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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120049800 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC SENSING MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF A method of operation of a power supply system includes: providing a source voltage with a power source; generating a device voltage with the source voltage; monitoring the source voltage and the device voltage; and supplying the device voltage to a mobile device with t... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120043937 | CHARGER FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES HAVING A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY A charger includes a pouch sized to receive an electronic device therewithin. A charger circuit and at least one battery are disposed within the pouch for recharging a battery of the electronic device. Electrical contacts are mounted for access within the hollow interio... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120043936 | MODULAR HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE CHARGING AND MONITORING SYSTEM This specification relates to a charging, securing and monitoring system for hand-held electronic devices such as cell phones, BlackBerry's, PDA's, cameras, or the like and the components therefore. More particularly the teachings herein include a coaxial cable construc... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120032640 | HOLSTER-INTEGRATED PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCE FOR HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE A holster for a handheld electronic device. The holster has integrated therein one or more piezoelectric elements that provide an output voltage to the handheld electronic device upon insertion of device in the holster. The output voltage can be used to charge the batte... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20110309794 | HANDHELD ROTATIONALLY RECHARGEABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS A rotationally rechargeable electrical apparatus includes an electronic device with a back, a center of mass and a battery. An electrical generator at the back of the device has a rotor secured to the device and a stator having a flat contact surface extending parallel ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110279084 | DESKTOP CHARGER FOR HANDHELD COMMUNICATION DEVICE A charger device for use with a handheld communication device, the charger device comprises a cable, a connector element and a support element affixed to the connector element. The connector element includes a connector for engagement with a port of the handheld communi... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110261546 | Portable Electronic Apparatus Connector Assembly A portable electronic apparatus comprises a body having a surface with at least one open channel for receiving a connector assembly; an electrical interface on the body and configured to receive power and/or communicate data with an electrical interface of a compatible ... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110199050 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CAPACITIVE CHARGER PROVIDING DATA TRANSFER AND ASSOCIATED METHODS The electronic apparatus includes a portable electronic device and a charger for capacitively charging the portable electronic device when the portable electronic device is temporarily placed adjacent the charger. The portable electronic device includes a device data co... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110193524 | MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE CHARGING AND NETWORKING SYSTEM AND METHOD Systems and methods for charging and/or networking mobile computing devices. A cart for storing, charging, and/or networking mobile computing devices. A portable interface between a mobile computing device and a cart. A docking station module having a plurality of docki... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110169450 | BATTERY CONTROL APPARATUS A battery includes an on-board microprocessor-controlled MOSFET-switched cell monitoring and protection system which provides over-charge protection, low-voltage protection, thermal-runaway protection and cell balancing. The output voltage of the battery is fully regula... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110148358 | EMBEDDED CHARGING SOCKET An embedded charging socket includes a case and an AC-to-DC circuit. The case is combined with a positioning slot of a panel, so as to be fixed on a specific position, for example, a wall surface, through the panel. The case has an AC input end disposed on one side for ... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110140654 | HANDHELD POWER TOOL CHARGER A handheld power tool charger, having at least one battery contact device is proposed, which is provided for charging at least one nondiscretely positioned handheld power tool battery. According to the invention, the battery contact device has at least one contact regio... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110143785 | Phone Power Adapter for Car with GPS Tracking and Auto-Upload Disclosed herein are embodiments of a power adapter, adapted for electrical engagement with a power outlet found in a cabin of a vehicle and with a device to be powered. The adapter further comprises a satellite receiver to receive data used to determine position (e.g. ... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110140661 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING BATTERY CHARGING OF PORTABLE DEVICE A device and method for controlling the charging of a portable terminal is provided. The device includes an external power supply interface unit for supplying an external power, a battery interface unit to which a main battery and a sub battery are connected, and a char... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110133695 | Power Tool Battery Cell Replacement Kit and Methods Thereof The present invention relates generally to a kit which allows replacement of a removable battery cell cluster from a power tool which is no longer viable or operational and replacing it with a new battery cell cluster so to operate the power tool normally. The invention... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110127959 | CHARGER DEVICE A charger provides a user selectable interface which allows a battery operated portable communication device to be charged in either face-up or face-down positions. Both single-unit charger and multi-unit charger embodiments are provided. A dual contact scheme allows fo... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110121782 | Powering a Cordless Drill from AC Line Power The present invention is an ac-to-dc adaptor capable of driving the drill unit of a cordless drill. In the preferred embodiment, the adaptor has essentially the same look and feel as the battery pack normally used with a cordless drill. The adaptor contains conventional... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110084661 | PORTABLE ELECTRIC DEVICE CHARGING CONNECTOR ARRANGEMENT A portable electric device charging connector arrangement comprising a socket, a power supply connected to the socket, the socket including a female USB connector; an adapter comprising a housing and a male USB plug extending from the housing; a mounting arranged to sup... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110068741 | Flashlight battery charger A flashlight battery charger is revealed. The flashlight battery charger mainly includes a rechargeable battery with a socket mounted in a flashlight and a charger. The rechargeable battery is charged by the socket connected with a city power system. After completing ch... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110068742 | AUDIO DEVICE THAT INTERFACES WITH A BATTERY CHARGER Audio devices powered by rechargeable batteries or an external power source including a separate audio device housing and battery charger housing that are engageable with each other. The audio device housing and battery charger housing can share an external power source... