US 11,715,962 B2
Charging device, charging method, and charging system
Naoto Mori, Tokyo (JP); Daisuke Morizono, Aichi (JP); Noriaki Takagi, Kanagawa (JP); Myungjin Jung, Kanagawa (JP); Chikashi Yajima, Kanagawa (JP); Hidenori Ishibashi, Tokyo (JP); and Takuma Araki, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 16/755,990
Filed by SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Aug. 21, 2018, PCT No. PCT/JP2018/030716
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 14, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/087529, PCT Pub. Date May 9, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-210785 (JP), filed on Oct. 31, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0298399 A1, Sep. 24, 2020
Int. Cl. H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 53/35 (2019.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01); B60L 53/31 (2019.01); B25J 9/06 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 7/0042 (2013.01) [B25J 9/0003 (2013.01); B25J 19/021 (2013.01); B60L 53/31 (2019.02); B60L 53/35 (2019.02); H02J 7/0044 (2013.01); B25J 9/06 (2013.01); H02J 7/0045 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A charging device, comprising:
a charging stand that includes:
a charging terminal configured to connect to a device to be charged; and
an engaging portion configured to position the device to be charged;
a support member configured to support the charging stand movably in a horizontal direction on a front surface of the support member; and
a plurality of elastic members on a back surface of the support member, wherein
the back surface is opposite to the front surface, and
the plurality of elastic members is configured to support the charging stand movably in the horizontal direction with respect to the support member.