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US 11,990,780 · App. 17/226,208 · Granted May 21, 2024

Electronic device and charging foot seat thereof

Inventors: Pei-Hsin Yeh (New Taipei, TW); Ting Fang Lai (New Taipei, TW)
Assignee: WISTRON CORP.
H02J7/0042G06F1/1632G06F1/182H05K7/1427G06F1/1616
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Patent No.
US 11,990,780
App. No.
17/226,208
Granted
May 21, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device and charging foot seat thereof are provided, where the electronic device adapted to be charged by a charger pad, and the charging foot seat includes a foot pad configured to be partially embedded into a casing of the electronic device, and a plurality of metal pins disposed through and protruding from the foot pad and configured to be electrically connected to at least one circuit board of the electronic device and configured to contact the charger pad so as to form a charging path over the circuit board and the charger pad for charging the electronic device.

Claims (28)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a casing;

at least one circuit board, accommodated in the casing;

a foot pad, protruding from the casing, wherein the food pad has an outermost surface opposite to the casing and outside the casing; and

a plurality of metal pins, disposed through and protruding from the outermost surface of the foot pad and electrically connected to the at least one circuit board.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of elastic connecting pieces, one end of the plurality of elastic connecting pieces is disposed at and electrically connected to the at least one circuit board, the plurality of metal pins respectively disposed at and electrically connected to another end of the plurality of elastic connecting pieces.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the casing has a recessed portion, the recessed portion has a recess bottom surface, at least part of the foot pad is located in the recessed portion so as to cover the recess bottom surface, the foot pad has an accommodating portion and a plurality of through holes connected to the accommodating portion, the plurality of elastic connecting pieces are disposed through the recess bottom surface, at least part of each of the plurality of elastic connecting pieces is located in the accommodating portion, and the plurality of metal pins are respectively retractably located at the plurality of through holes.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein each of the plurality of metal pins comprises a base portion and a protrusion portion, the protrusion portion protrudes from a side of the base portion, the base portion has a U shape, the protrusion portions of the plurality of metal pins are respectively disposed through the plurality of through holes, and the base portions of the plurality of metal pins respectively span on the plurality of elastic connecting pieces.

5. The electronic device according to claim 4 , further comprising at least one inner frame being accommodated in the accommodating portion of the foot pad and clamped by the foot pad and the recess bottom surface.

6. The electronic device according to claim 5 , wherein at least part of the at least one inner frame is clamped by the base portions of the plurality of metal pins and the foot pad.

7. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the casing has a recessed portion, the recessed portion has a recess bottom surface, at least part of the foot pad is located in the recessed portion to cover the recess bottom surface, the foot pad has an accommodating portion, the plurality of elastic connecting pieces are disposed through the recess bottom surface, at least part of each of the plurality of elastic connecting pieces is located in the accommodating portion, and the plurality of metal pins are disposed through and fixed to the foot pad.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein when the plurality of metal pins is moved towards the at least one circuit board, the plurality of metal pins deforms the plurality of elastic connecting pieces and the foot pad.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the foot pad has a contact surface exposed and protruding outwards from the casing, the plurality of metal pins are disposed through the contact surface and are more protruding than the contact surface from an outer surface of the casing.

10. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of metal pins are respectively arranged adjacent to two opposite ends of the foot pad.

11. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of metal pins respectively are respectively arranged adjacent to two opposite corners of the casing.

12. The charging foot seat according to claim 1 , wherein the outermost surface of the foot pad is convex.

13. An electronic device, adapted to be charged by a charger pad, the electronic device comprising:

a casing, adapted to be placed on the charger pad;

at least one circuit board, accommodated in the casing;

a foot pad, protruding from the casing, wherein the food pad has an outermost surface opposite to the casing and outside the casing; and

a plurality of metal pins, disposed through and protruding from the outermost surface of the foot pad and electrically connected to the at least one circuit board, wherein the plurality of metal pins are configured to contact the charger pad so as to form a charging path over the at least one circuit board and the charger pad for charging the electronic device.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein the plurality of metal pins are retractably protruding the foot pad.

15. The electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein the plurality of metal pins are fixed with the foot pad.

16. A charging foot seat for an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a casing and at least one circuit board accommodated in the casing, the charging foot seat comprising:

a foot pad, configured to be partially embedded into the casing, wherein the food pad has an outermost surface opposite to the casing and outside the casing; and

a plurality of metal pins, disposed through and protruding from the outermost surface of the foot pad and configured to be electrically connected to the at least one circuit board.

17. The charging foot seat according to claim 16 , wherein the plurality of metal pins are retractably protruding the foot pad.

18. The charging foot seat according to claim 16 , wherein the plurality of metal pins are fixed with the foot pad.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2021
From: YEH, PEI-HSIN; LAI, TING FANG
To: WISTRON CORP.
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Priority Claims (1)
TW 110100420 · Jan 6, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220216709A1 · Jul 7, 2022