IP Library Granted Patent US 10,468,913
Granted Patent B2
US 10,468,913 · App. 16/055,852 · Granted Nov 5, 2019

Electronic device including non-contact charging module

Inventors: Akio Hidaka (Fukuoka, JP); Takumi Naruse (Miyazaki, JP); Munenori Fujimura (Fukuoka, JP); Kenichiro Tabata (Fukuoka, JP); Tokuji Nishino (Fukuoka, JP)
Assignee: Sovereign Peak Ventures, LLC
H02J50/10H01F38/14H02J7/025H02J50/70H02J50/80H02J50/90H04B5/0037H04B5/0093H01F27/2871H01F27/365H04B5/0062
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Patent No.
US 10,468,913
App. No.
16/055,852
Granted
Nov 5, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

This communication apparatus makes it possible to have a non-contact charging module and a sheet antenna coexist, even in the case where there the non-contact charging module and the sheet antenna in the communication apparatus. The apparatus is provided with: a housing; a secondary-side non-contact charging module, which is housed in the housing, receives power by means of electromagnetic induction, and has a first coil having a conducting wire wound thereon, and a first magnetic sheet facing the first coil; and an NFC antenna, which is housed in the housing, and has a second coil having a conducting wire wound thereon, and a second magnetic sheet facing the second coil. The secondary-side non-contact charging module and the NFC antenna are not laminated to each other.

Claims (23)

1. An electronic device having a communication capability, the electronic device comprising:

a housing having a surface in a plan view;

a non-contact charging module included in the housing and configured to receive electric power through electromagnetic induction, the non-contact charging module including:

(i) a wireless charging coil comprised of an electrical line wound to define a hole surrounded by the wound electrical line; and

(ii) a magnetic material opposing the wireless charging coil;

a display placed such that the magnetic material is interposed between the display and the wireless charging coil in a viewing direction of the plan view;

a battery configured to store power from the wireless charging coil;

a camera; and

a communication coil which is electrically isolated from the wireless charging coil, wherein

the camera and the communication coil are arranged in a first region of the plan view,

the battery, the wireless charging coil, and the magnetic body are arranged in a second region of the plan view,

the first region and the second region are separated from each other in the plan view, and

the wireless charging coil and the magnetic body overlap with the battery in the plan view.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first region is located on an intended top side of the electronic device compared to the second region in the plan view.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the communication coil is a Near Field Communication (NFC) coil.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the communication coil has an elongated form.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a second magnetic material opposing the communication coil.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the wireless charging coil is formed in an oval shape or in a circular shape.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the hole of the wireless charging coil has an oval shape or a circular shape.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the largest span of the hole of the wireless charging coil is greater than 15.5 mm.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the hole of the wireless charging coil has a circular shape and a diameter of the hole is greater than 15.5 mm.

10. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic material is shaped in a sheet form.

11. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic material is a ferrite material.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 048829 FRAME 0921. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Apr 10, 2019
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: SOVEREIGN PEAK VENTURES, LLC
Reel/Frame 048846/0041 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2019
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: SOVEREIGN PEAK VENTURES, LLC
Reel/Frame 048829/0921 →
Priority Claims (7)
JP 2011-131948 · Jun 14, 2011 · national
JP 2011-131950 · Jun 14, 2011 · national
JP 2011-154550 · Jul 13, 2011 · national
JP 2011-154554 · Jul 13, 2011 · national
JP 2011-154555 · Jul 13, 2011 · national
JP 2011-155334 · Jul 14, 2011 · national
JP 2011-188413 · Aug 31, 2011 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 15883773 · Jan 30, 2018
Continuation 15051408 · Feb 23, 2016
Continuation 14125294
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