IP Library Granted Patent US 9,935,483
Granted Patent B2
US 9,935,483 · App. 14/653,981 · Granted Apr 3, 2018

Inductive charging unit

Inventors: Dragan Krupezevic (Stuttgart, DE); Juergen Mack (Goeppingen, DE); Jan Breitenbach (Stuttgart, DE); Guenter Lohr (Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DE); Marcin Rejman (Waiblingen, DE)
Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
H02J7/025B25F5/00B25H3/00H02J7/0042H02J7/0044H02J7/0045H02J50/10
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Patent No.
US 9,935,483
App. No.
14/653,981
Granted
Apr 3, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An inductive charging unit is provided, in particular a hand-held power tool inductive charging unit, which is provided for transferring energy in a coupled state with an induction battery, including at least one charging coil and a housing which includes at least one receiving area for accommodating the induction battery in a coupled state. It is provided that the at least one receiving area has at least one recess.

Claims (33)

1. An inductive charging unit for transferring energy in a coupled state with an induction battery, comprising:

at least one charging coil; and

a housing that includes at least one receiving area for accommodating the induction battery in a coupled state, wherein the at least one receiving area includes at least two recesses,

wherein the at least two recesses form, at least in part, a positioning element for positioning the induction battery, wherein the receiving area includes the positioning element,

wherein at least one of the at least two recesses forms a dirt removal element.

2. The inductive charging unit as recited in claim 1 , wherein the inductive charging unit is a hand-held power tool inductive charging unit.

3. The inductive charging unit as recited in claim 1 , wherein each of the at least two recesses has, at least in part, a shoulder height of at least 0.5 mm.

4. The inductive charging unit as recited in claim 1 , wherein the at least one positioning element has an at least partially curved outer contour.

5. The inductive charging unit as recited in claim 1 , wherein the at least one positioning element has, at least in part, a shoulder height of at least 0.5 mm.

6. The inductive charging unit as recited in claim 1 , wherein the at least one positioning element has, at least in part, a shoulder height of 3 mm maximum.

7. The inductive charging unit as recited in claim 1 , wherein the at least one dirt removal element has, at least in part, a channel-shaped design.

8. The inductive charging unit as recited in claim 1 , wherein the dirt removal element has a channel-shaped design and is open at a side of the dirt removal element.

9. The inductive charging unit as recited in claim 1 , wherein a shoulder height of the dirt removal element is greater with respect to a surface of the housing of the inductive charging unit than with respect to the positioning element.

10. The inductive charging unit as recited in claim 1 , wherein the induction battery includes a housing with a positioning element for coupling the induction battery to the receiving area of the inductive charging unit, wherein the positioning element of the induction battery forms a charge interface.

11. The inductive charging unit as recited in claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the positioning element of the inductive charging unit corresponds at least approximately to a diagonal length of the positioning element of the induction battery.

12. The inductive charging unit as recited in claim 1 , wherein the positioning element of the induction battery has a partially curved outer contour.

13. The inductive charging unit as recited in claim 1 , wherein the positioning element of the induction battery is designed as a platform, which rises above an outer surface of the adjoining housing of the induction battery.

14. The inductive charging unit as recited in claim 1 , wherein the positioning element of the inductive charging unit is designed as a platform and the positioning element of the induction battery is designed as a recess.

15. The inductive charging unit as recited in claim 1 , wherein the inductive charging unit includes a fastening unit with at least one fastening element, which in a coupled state is fixedly mounted on the housing of the inductive charging unit.

16. The inductive charging unit as recited in claim 1 , wherein the inductive charging unit includes a fastening unit with at least two fastening elements, which are designed as retaining tabs and which are detachably connected to the housing of the inductive charging unit.

17. The inductive charging unit as recited in claim 1 , wherein each fastening element has a first area, which in an installed state extends in parallel to the side of the housing of the inductive charging unit on which the fastening element is situated.

18. The inductive charging unit as recited in claim 17 , wherein each fastening element has a further area which extends perpendicularly with respect to the first area and in parallel to the receiving area of the inductive charging unit.

19. A system, comprising:

an inductive charging unit for transferring energy in a coupled state with an induction battery, the charging unit including:

at least one charging coil, and

a housing that includes at least one receiving area for accommodating the induction battery in a coupled state, wherein the at least one receiving area includes at least two recesses, wherein the at least two recesses form, at least in part, a positioning element for positioning the induction battery, wherein the receiving area includes the positioning element; and

at least one induction battery that is inductively chargeable with the aid of the inductive charging unit,

wherein at least one of the at least two recesses forms a dirt removal element.

20. The system as recited in claim 19 , wherein the induction battery is a hand-held power tool induction battery.

21. The system as recited in claim 19 , wherein the at least one induction battery includes a housing that includes at least one positioning element for coupling to the receiving area of the inductive charging unit in a coupled state.

22. The system as recited in claim 21 , wherein the at least one positioning element has, at least in part, a shoulder height of at least 0.5 mm.

23. The system as recited in claim 21 , wherein the at least one positioning element has, at least in part, a shoulder height of 3 mm maximum.

24. The system as recited in claim 21 , wherein the at least one positioning element has an at least partially curved outer contour.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2026
From: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
To: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073905/0353 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 5, 2015
From: KRUPEZEVIC, DRAGAN; MACK, JUERGEN; BREITENBACH, JAN; LOHR, GUENTER; REJMAN, MARCIN
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 036970/0801 →
Continuity (1)
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