US 9,287,730 B2Granted

Portable power charger with rechargeable flashlight

AssigneeHalo2Cloud, LLC

InventorsGarold C. Miller, Nathan Daniel Weinstein

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Abstract

A portable power charger having an internal rechargeable battery includes a charger housing having at least power connection port and a flashlight portion having at least one flashlight bulb. The power connection port is operatively connected to the rechargeable battery and can be used to connect the charger with an external power source, an electronic device, or both. The flashlight is operatively connected to the internal battery as well, either via a direct connection, via the power connection port, or via a dedicated rechargeable flashlight battery unit that can be recharged from the battery unit of the power charger. The power connection port can act in a power input mode when the charger is connected with an external power source via the power connection port and in a power output mode when at least one electronic device is connected to the charger via the power connection port.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A portable charger for recharging at least one electronic device having a rechargeable internal battery, said portable charger unit comprising:

a charger housing internally storing a rechargeable battery;
a first power connection port operatively connected to the internal battery capable of acting as at least one of a power input and a power output;
a flashlight portion including at least one bulb operatively connected to the internal battery;
a connector cable capable of connecting the charger with an external power source and at least one electronic device at the same time via the first power connection port;
an internal switch operatively connected to set the first power connection port as a power input or a power output;
and
internal logic operative to actuate the internal switch according to what is connected to the first power connection port,
wherein the internal logic actuates the internal switch to set the first power connection port as a power input when it is connected to an external power source that provides an electrical charge to the charger for recharging the internal battery;
and
wherein the internal logic actuates the internal switch to set the first power connection port as a power output when the first power connection port is connected to at least one electronic device, and a charge is provided from the internal battery of the charger to the at least one electronic device to recharge the internal battery of said electronic device when said electronic device is connected to the charger via the first power connection port.

7 more elements

A portable charger for recharging at least one electronic device having a rechargeable internal battery, said portable charger unit comprising:

a charger housing internally storing a rechargeable battery;
at least one power connection port operatively connected to the internal battery capable of acting as at least one of a power input and a power output depending on what is connected to the charger unit via the power connection port;
a flashlight portion including at least one bulb operatively connected to the internal battery;
and
a control button for the flashlight bulb,
wherein the control button is also operatively connected to the at least one power connection port for controlling the provision of a charge to the at least one power connection port.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/800,825Filed 13 Mar 2013 · continuation
Priority: 21 Nov 2012
Published: US 2014/0140048 A122 May 2014
Granted: 15 Mar 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification17 codes

H02J 7/865
Circuit arrangements for charging or discharging batteries or for supplying loads from batteries: battery or charger load switching, e.g.…
F21L 4/08
Electric lighting devices with self-contained electric batteries or cells: characterised by means for in situ recharging of the batteries or cells
F21L 4/085
Characterised by means for in situ recharging of the batteries or cells: pocket lamps
F21V 23/0414
The elements being switches: specially adapted to be used with portable lighting devices

Family

Application13/682,985Parent of this continuation · filed 21 Nov 2012
Application61/733,145Us provisional application · filed 4 Dec 2012
US 2014/0140048 A1Pre-grant publication · published 22 May 2014
US 2013/0076298 A1Published application
US 9,973,016 B2Related patent
US 9,287,730 B2This patent

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