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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2018
Applicant:
Hand Held Products, Inc., Fort Mill, SC (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
HAND HELD PRODUCTS, INC., Fort Mill, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/703 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/24 (2006.01); H01R 12/70 (2011.01); H01R 12/71 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/7036 (2013.01); H01R 12/7088 (2013.01); H01R 13/2421 (2013.01); H02J 7/0045 (2013.01); H01R 12/714 (2013.01); H01R 2201/16 (2013.01); H02J 7/0029 (2013.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for a soft power start solution based on a two pin connector for a device such as a mobile terminal. When a charging pad of the device is first docked to a charging cradle, the charging pad of the device is connected to a plunger in a ground pin, but power is not applied at that moment. In a separate step, the plunger is shorted to a spring flat that allows power to be applied to the charging pad. Similar steps occur during de-docketing. With this method, contact interface burn caused by electrical arcing when docking or de-docking a mobile terminal from a charging cradle may be minimized.