AU2018102098A4 - Charging device capable of improving contact effect - Google Patents

Abstract

A charging device capable of improving a contact effect includes: a docking kit body, having a carrier and a side wall in connection with one side of the carrier, a top portion of the carrier formed with a first inclined surface 5 inclined from one side thereof away from the side wall toward the side wall from high to low, the side wall formed with a second inclined surface on one side facing the carrier, and the second inclined surface in connection with the first inclined surface; a plurality of male pogo pin connectors, each fixed to the side wall of the docking kit body to allow a pogo pin thereof to be exposed out 10 of the second inclined surface; and a plurality of electronic device receptacles, each configured on the docking kit body and corresponding to the male pogo pin connector. - ::3

Description

TITLE: CHARGING DEVICE CAPABLE OF IMPROVING CONTACT

EFFECT (a) Technical Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a charging device, and more particularly to a charging device capable of improving or ensuring the effect of electric contact or connection. (b) Description of the Prior Art

In education institutes such as schools, language teaching centers, it is very common to use electronic devices such as tablets, notebooks or chromebooks as teaching tools. At this point, for a class having a considerable number of students, how to charge so large a number of electronics efficiently, for example, without occupying too much space or in a centralized approach, is a technical issue. In this regard, the industry, such as Dell, has introduced a compact charging cart that can simultaneously charge multiple (for example, up to 36) electronic devices, which is made by configuring a plurality of dividers or a plurality of docking kits each provided similarly with a divider and conforming to the size and specification of a specific electronic device. In this way, an electronic device can be inserted between two adjacent dividers. In addition, such a kind of compact charging cart is still usually configured with a proper number of power sockets or extension line sockets (or gang sockets) such that a plurality of power wires (for example, USB charging lines) are respectively used to connect the power socket with each electronic device, thereby achieving the purpose of the simultaneous charging of multiple electronic devices.

However, the above current compact charging cart still has the following disadvantages: although one end of the power wire has always already been plugged in the power socket in advance, a user still needs to plugged another end of the power wire into an electronic device by themselves. At this time, Since the USB male and female connectors (including the USB type C type connectors) of a general USB charging line are designed to connect with each other by means of concave convex complementary insertion. But, such an insertion might not be accurately and easily completed by some younger users (such as primary school students or even younger children). As a result, the line is not in good contact and the electronic device fails to be charged.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

To overcome the defects mentioned above and improve a charging device, the present invention is proposed.

One object of the present invention is to provide a charging device, capable of improving or ensuring good electric contact or connection.

To achieve the object mentioned above, the present invention proposes a charging device capable of improving a contact effect, including: a docking kit body, having a carrier and a side wall in connection with one side of the carrier, a top portion of the carrier formed with a first inclined surface inclined from one side thereof away from the side wall toward the side wall from high to low, the side wall formed with a second inclined surface on one side facing the carrier, and the second inclined surface in connection with the first inclined surface; a plurality of male pogo pin connectors, each fixed to the side wall of the docking kit body to allow a pogo pin thereof to be exposed out of the second inclined surface; and a plurality of electronic device receptacles, each configured on the docking kit body and corresponding to the male pogo pin connector.

According to the charging device mentioned above, the male pogo pin connector is magnetic.

According to the charging device mentioned above, the electronic device receptacle comprises a bottom plate, a upper cover and two side plates each in connection with two corresponding sides of the bottom plate and upper cover, allowing the electronic device receptacle to from a front opening and a rear opening opposite to the front opening, and allowing the bottom plate of the electronic device receptacle to be attached to the first inclined surface of the docking kit body, and the rear opening to be attached to the second inclined surface and corresponding to the male pogo pin connector.

According to the charging device mentioned above, the first inclined surface of the docking kit body is further configured with a plurality of auxiliary positioning elements each corresponding to the electronic device receptacle and positioned on an outer side of the front opening of the electronic device receptacle.

According to the charging device mentioned above, the auxiliary positioning element is a stopper.

