US 11,670,973 B2
Charging system including orientation control
Patrick Thomas Gaule, Bothell, WA (US); Jazmine Ama Hoyle, Kirkland, WA (US); Yauhen Radzikevich, Seattle, WA (US); Anthony James Hewett, Duvall, WA (US); Scott Jeffrey Korn, Seattle, WA (US); Ketan R. Shah, Redmond, WA (US); Katherine Margaret Bailey, Seattle, WA (US); Woo Ram Lee, Kirkland, WA (US); Wenzhao Zhang, Shenzhen (CN); Nicolas Jean-Claude Schmitt, Hong Kong (CN); Ibrahim Iskender Kushan, Seattle, WA (US); Jay Michael Fassett, Edmonds, WA (US); and James Alec Ishihara, Bellevue, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/589,433.
Application 17/589,433 is a continuation of application No. 16/830,259, filed on Mar. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,239,710.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/909,133, filed on Oct. 1, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/907,943, filed on Sep. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0158506 A1, May 19, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01M 10/46 (2006.01); H02J 50/90 (2016.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01)
CPC H02J 50/90 (2016.02) [G06F 3/03545 (2013.01); H02J 7/0044 (2013.01); H02J 7/0047 (2013.01); H02J 7/02 (2013.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing device, comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing;
a hinge assembly that includes a recessed charging tray, the hinge assembly coupling the first housing to the second housing; and
a charger portion of a charging system, the charger portion positioned within the hinge assembly, the charger portion comprising:
a first charging circuit; and
a first dipole magnet;
wherein the charger portion is configured to wirelessly charge a peripheral device;
wherein the first dipole magnet is configured to, based on the peripheral device being in a first orientation, attract the peripheral device toward the charging tray and locate a charging circuit of the peripheral device within a charging distance of the first charging circuit; and
wherein the first dipole magnet is further configured to, based on the peripheral device being in a second orientation, cause the peripheral device to rotate toward the first orientation.