Wireless charger for mobile terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9819214-B2
Application number	US-201414769071-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 2, 2014
Priority date	Dec 13, 2013
Publication date	Nov 14, 2017
Grant date	Nov 14, 2017

Abstract

Disclosed is a wireless charger for a mobile terminal, by which charging can be raised irrespective of a location of a mobile terminal mounted on the wireless charger. The present invention includes a housing, a power transmitting coil provided within the housing in a manner of being spirally wound plural times, a power supply module configured to externally supply a power to the power transmitting coil, a driving unit connected to a spiral center of the power transmitting coil, a sensing unit configured to sense a location of the mobile terminal mounted on a topside of the housing, and a control unit controlling the driving unit to shift the spiral center of the power transmitting coil to the location of the mobile terminal sensed by the sensing unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wireless charger for a mobile terminal, comprising:
a housing;
a power transmitting coil provided within the housing in a manner of being spirally wound plural times;
a power supply module configured to externally supply a power to the power transmitting coil;
a driving unit connected to a spiral center of the power transmitting coil;
a sensing unit configured to sense a location of the mobile terminal mounted on a topside of the housing; and
a control unit controlling the driving unit to shift the spiral center of the power transmitting coil to the location of the mobile terminal sensed by the sensing unit,
wherein the driving unit rotates to change a wound count of the power transmitting coil.

2. The wireless charger of claim 1 , wherein the driving unit moves horizontally in at least one direction.

3. The wireless charger of claim 1 , further comprising a short range communication module configured to communicate by wireless with the mobile terminal mounted on the housing,
wherein the control unit receives information on a charged state of the mobile terminal and
wherein if a charging efficiency of the mobile terminal becomes equal to or smaller than a reference value, the control unit controls the driving unit to be shifted.

4. The wireless charger of claim 1 , wherein the power transmitting coil further comprises at least one of a switch and a variable capacitor,
wherein the control unit adjusts an impedance value depending on a variation of an inductance value of the power transmitting coil by controlling the at least one of the switch and the variable capacitor on shifting the driving unit in order for the power transmitting coil to operate at a driving frequency.

5. The wireless charger of claim 1 , wherein the sensing unit comprises a plurality of proximity sensors provided to the topside of the housing and wherein the control unit controls the driving unit to be shifted to the proximity sensor sensing a close approach of an object.

6. The wireless charger of claim 1 , wherein the sensing unit comprises a pressure sensor provided to the topside of the housing and wherein the control unit controls the driving unit to be shifted to a value changed part of the pressure sensor.

7. The wireless charger of claim 1 , wherein the sensing unit comprises a plurality of sensing coils provided to the topside of the housing,
wherein the control unit controls the driving unit to be shifted to a part at which the sensing coil having a different power consumption among a plurality of the sensing coils is located.

8. The wireless charger of claim 7 , wherein an operating frequency of the sensing coil is smaller than that of the power transmitting coils.

9. The wireless charger of claim 1 , further comprising spiral partition provided between the power transmitting coil.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Han Kiwon
• Jeoung Euntaek
• Park Jun
• Yang Buyoung
• Seo Donghyun

Classifications

• H02J7/42

  with electronic devices having internal batteries, e.g. mobile phones · CPC title

• H02J50/10

  using inductive coupling · CPC title

• H02J50/90 Primary

  involving detection or optimisation of position, e.g. alignment · CPC title

• H02J50/80

  involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices · CPC title

• H02J17/00

  Electricity · mapped topic