Whereby, the present invention can use the characteristics of the pogo pin connector to allow an electronic device to be in butt contact with the male pogo pin connector quickly and stably, thereby realizing the stable electric connection between the electronic device and the power wire, and further improving or ensuring the good electric contact.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG 1 is an exploded view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG 2 is a perspective view of the embodiment of the present invention; FIG 3 is a partly enlarged view of a male pogo pin connector of the embodiment according to the present invention; FIG 4 is a schematic view of a female pogo pin connector being to be inserted in an electronic device according to the present invention; FIG 5 is a schematic view of the electronic device of FIG 4 being to be in combination with the embodiment of the present invention; FIG 6 is a schematic view of the electronic device of FIG 4 being in combination with the embodiment of the present invention; FIG 7 is a perspective view of the embodiment of the present invention in combination with a pallet with sliding rails; and FIG 8 is a perspective view of the embodiment of the present invention in combination with the pallet installed inside a charging cart.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a charging device of the present invention, in a preferred embodiment, includes a docking kit body 1, a plurality of male pogo pin connectors 2, and a plurality of electronic device receptacles 5,

The docking kit body 1 has a carrier 11 and a side wall 12 in connection with one side of the carrier 11. In the embodiment, both the carrier 11 and side wall 12 may be integrated with each other; the top portion of the carrier 11 is formed with a first inclined surface 111, which is inclined in such a way that one side thereof away from the side wall 12 is the highest and gradually lowered toward the side wall 12 where is the lowest position thereof.

Referring to FIG 1 again, the angle between the first inclined surface 111 and the bottom of the carrier 11 is about any angle between 10° and 15°, but the present invention is not so limited. In addition, one side of the side wall 12 facing the carrier 11 is formed with a second inclined surface 121, which is in connection with the first inclined surface 111.

The plurality of male pogo pin connectors 2 may be called “male spring-loaded connectors 2”. Also referring to FIG 3, each male pogo pin connector 2 is fixed to, for example, screwed to the side wall 12 of the docking kit body 1 to allow the pogo pins 21 of the male pogo pin connector 2 to be exposed out of the second inclined surface 121, which is realized by respectively configuring or forming a through hole 122 corresponding to each male pogo pin connector 2 on the second inclined surface 121. In addition, one side of the male pogo pin connector 2 away from the pogo pins is usually still configured with an electrical interface 22 such as a USB type C interface, thereby allowing the electric interface 22 to be plugged with the power wire 3 such as USB charging line in advance. The detailed structure and action principle of the male pogo pin connector 2 are common knowledge in the art and not the subject of the present invention, the details thereof are omitted here.

Each electronic device receptacle 5 is configured on the docking kit body 1 and positioned correspondingly to the male pogo pin connector 2.

The electronic device receptacle 5 includes a bottom plate 51, a upper cover 52 and two side plates 53 each in connection with the corresponding sides of the bottom plate 51 and upper cover 52, thereby allowing the electronic device receptacle 5 to have a front opening 54 and rear opening opposite to each other, and allowing the bottom plate 51 to be attached to the first inclined surface 11 of the docking kit body 1 and the rear opening 55 the second inclined surface 121 thereof and to correspond to the male pogo pin connector 2. Referring to FIG 5, the front opening 54 allows an electronic device 6 such as a tablet, notebook or chromebook to be placed therein or taken out thereof.

Preferably, the front opening 54 may be an inclined opening in order to facilitate a user to insert or remove the electronic device 6. Referring to FIG 1 again, one of the two side plates 53 of the electronic device receptacle 5, in the embodiment, may further be configured or formed with at least one positioning mechanism 56 such as elastic claw adapted to clamp and fix the electronic device 6. Furthermore, referring to FIG 1, the docking kit boy 1, in the embodiment, is configured with a total of 8 electronic device receptacles 5 such that the male pogo pin connectors 2 configured on the docking kit body 1 may also number 8. However, the number of the electronic device receptacles 5 that can be disposed on the docking kit body 1 can be adjusted according to the needs of a user. The present invention does not limit this.

In addition, referring to FIG 5, in the embodiment, the first inclined surface 111 of the docking kit boy 1 may further be configured with a plurality of auxiliary positioning elements 13 respectively corresponding to each electronic device receptacle 5. Furthermore, each auxiliary positioning element 13 is configured on the outer side of the front opening 54 of the corresponding electronic device receptacle 5 and may specifically be a stopper.

