Wireless mobile battery
View Patent ↗A charging device for wirelessly charging an electronic device has a wireless power receiver antenna. The charging device includes a battery having a front surface and a back surface. The charging device has a first antenna comprising a wireless power transmit antenna or a dual-mode antenna. The first antenna is configured to wirelessly transmit power. The charging device has a second antenna. The second antenna includes a wireless power receiver antenna or a dual-mode antenna. The first antenna is configured to wirelessly receive power. The charging device also includes a housing encapsulating the battery, the first antenna, and the second antenna. The housing has a front contact surface opposed to a rear surface, and the contact surface has a coupling portion configured to couple the charging device with the electronic device. The first antenna is closer to the contact surface, and the second antenna is closer to the rear surface.
1. A method of wirelessly charging a smartphone device, the method comprising:
providing a smartphone device having a smartphone antenna configured to receive power wirelessly;
providing a charging device having:
a battery having a front surface and a back surface,
a dual-mode antenna positioned in front of the front surface and closer to the front surface than the back surface, the dual-mode antenna configured to wirelessly transmit power and to wirelessly receive power,
a housing surrounding the battery and the first antenna, the housing having a front contact surface and a rear surface,
a coupling portion configured to couple the charging device with the smartphone device, the coupling portion being closer to the front contact surface than the rear surface,
wherein the antenna is closer to the contact surface than the rear surface;
charging the smartphone device by positioning the charging device relative to the smartphone device such that the antenna transmits power to the smartphone antenna.
2. The method as defined by claim 1 , wherein positioning the charging device relative to the smartphone device comprises coupling the charging device to the smartphone device.
3. The method as defined by claim 2 , wherein the positioning substantially aligns the antenna with the smartphone antenna.
4. The method as defined by claim 3 , wherein coupling the charging device to the smartphone device comprises magnetically coupling the coupling portion with a corresponding coupling portion of the smartphone.
5. The method as defined by claim 1 , wherein the charging device includes a second antenna closer to the back surface than the front surface, the second antenna comprising a wireless power receiver antenna or a dual-mode antenna, the second antenna configured to wirelessly receive power, wherein the second antenna is surrounded by the housing.
6. The method as defined by claim 5 , further comprising simultaneously charging a second electronic device having a second device antenna by positioning the charging device relative to the second electronic device such that the second antenna transmits power to the second device antenna.
7. The method as defined by claim 1 , further comprising uncoupling the charging device from the smartphone device.
8. The method as defined by claim 1 , further comprising simultaneously charging the charging device from a grid-connected charger as the charging device charges the smartphone device.
9. The method as defined by claim 1 , wherein the coupling portion comprises a magnet.
10. A charging device for wirelessly charging an electronic device having a wireless power receiver antenna, the charging device comprising:
a battery having a front surface and a back surface;
a first antenna positioned in front of the front surface, the first antenna comprising a dual-mode antenna, the first antenna configured to wirelessly transmit power and to wirelessly receive power;
a housing surrounding the battery, the first antenna, and a coupling portion,
the housing having a front contact surface and a rear surface, the coupling portion positioned in front of the front surface and configured to couple the charging device with the electronic device, the coupling portion being closer to the contact surface than the rear surface,
the first antenna being closer to the contact surface than the rear surface.
11. The charging device as defined by claim 10 , wherein the rear surface is configured to couple with a second electronic device.
12. The charging device as defined by claim 10 , wherein the charging device includes an electromechanical connection for receiving power.
13. The charging device as defined by claim 10 , wherein the device has a tapered transition surface between the contact surface and the rear surface.
14. The charging device as defined by claim 10 , further comprising a heat pipe coupled with the battery.
15. The charging device as defined by claim 10 , wherein the coupling portion includes an adhesive, magnet, suction cup, and/or hook and loop fasteners.
16. The charging device as defined by claim 15 , wherein the housing is imperforate.
17. The device of claim 10 , wherein the coupling portion is configured to magnetically couple with a corresponding coupling portion of the smartphone so as to align the first antenna with a smartphone antenna configured to receive power wirelessly.
18. A system comprising:
a charging device having:
a device battery having a front surface and a back surface,
a front antenna closer to the front surface than the back surface of the device battery, the front antenna comprising a dual-mode antenna, the front antenna configured to wirelessly transmit power and to wirelessly receive power,
a charging device housing surrounding the device battery and the front antenna,
the charging device housing having a front contact surface and a rear surface, and
a smartphone coupling portion closer to the front contact surface than the rear surface of the housing, the smartphone coupling portion configured to magnetically couple the charging device with a corresponding coupling portion of a smartphone,
wherein the front antenna is closer to the front contact surface than the rear surface; and
a smartphone having a smartphone battery, the smartphone also having a smartphone antenna configured to receive power wirelessly, the smartphone battery and the smartphone antenna being within a smartphone housing, the smartphone housing having a smartphone surface nearest to the smartphone antenna, the smartphone having the corresponding coupling portion configured to magnetically couple with the coupling portion of the charging device.
19. The system of claim 18 , further comprising:
a back antenna nearest to the back surface, the back antenna comprising a wireless power receiver antenna or a dual-mode antenna, the back antenna configured to wirelessly receive power,
the charging device housing also surrounding the back antenna, and
the back antenna being closer to the rear surface than the front contact surface.
20. The system of claim 18 , wherein the coupling portion includes a magnet.
21. The system of claim 18 , wherein the corresponding coupling portion comprises a magnetically attractive portion.
22. The system of claim 18 , wherein the smartphone coupling portion is positioned between the device battery and the smartphone.