US 12,222,760 B2
System and method of wireless charging
Sorin Mortun, Irvington, NY (US)
Assigned to Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US)
Filed by Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/204,091.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/598,614, filed on Dec. 14, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/592,031, filed on Nov. 29, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0165595 A1, May 30, 2019
Int. Cl. H02J 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 1/18 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); H02J 7/14 (2006.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.01)
CPC G06F 1/1632 (2013.01) [G06F 1/182 (2013.01); G06F 1/266 (2013.01); H02J 7/0044 (2013.01); H02J 7/0048 (2020.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.02); H02J 7/0049 (2020.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A charging system comprising
a housing including a receiving portion having a shelf projecting perpendicular from the receiving portion, the shelf configured to provide a surface for placement of the external device, the shelf having a first side, a front side perpendicular to the first side, and a second side perpendicular to the front side and opposite the second side;
an indicator located on a front portion of the shelf, the indicator configured to illuminate at a first color, a second color, and a third color;
a power supply located within the housing, the power supply configured to wirelessly charge a battery of an external device when the external device is received by the receiving portion;
a retaining member rotatably coupled to the shelf, the retaining member having a substantially-U shape and being rotatably coupled to the shelf, the retaining member including a first arm rotatably coupled at the first side of the shelf, a second arm rotatably coupled at the second side of the shelf, and a retaining portion configured to retain the external device against the receiving portion, the retaining portion being substantially perpendicular to the first portion and the second portion and substantially parallel to the shelf, wherein the retaining member further includes an opening created by the first arm, the second arm, and the retaining portion such that a display of the external device is visible through the opening; and
a controller configured to
determine a charging efficiency of the external device, and
output a signal indicative of the charging efficiency to the external device, wherein the charging efficiency is displayed via the display of the external device.