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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:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2008
Applicant:
Stephen Peter Legg, Southampton, GB;
Inventor:
Stephen Peter Legg, Southampton, GB;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01Q 11/12 (2006.01); H04B 1/16 (2006.01); H04B 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention relates to an apparatus and method for making a battery charging unit using induction to eliminate the requirement to constantly remove rechargeable batteries from their particular units in order to recharge them. This invention further relates to an apparatus and method using induction to eliminate the requirement to electrically or mechanically connect the charged device to a battery charging unit in order to recharge the battery.