Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Kingston Technology Corporation

Darwin Chen

Baron King Lee

Salvador Parra

This application discloses mobile device accessories that can be used to facilitate mobile gaming. Systems of the inventive subject matter have two grips and a middle portion that make it easier for users to hold a mobile device. The middle portion can include wireless charging capabilities to transfer power to a mobile device having wireless charging capabilities. Embodiments include a battery pack that can be swapped, and battery packs can additionally include wireless charging capabilities. Systems of the inventive subject matter improve mobile gaming by reducing reliance on batteries that are built in to mobile devices and improving easy-of-use through wireless charging.

Mobile device gaming accessory with swappable battery packs and wireless charging

Headsets of the inventive subject matter are configured to stand freely on an outer surface of an earcup, and they incorporate wireless charging in one or more earcups so that the headset can be wirelessly charged while resting on an outer surface of an earcup. To make this charging configuration possible, one or more holding mechanisms are implemented to couple one or both of the fork bodies (e.g., the structure to which an earcup is coupled) to the headband of a headset. Holding mechanisms of the inventive subject matter prevent the headset from toppling over while charging due to rotation of the headband relative to the earcup that the headset is resting on.

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Ladera Ranch, CA, United States of America

Darwin Chen