US 12,237,703 B2
Wireless device cradles
Christopher Ken Ashworth, Toquerville, UT (US); Joshua Kent Barnes, Roy, UT (US); Patrick Lee Cook, Cedar City, UT (US); and Dale Robert Anderson, Colleyville, TX (US)
Assigned to Wilson Electronics, LLC, St. George, UT (US)
Filed by Wilson Electronics, LLC, St. George, UT (US)
Filed on Dec. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/074,381.
Application 18/074,381 is a continuation of application No. 16/282,135, filed on Feb. 21, 2019, granted, now 11,527,898.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/633,526, filed on Feb. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0170715 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); H04B 1/3822 (2015.01); H04B 1/3877 (2015.01); H04B 7/155 (2006.01); H04M 1/72412 (2021.01)
CPC H02J 7/0044 (2013.01) [H02J 50/10 (2016.02); H04B 1/3822 (2013.01); H04B 1/3877 (2013.01); H04B 7/15507 (2013.01); H04B 7/15535 (2013.01); H04M 1/72412 (2021.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless signal amplification system including a cradle for a wireless user device, comprising:
a cradle receiver with an interface having a form factor capable of selectively carrying the wireless user device;
a Radio Frequency (RF) signal coupler disposed in the form factor and configured to be coupled to an external cellular repeater, the RF signal coupler configured to wirelessly couple one or more RF communication signals to the wireless user device when the wireless user device is retained by the form factor;
a power coupler disposed in the form factor, the power coupler configured to wirelessly couple power to the wireless user device to charge the wireless user device when the wireless user device is retained by the form factor; and
a power coupler controller configured to provide a selected amount of power to the power coupler when one or more of: a power level of an uplink signal transmitted by the wireless user device is greater than a selected threshold level at the cellular repeater, or a downlink signal at the cellular repeater is less than a selected threshold level.