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110068743 | TERMINAL COMPONENT AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE A terminal component that is inexpensive and has a high degree of freedom of mounting and a portable electronic device using the terminal component are provided. The terminal component 15 includes a metal plate 41 having a contact surface 15a | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110050171 | BATTERY CHARGER WITH SENSOR-ACTIVATED LIGHT SOURCE A battery charger for an electronic device, including a cable that connects to a source of power at one end, and to an electronic device at the other end, a light emitter connected to the cable, and a sensor connected to the cable and to the light emitter, for activatin... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110037431 | BATTERY CHARGER FOR A PORTABLE RADIO A battery charger for a portable radio having a cradle which holds and charges a radio with a battery attached, or optionally holds and charges the battery alone. The cradle is typically mounted in a vehicle. A lock element is provided in the cradle to engage the batter... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20100320968 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH A FUNCTION FOR CHARGING FOR ITSELF An electronic apparatus with a function for charging for itself is provided. The apparatus comprises a base part and a cover part, the cover part is connected to the base part through a slide mechanism and the cover part can slide along the base part through the slide m... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100307518 | SMOKING DEVICE, CHARGING MEANS AND METHOD OF USING IT Smoking device (10) comprising a first device (20) and a second device (30). The first device (20) comprises an accumulator for storing electric energy and releasing it to a heating device (22) as a response to a sensor device (24 | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100301805 | CHARGER A charger capable of clamping portable communication device is provided. The charger includes a body, a securing portion, and at least one elastic element, wherein the at least one elastic element is deformable elastically when electricity power is supplied thereto, and... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100302381 | Electronic camera system, electronic camera, cradle, image storage apparatus, and program An electronic camera system has an electronic camera and a cradle. The electronic camera includes an image pickup section that photoelectrically converts a subject image to generate image data, a first recording section that records image data, a first connecting termin... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100295372 | Methods, devices and systems for transmission between an implanted device and an external device Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to systems including an internal power transmitter that delivers energy out of a living subject to power at least one external device that is in communication with the internal power transmitter, and related apparatuses, devices... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100253283 | DEVICE FOR RECHARGING THE INTERNAL BATTERY OF A CELLULAR TELEPHONE A device (10) is provided for electrically recharging the internal battery of a cellular telephone (20). The device (10) has a casing (11) containing power and current-transforming electronic components, a unit (13) for connecting to a... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100225273 | Electromechanical Vampire Proof Battery Charger Vampire energy loss occurs when an electronic or mechanical machine or device consumes energy while not being utilized for the purpose of its existence. An electromechanical switching method is provided to eliminate vampire energy loss in battery chargers. The switching... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100194337 | RECHARGEABLE HAND-HELD DEVICE AND CHARGER THEREFOR A hand-held device has a rechargeable battery, with contacts connected to the battery, and a ferromagnetic body. A charger has contacts complementary to and engageable with the contacts of the device and a magnet capable of attracting the ferromagnetic body of the devic... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100178856 | Cordless power gasket scraper and surface cleaning tool with light source A power gasket scraper with cordless capability (12) for ease of maneuverability, work in confined spaces, and reduced time for completion of surface preparation. LED light (1) to illuminate work area, interchangeable attachments (FIGS. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100171465 | Charging Station Configured To Provide Electrical Power to Electronic Devices And Method Therefor Some embodiments disclose a charging station configured to provide electrical power to one or more portable electronic devices. The charging station can include: (a) at least one switch configured to turn-on and turn-off the charging station such that the charging stati... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100171464 | System and Method For Charging A Mobile Device A system and method for charging a mobile device is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a mobile charging system comprises a mobile device having a battery, a robotic device removably connected to the mobile device, and a charging station removably connected to the ... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100148724 | System and Method for Charging a Battery in a Mobile Device An adapter for providing a source of power to a mobile device through an industry standard port is provided. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the adapter comprises a plug unit, a power converter, a primary connector, and an identification subsystem. The p... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100141207 | Cordless Power System A cordless system has cordless system components that include a cordless device, such as a cordless power tool, a battery pack and a charger. The battery pack is mated with either the cordless device to provide power to operate the cordless device or to the charger to c... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100127864 | Systems and Methods for Charging a Chargeable USB Device Systems and methods are provided for charging a USB device. A USB connector may be used to couple the system to a USB port on the USB device, the USB connector including a bus voltage (Vbus) connector, a positive data (D+) connector, and a negative data (D−) connector... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100130260 | CELLULAR TELEPHONE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEM In a cellular telephone apparatus a sub-terminal constitutes a part of the cellular telephone apparatus and is separable from a main terminal constituting the apparatus body. Each of the sub-terminal and the main terminal has a battery section, provided are battery rema... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100123431 | ADAPTER ASSEMBLY FOR RECEIVING CAR CHARGER OF COMMUNICATION DEVICES One embodiment of an adapter assembly for a car charger configured to charge a communication device may include a housing having a floor member. The housing may also have a plurality of supporting members extending from the floor member. The adapter assembly may further... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100116517 | HAND MACHINE TOOL, BATTERY PACK, AND CHARGER The invention describes a hand machine tool, a battery pack, or a charger for at least one battery, or for a battery pack, having a housing, or part of a housing, made of at least one plastic, and having at least one indicator component mixed in with the at least one pl... | 05/13/2010 |
