Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inductively chargeable earbud case
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Application No.: US15697315Application Date: 2017-09-06
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Publication No.: US10206474B2Publication Date: 2019-02-19
- Inventor: Makiko K. Brzezinski , Christopher J. Walton , Christopher S. Graham , Daniel C. Wagman , Eric S. Jol
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: H02J7/04
- IPC: H02J7/04 ; H04R1/10 ; A45C13/02 ; A45C11/24 ; H02J50/40 ; H02J50/10 ; H02J7/00 ; H02J7/02

Abstract:
A case a portable listening device. The case includes a housing having an interior space to receive the portable listening device; a lid attached to the housing; a rechargeable battery and first and second wireless power receiving elements configured to receive electric charge from a wireless power transmitter during a charging event. The case further includes switching circuitry that is configured to disable one of the first or second wireless power receiving elements during a charging event when the disabled element is receiving power less efficiently than the other element.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180064224A1 INDUCTIVELY CHARGEABLE EARBUD CASE Public/Granted day:2018-03-08
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