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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Jenifer Hopper, Austin, TX (US);
Mark A. Peloquin, Austin, TX (US);
Steven L. Pratt, Austin, TX (US);
Karl M. Rister, Austin, TX (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for a wireless charging receptacle is provided in the illustrative embodiments. An enclosure having a shape and a plurality of sides is formed to at least partially enclose a device while charging a rechargeable power source in the device. An opening is formed in the enclosure. the opening is located on a first side from the plurality of sides. The first side has a surface area less than a second surface area of a second side in the plurality of sides, the second surface area being largest of all surface areas of all sides in the plurality of sides. A wireless charging mechanism is configured relative to at least one of (i) the second side and (ii) a third side of the enclosure, wherein the wireless charging mechanism wirelessly supplies energy to a second wireless charging mechanism coupled with the device.