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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Andrew Bowers, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michelle Yu, Oakland, CA (US);
Assignee:
GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 3/023 (2006.01); H02J 7/04 (2006.01); H04B 5/00 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/025 (2013.01); G06F 1/1632 (2013.01); G06F 1/1669 (2013.01); G06F 1/266 (2013.01); G06F 3/0231 (2013.01); H02J 7/04 (2013.01); H04B 5/0037 (2013.01); H04M 1/7253 (2013.01);
Abstract
A base may include a frame, a keyboard partially enclosed by the frame, a battery, and a single coil coupled to the battery. The keyboard may be configured to wirelessly communicate with a computing device. The battery may be configured to provide power to the keyboard. The single coil may be configured to induce a current from a magnetic field to charge the battery. The base may not include any charging coils other than the single coil.