Granted Patent B2

US 12,241,583 · App. 17/704,712 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Inventors: Robb Jankura (San Francisco, CA); Matthew Thomas James (San Francisco, CA); Peter Dering (San Francisco, CA); Peter Lockett (San Francisco, CA); Arthur Viger (San Francisco, CA); Andrew Wheeler Gans (San Francisco, CA); Kiran Malladi (San Francisco, CA); Andrienne Rowell (San Francisco, CA); Jaimee Erickson (San Francisco, CA); Max A. Maloney (San Francisco, CA); Joseph Cunningham (San Francisco, CA); Dane Jones (San Francisco, CA); Colin Maginnis (San Francisco, CA); Rachel Roberts (San Francisco, CA)

Assignee: PEAK DESIGN

F16M13/02B60R11/0241F16M11/041F16M11/12F16M11/2035H02J7/0044B60R2011/0064B60R2011/008

Abstract

Claims (36)

1. A mounting system comprising:

a device case comprising a first set of magnetic elements arranged in a first pattern; and

a first mount comprising:

a first body defining a first mount surface; and

an insert:

arranged within the first body;

defining a central cavity and a set of receptacles arranged in a second pattern about the central cavity;

comprising an induction coil:

housed within the first body; and

configured to supply charge to a charge-receiving element of a mobile device installed within the device case;

comprising a second set of magnetic elements:

arranged within the set of receptacles; and

configured to transiently couple to the first set of magnetic elements of the device case to align the induction coil with the charge-receiving element and transiently retain the first mount surface against a rear face of the device case; and

configured to:

shield the induction coil from the second set of magnetic elements; and

focus a magnetic field output by the induction coil toward a surface of the device case aligned with the charge-receiving element.

2. The mounting system of claim 1 , wherein the second set of magnetic elements arranged in the second pattern are configured to transiently align a center of each magnetic element in the second set of magnetic elements within a threshold distance of a corresponding magnetic element in the first set of magnetic elements arranged in the first pattern to transiently retain the first mount surface against the rear face of the device case.

3. The mounting system of claim 1 :

wherein the device case defines a set of undercut sections arranged in a rectilinear pattern and inset from the first set of magnetic elements; and

further comprising a second mount comprising:

a second body defining a second mount surface;

a set of jaws arranged on the second body and configured to transiently mate with the set of undercut sections of the device case to constrain rotation of the device case relative the second mount; and

a third set of magnetic elements:

arranged in a second pattern within the second body; and

configured to transiently couple to the first set of magnetic elements of the device case to draw the set of jaws toward the set of undercut sections and to transiently retain the second mount surface against the rear face of the device case.

4. A device case configured to house a mobile device, the device case comprising:

a back side;

an insert substantially flush with the back side of the device case formed from a rigid, substantially non-conductive material bonded or mechanically fastened into the back side, said insert:

further comprising a bore; and

defining at least one undercut section:

arranged about the bore; and

configured to transiently mate with a set of retention features of a mobile device mount; and

a first set of magnetic or ferromagnetic elements:

arranged in a first pattern in the back side of the device case about the bore; and

configured to transiently couple to a second set of magnetic or ferromagnetic elements of a mobile device mount.

5. The device case of claim 4 wherein the insert is rectilinear in shape and the first set of magnetic or ferromagnetic elements are molded or bonded into the back side of the device case proximal and offset from each corner of the insert.

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