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Granted Patent B2
US 8,908,479 · App. 14/060,622 · Granted Dec 9, 2014

Electronic wrist watch having wireless charging function

Inventors: Ju-Wen Teng (New Taipei, TW); Hsi-Hung Fu (New Taipei, TW)
Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
G04G19/00
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Patent No.
US 8,908,479
App. No.
14/060,622
Granted
Dec 9, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic wrist watch having wireless charging function is provided. The watch includes a body, a watch strap portion, at least one chargeable battery and a wireless charging module. The watch strap portion includes two watch straps respectively connected to opposite ends portions of the body, and used to wear the electronic wrist watch on wrist. The rechargeable battery and the wireless charging module are arranged in the watch-strap portion, and the wireless charging module is electrically connected to the rechargeable battery. The wireless charging module is configured to wirelessly collect external energy to charge the rechargeable battery. With such a configuration of the rechargeable battery and the wireless charging module arranged in the watch-strap portion, capacity of the rechargeable battery can be effectively expanded, and charging process of the rechargeable battery can be effectively simplified, without changing the size of the electronic wrist watch.

Claims (12)

1. An electronic wrist watch comprising:

a body;

a watch-strap portion comprising a first watch strap and a second watch strap respectively connected to opposite end portions of the body, wherein the first watch strap and the second watch strap are configured to wear the electronic wrist watch on a wrist;

at least one chargeable battery configured to supply power to function modules of the electronic wrist watch; and

a wireless charging module arranged in the watch-strap portion and electrically connected to the rechargeable battery, wherein the wireless charging module is configured to wirelessly collect external energy to charge the rechargeable battery.

2. The electronic wrist watch as described in claim 1 , wherein the wireless charging module comprises a receiving coil configured to collect wireless electromagnetic energy emitted by a transmitting coil of an external power source.

3. The electronic wrist watch as described in claim 2 , wherein the wireless charging module further comprises a conversion module configured to convert the collected wireless electromagnetic energy into to power having a predetermined voltage to charge the rechargeable battery.

4. The electronic wrist watch as described in claim 1 , wherein the rechargeable battery is a flexible thin-film battery, and is arranged in the watch-strap portion.

5. The electronic wrist watch as described in claim 1 , wherein the body comprises a shell, and a watch movement and a micro processing module arranged in the shell, wherein the micro processing module integrates with various auxiliary functions.

6. The electronic wrist watch as described in claim 5 , wherein the body further comprises a display unit arranged on the shell, the display unit is electrically connected to the watch movement, the micro processing module and the rechargeable battery; wherein the display unit is configured to display time, residual capacity value of the battery, and information of the auxiliary functions.

7. The electronic wrist watch as described in claim 6 , wherein the display unit is selected from a group consisting of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode display and an E-paper display.

8. The electronic wrist watch as described in claim 5 , wherein the rechargeable battery is arranged in the shell of the body.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2014
From: TENG, JU-WEN; FU, HSI-HUNG
To: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 033625/0878 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 101224976 U · Dec 24, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140177399A1 · Jun 26, 2014