generators driven at varying speed, e.g. on vehicle - H02J 7/731: {specially adapted for holding portable devices containing batteries (H02J7/751 takes precedence)} - H02J 50/10: using inductive coupling - B60R 2011/0007: {Mid-console} - B60R 2011/0075: {using a containment or docking space} - H02J 2105/33: exchanging power with road vehicles - H02J 2105/37: exchanging power with electric vehicles [EV] or with hybrid electric vehicles [HEV] - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A console assembly for an automotive vehicle and use with a mobile device. The console assembly including a storage compartment having a floor, a pair of sidewalls, and a pair of end walls. An opening permits access into the storage area and a slidable top wall is operable to move between a covered position and a retracted position relative to the opening. An anti-slip surface is provided on the top wall and configured to receive the mobile device thereon. A wireless charging unit is also incorporated into and moveable with the top wall. The wireless charging unit is located immediately below the anti-slip surface. When the mobile device is placed on the anti-slip surface, the device is moveable with the top wall, between the covered position and retracted position, while being charged. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A console assembly for an automotive vehicle and for use with a mobile device, the console assembly comprising: a storage compartment having a storage area defined by a floor, a pair of sidewalls, and a pair of end walls, the storage compartment having an opening permitting access in the storage area, the storage compartment also including a slidable top wall operable to be slid between a covered position and a retracted position relative to the opening, wherein in the covered position the top wall is in a position covering opening and in the retracted position the top wall is in a position permitting access into the storage area through the opening; an anti-slip surface provided on the top wall and configured to receive the mobile device thereon; and a wireless charging unit incorporated into and moveable with the top wall, the wireless charging unit having a charging spot on the support surface, the charging spot being purposefully positioned on the support surface and not centered thereon, the wireless charging unit being located immediately below the anti-slip surface whereby the mobile device is charged when placed on the anti-slip surface and is moveable with the top wall between the covered position and retracted position while being charged. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A console assembly according to claim 1, wherein the wireless charging unit includes a primary coil for inductively providing power to the mobile device, the wireless charging unit further including a power supply circuit coupled to the primary coil. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A console assembly according to claim 1, wherein the anti-slip surface is flat and defines less than all of a top surface of the top wall. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The console assembly according to claim 3, wherein the anti-slip surface is bounded by a curved surface defining further portions of the top surface of the top wall. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The console assembly according to claim 4, wherein the curved surface circumscribes the anti-slip surface. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The console assembly according to claim 4 wherein the anti-slip surface is elevated in height relative to immediately adjacent portions of the curved surface. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The console assembly according to claim 4, wherein the curved surface is formed of a different material than material forming the anti-slip surface. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The console assembly according to claim 1, further comprising a receiving slot, the receiving slot being defined by a pair of second sidewalls and a second top wall generally extending between the second sidewalls, the top wall of the storage compartment defining a bottom wall of the receiving slot when in the retracted position, the anti-slip surface of the top wall of the storage compartment being spaced apart from the second top wall so as to define a receiving space whereby the mobile device can be retained on the anti-slip surface as the top wall is moved between the closed position and the retracted positions. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The console assembly according to claim 8, wherein the receiving space has a height of at least 0.5 inches. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The console assembly according to claim 1, wherein the anti-slip surface is inclined relative to horizontal. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The console assembly according to claim 1, wherein the charging spot is defined off-center relative to the top wall. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The console assembly according to claim 1, wherein the charging spot is defined off-center relative to the anti-slip surface. ### Claim 13 A console assembly for an automotive vehicle and for use with a mobile device, the console assembly comprising: a storage compartment having a storage area defined by a floor, a pair of sidewalls, and a pair of end walls, the storage compartment having an opening permitting access in the storage area, the storage compartment also including a slidable top wall operable to be slid between a covered position and a retracted position relative to the opening, wherein in the covered position the top wall is in a position covering opening and in the retracted position the top wall is in a position permitting access into the storage area through the opening; an anti-slip surface provided on the top wall and configured to receive the mobile device thereon; and a wireless charging unit incorporated into and moveable with the top wall, the wireless charging unit having a charging spot on the support surface, the charging spot being purposefully positioned on the support surface, the wireless charging unit being located immediately below the anti-slip surface whereby the mobile device is charged when placed on the anti-slip surface and is moveable with the top wall between the covered position and retracted position while being charged.