Contact point power pad for battery charger
An apparatus, system and method for providing a contact point power pad for use with a battery charger, such as may reside in a mobile device. The apparatus, system and method may include a base insulation pad, a plurality of alternately charged strips electrically connected to at least one voltage source and physically atop the base insulation pad, and a plurality of raised insulating ridges interstitially between alternating ones of the alternately charged strips. The apparatus, system and method may also include a mobile device for use with a power pad. The mobile device may include three contact balls electrically associated with at least one battery charger for providing charging power to the at least one battery charger.
1. A power pad, comprising:
a base insulation pad;
a plurality of alternately charged strips electrically connected to at least one voltage source and physically atop the base insulation pad; and
a plurality of raised insulating ridges interstitially between alternating ones of the alternately charged strips for slidably receiving ones of three contact balls of a mobile device, wherein a first of the contact balls is guided to a first of the plurality of alternately charged strips by a first of the plurality of raised insulating ridges, and wherein a second and third of the contact balls are guided to a second of the plurality of alternately charged strips having a different charge than the first of the plurality of alternately charged strips by a second of the plurality of raised insulating ridges.
2. The power pad of claim 1 , wherein the base insulating pad is flexible.
3. The power pad of claim 2 , wherein the base insulating pad, the plurality of alternately charged strips and the plurality of raised insulating ridges are rollable in conjunction.
4. The power pad of claim 1 , wherein the base insulation pad comprises a raised perimeter portion about the plurality of alternately charged strips.
5. The power pad of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of alternately charged strips comprise one of copper and aluminum.
6. The power pad of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of alternately charged strips comprise pads.
7. The power pad of claim 1 , wherein the voltage source comprises a DC voltage source.
8. The power pad of claim 1 , wherein the DC voltage comprises an AC-DC converted source.
9. The power pad of claim 1 , wherein the voltage source is manually adjustable.
10. The power pad of claim 1 , further comprising a networked communication connection.
11. The power pad of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of raised insulating ridges comprise a low coefficient of friction.
12. The power pad of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of raised insulating ridges comprises one of a rectangular, a square, an ellipsoidal, a triangular, a hexagonal, a pentagonal, and a hemispherical shape.
13. The power pad of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of raised insulating ridges comprises a composition of one of a plastic, a rubber, and a dieletric.
14. The power pad of claim 1 , wherein a height of the plurality of raised ridges is less than a height of conductive balls of a device placed atop the pad.
15. A mobile device, comprising:
a microprocessor capable of providing operations;
at least one battery for providing power to at least the microprocessor;
at least one battery charger capable of charging the battery; and
three contact balls electrically associated with the at least one battery charger for providing charging power to the at least one battery charger, wherein a first of the three contact balls is suitable for receipt by a first of a plurality of raised insulating ridges for slidably guiding onto a first of a plurality of alternately charged pads of a charging pad, and wherein a second and third of the contact balls are suitable for receipt by a second of the plurality of insulating ridges for slidably guiding onto a second, differently charged one of the plurality of alternately charged pads of the charging pad.
16. The mobile device of claim 15 , wherein the three contact balls are substantially arranged in an equilateral triangle.
17. The mobile device of claim 16 , wherein the three contact balls are substantially rigid.
18. The mobile device of claim 15 , wherein the electrical association between the three contact balls and the battery charger comprises a plurality of diodes suitable for blocking reverse currents.
19. The mobile device of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of diodes comprise two diodes per each one of the three contact balls.
20. The mobile device of claim 15 , wherein the three contact balls comprise one of a spherical and a triangular shape.
21. A system for charging a mobile device using a power pad, comprising:
the power pad, comprising:
a base insulation pad;
a plurality of alternately charged strips electrically connected to at least one voltage source and physically atop the base insulation pad;
a plurality of raised insulating ridges interstitially between alternating ones of the alternately charged strips for slidably receiving contact balls of a mobile device;
the mobile device, comprising:
a microprocessor capable of providing operations;
at least one battery for providing power to at least the microprocessor;
at least one battery charger capable of charging the battery; and
three contact balls electrically associated with the at least one battery charger for providing charging power to the at least one battery charger, wherein a first of the three contact balls is suitable for receipt by a first of the plurality of raised insulating ridges for slidably guiding onto a first of the plurality of alternately charged pads, and wherein a second and third of the contact balls are suitable for receipt by a second of the plurality of insulating ridges for slidably guiding onto a second, differently charged one of the plurality of alternately charged pads.
22. The system of claim 21 , wherein the power pad further comprises at least one magnetic resonator suitable for inducing a magnetic near field, and wherein the mobile device further comprises resonance capture electronics whereby the mobile device receives an electrical charge via capture of the magnetic near field.