US 12,113,385 B2
Inductive charging device
Alex Grout, Sussex (GB); Peter Fairchild, Sussex (GB); Graham Love, London (GB); and Charles Greenway, London (GB)
Assigned to EAO Ltd, Burgess Hill (GB)
Appl. No. 17/277,160
Filed by EAO Ltd, Sussex (GB)
PCT Filed Sep. 18, 2019, PCT No. PCT/GB2019/052631
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/058711, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1815222 (GB), filed on Sep. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0376633 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/02 (2006.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.01); H02J 50/90 (2016.01)
CPC H02J 7/0044 (2013.01) [B60R 11/02 (2013.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.02); B60R 2011/0071 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0075 (2013.01); H02J 7/00034 (2020.01); H02J 7/00045 (2020.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02); H02J 50/90 (2016.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inductive charging device comprising:
a main body including an inductive charging unit; and
a holder for holding a mobile device in a fixed charging position relative to the inductive charging unit;
wherein the holder comprises:
a lower clamping jaw fixed relative to the main body; and
an upper clamping jaw slidably mounted to the main body above the lower clamping jaw such that the upper clamping jaw is able to freely slide vertically relative to the main body towards and away from the lower clamping jaw between an uppermost position and a lower clamping position;
wherein the lower clamping jaw comprises a cradle section for receiving and supporting a mobile device;
wherein the upper and lower clamping jaws are arranged such that:
when the upper clamping jaw is in the uppermost position, a mobile device may be inserted between the upper and lower clamping jaws; and
when the upper clamping jaw is moved downwardly to the lower clamping position, a mobile device is clamped between the upper and lower clamping jaws; and
wherein the upper clamping jaw is unbiased and freely slidable with no mechanism for fixing the upper clamping jaw in the lower clamping position.