US 11,695,287 B2
Apparatus, system, and method for charging artificial-reality displays
Peter Wesley Bristol, Seattle, WA (US); Ines Le Bihan, Seattle, WA (US); Eric Daniels, San Francisco, CA (US); Igor Markovsky, Campbell, CA (US); Punit Narendra Govenji, Pleasanton, CA (US); Raymond Lee, Palo Alto, CA (US); Benjamin Elliott Tunberg Rogoza, Leavenworth, WA (US); and Jaykishan Dakshesh Choksi, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed by META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/213,693.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/139,646, filed on Jan. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0231523 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 10/46 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/34 (2006.01); A45C 11/04 (2006.01); A45C 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 7/0044 (2013.01) [A45C 11/04 (2013.01); A45C 15/00 (2013.01); H02J 7/342 (2020.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
an artificial-reality display dimensioned to be worn by a user, the artificial-reality display comprising:
a battery; and
at least one recipient charging element; and
a charging case dimensioned to accommodate the artificial-reality display, the charging case comprising:
a lid that movably closes via a hinge;
at least one source charging element configured to interface with the recipient charging element of the artificial-reality display to facilitate charging the battery of the artificial-reality display; and
at least one alignment guide that forces the recipient charging element of the artificial-reality display to energizingly couple with the source charging element of the charging case, wherein the alignment guide comprises a cavity dimensioned such that the lid applies pressure on the artificial-reality display when the lid is movably closed onto the artificial-reality display via the hinge, the pressure applied by the lid serving to secure continuity of the energizing coupling between the recipient charging element and the source charging element.