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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2013
Applicant:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventor:
Vincent Claudepierre, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); H02J 5/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/025 (2013.01); H02J 5/005 (2013.01); H02J 7/0044 (2013.01);
Abstract
A charging device containing a support beam and a substantially planar housing may be configured to maintain an angle of under 90 degrees with respect to a flat surface that the charging device is placed on. The charging device may contain an inductive charging component that charges a mobile device in connection with the charging device. One or more magnets also contained in the charging device may enable the connection to a mobile device and may also facilitate the charging device rolling towards a mobile device.