Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Charging mechanism with ground contact and non-contact coupling
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Application No.: US15047210Application Date: 2016-02-18
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Publication No.: US09472975B2Publication Date: 2016-10-18
- Inventor: Willis Calkins , Ajay Chandra Venkata Gummalla
- Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP
- Main IPC: H02J7/00
- IPC: H02J7/00 ; H02J7/04 ; H02J7/02 ; H02J5/00

Abstract:
The embodiments provide a device including an enclosure having circuitry associated with the device and a battery configured to power the circuitry, and a power plug receiving unit configured to receive a power plug of a power charger to charge the battery. The power plug receiving unit includes a ground contact that is exposed through the enclosure for contact with a secondary ground contact of the power plug, and an active electrode configured to receive alternating current (AC) energy from the power charger for charging the battery or powering the circuitry via non-contact coupling.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160164339A1 CHARGING MECHANISM WITH GROUND CONTACT AND NON-CONTACT COUPLING Public/Granted day:2016-06-09
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