Referring to FIGS. 7 and 8, the figures further show that the charging device of the present invention is in combination with a mobile charging cart 9 in an implementation, where each of more than one (e.g. two) charging device of the present invention shown in FIG 2 is installed on a U-shaped pallet 8 with a sliding rail 81 on each side thereof, and the pallets 8 are then installed inside the mobile charging cart 9. Here, the pallet 8 and mobile charging cart 9 are respectively the same as conventional pallets and mobile charging carts in specific structure.

The working principle and beneficial effects of the present invention are explained below: with the above structures, referring to FIG 4 again, a user may then insert in advance a female pogo pin connector 7 with a know specific structure corresponding to the male pogo pin connector 2 in the charging interface 6 (e.g. USB type C interface) of the electronic device 6. Thereafter, referring to FIGS. 5 and 6, the user may then place the electronic device 6 into the electronic device receptacle 5 from the front opening 54 thereof. At this time, the electronic device receptacle 5 is also caused to be inclined by attaching the electronic device receptacle 5 to the first inclined surface 11 and second inclined surface 121 of the docking kit body 1. Thereafter, the user can then push the electronic device 6 easily to slide into the electronic device receptacle 5 with the gravity of the electronic device 6 itself until one side of the electronic device 6 is also pressed against the second inclined surface 121. It can be mentioned here that the upper cover 52 of the electronic device receptacle 5 can provide a positioning effect so as to prevent the user to place an electronic device 6 with inconsistent size and specifications. Next, the female pogo pin connector 7 of the electronic device 61 is in stable butt contact with the corresponding male pogo pin connector 2 quickly using the characteristics of the pogo pin connector, thereby realizing the stable electric contact of the electronic device 6 with the corresponding power wire 3 to increase or ensure the electric contact effect.

In this way, even if the users are small children, they also can complete the charging operation easily and accurately In addition, only the configuration position of the auxiliary positioning element 13 is properly arranged if it is configured according to the present invention, the electronic device 6 is then be allowed to go across and press against the auxiliary positioning element 13 when the electronic device 6 is placed in the electronic device receptacle 5 at the beginning until it is pressed against and positioned by the second inclined surface 121. At this time, the electronic device 6 will be separated from the auxiliary positioning element 13 and positioned by it simultaneously as FIGS. 5 and 6 show, thereby allowing the electronic device 6 to be blocked by the auxiliary positioning element 13 to prevent the electronic device 6 from falling out of the electronic device receptacle 5, further making the present invention more practical.

In addition, the present invention may further allow the male pogo pin connector and the corresponding female pogo pin connector to respectively have opposite magnetism, thereby realizing quicker and more accurate butt contact of the both through the magnetic force generated between them.

Claims (5)

1. I CLAIM:

   1. A charging device capable of improving a contact effect, comprising: a docking kit body, having a carrier and a side wall in connection with one side of said carrier, a top portion of said carrier formed with a first inclined surface inclined from one side thereof away from said side wall toward said side wall from high to low, said side wall formed with a second inclined surface on one side facing said carrier, and said second inclined surface in connection with said first inclined surface; a plurality of male pogo pin connectors, each fixed to said side wall of said docking kit body to allow a pogo pin thereof to be exposed out of said second inclined surface; and a plurality of electronic device receptacles, each configured on said docking kit body and corresponding to said male pogo pin connector.
2. 2. The device according to claim 1, wherein said male pogo pin connector is magnetic.
3. 3. The device according to claim 1, wherein said electronic device receptacle comprises a bottom plate, a upper cover and two side plates each in connection with two corresponding sides of said bottom plate and upper cover, allowing said electronic device receptacle to from a front opening and a rear opening opposite to said front opening, and allowing said bottom plate of said electronic device receptacle to be attached to said first inclined surface of said docking kit body, and said rear opening to be attached to said second inclined surface and corresponding to said male pogo pin connector.
4. 4. The device according to claim 3, wherein said first inclined surface of said docking kit body is further configured with a plurality of auxiliary positioning elements each corresponding to said electronic device receptacle and positioned on an outer side of said front opening of said electronic device receptacle.
5. 5. The device according to claim 4, wherein said auxiliary positioning element is a stopper.