EP2385592A1 - Système et procédé de couplage de dispositif électronique portable sur un POD de chargement/données - Google Patents

Système et procédé de couplage de dispositif électronique portable sur un POD de chargement/données Download PDF

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EP2385592A1
EP2385592A1 EP10004639A EP10004639A EP2385592A1 EP 2385592 A1 EP2385592 A1 EP 2385592A1 EP 10004639 A EP10004639 A EP 10004639A EP 10004639 A EP10004639 A EP 10004639A EP 2385592 A1 EP2385592 A1 EP 2385592A1
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Firmansyah Firman Sulem
Felipe Oliveira Simoes
Raymond Dikun
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/02—Contact members
    • H01R13/22—Contacts for co-operating by abutting
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R31/00—Coupling parts supported only by co-operation with counterpart
    • H01R31/005—Intermediate parts for distributing signals
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R31/00—Coupling parts supported only by co-operation with counterpart
    • H01R31/06—Intermediate parts for linking two coupling parts, e.g. adapter

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  • portable electronic devices Easily transportable electronic devices such as telephones, personal media players, cameras, game consoles, personal digital assistants, and the like will be referred to herein as portable electronic devices
  • Some portable electronic devices can be inserted into a pod, a cradle, a charging station, or a similar base structure through which an electrical charge might be delivered to the portable electronic device and/or data might be transferred to or from the portable electronic device, Any such base structure will be referred to herein as a pod.
  • a portable electronic device may couple to a pod via one or more well known interfaces, such as USB (Universal Serial Bus).
  • USB Universal Serial Bus
  • USB might refer to devices, cables, connectors, or other components that comply with any past, current, or future USB standard, version, or configuration, such as USB 1.0, USB 2.0, USB 3.0, mini-USB, micro-USB, or others, and all such possibilities are contemplated by the embodiments disclosed herein.
  • Couple might refer to a direct connection without any intervening entities between two coupled components or to an indirect connection where one or more entities intervene between two coupled components. Coupling might be achieved, for example, by inserting one component into another or by abutting one component with another. When two conductive components are coupled, electrical energy and/or data can be transferred between the two components.
  • Figure 1 illustrates an example of a specific adaptor, according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
  • FIGS 2a, 2b, and 2c illustrate examples of generic adaptors, according to embodiments of the disclosure.
  • Figure 3 illustrates an expanded view of an adaptor, according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
  • Figure 4 illustrates insertion of an adaptor into a portable electronic device, according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
  • Figure 5 illustrates placement of a portable electronic device in a pod, according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
  • Figure 6 illustrates a method for coupling a portable electronic device to a pod, according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
  • Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and mechanisms for coupling a portable electronic device to a pod. More specifically, an adaptor is provided that can be inserted into and couple to a port on a portable electronic device. When the adaptor is inserted into the portable electronic device and the portable electronic device is placed in a pod, a contact on the adaptor can abut and couple to a contact on the pod. Electrical energy and/or data can then be transferred between the pod and the portable electronic device via the adaptor.
  • Such an adaptor might allow a portable electronic device to receive a charge from and/or exchange data with a pod with which the portable electronic device might not otherwise be able to couple.
  • a pod might include an exposed conductive surface or contact for charging and/or exchanging data with portable electronic devices but might not include a USB plug.
  • a portable electronic device might include a USB port but might not include an exposed conductive surface or contact that can abut the exposed contact on the pod.
  • the terms “plug” and the like refer to the male portion of a typical male/female-type connection or configuration.
  • the terms “abut” and the like refer to non-plugging physical contact without the typical male/female-type connection or configuration, However, it should be understood that abutment might include contact wherein one contacting surface slightly protrudes and another contacting surface slightly recedes.
  • Figure 1 illustrates front and rear views of an example of a specific embodiment of such an adaptor 100.
  • Figure 2 illustrates examples of generic embodiments of an adaptor 100 and will be described below.
  • One side of the adaptor 100 includes a plug 110 that can be inserted into a port on a portable electronic device.
  • the plug 110 is configured to fit into a USB port, but in other embodiments, the plug 110 might be configured to fit into other types of ports.
  • Another side of the adaptor 100 includes an electrically conductive surface, which will be referred to herein as the adaptor contact 120.
  • the adaptor contact 120 consists of two surfaces 120a and 120b separated by an insulating material 130, but in other embodiments, the adaptor contact 120 could include only one surface or more than two surfaces.
  • the surfaces of the adaptor contact 120 might allow the transmission of electrical energy, data, or both.
  • the adaptor contact 120 could be configured with four surfaces for a USB-type application, wherein one surface of the adaptor contact 120 is a positive electrical contact, one surface of the adaptor contact 120 is a negative electrical contact, and two surfaces of the adaptor contact 120 are data contacts.
  • the adaptor 100 might include portions 120c and 120d of the adaptor contact 120 extending through the plug 110 such that, when the adaptor 100 is inserted into the port of the portable electronic device, those portions 120c and 120d can make electrical contact with at least one contact within the port.
  • a contact within the port on the portable electronic device will be referred to herein as a port contact.
  • portions of the adaptor contact 120 may not extend through the plug 110 and, instead, connectors may be present in or about the plug 110 to couple the adaptor contact 120 to one or more port contacts.
  • an insulating material may be present within the plug 110 to support and separate portions of the adaptor contact 120 or the connectors.
  • the insulating material might also shield the adapter contact 120 or the connectors from the plug 110.
  • This insulating material might be the same as the insulating material 130 that separates the portions 120a and 120b of the adaptor contact 120 and the portions 120c and 120d of the adaptor contact 120.
  • Figures 2a, 2b, and 2c illustrate examples of embodiments of generic adaptors 100. These examples are intended to depict some possible configurations of the adaptor 100, but other configurations are contemplated under other embodiments. Despite the different configurations, all the embodiments comprise an adaptor 100 with a plug 110 on one side and at least one non-protruding contact 120 on the other side, and all the embodiments can provide a similar mode of operation.
  • the plug portion 110 of the adaptor 100 is rectangular and relatively wide compared to the width of the entire adaptor 100, and two rectangular adaptor contacts 120 are present.
  • the plug portion 110 of the adaptor 100 is rectangular and relatively narrow compared to the width of the entire adaptor 100, and four rectangular adaptor contacts 120 are present.
  • the plug portion 110 of the adaptor 100 is cylindrical, and a single circular adaptor contact 120 is present.
  • a single circular adaptor contact 120 is present.
  • the plug 110 might be configured accordingly to conform to various USB standard. In other non-USB embodiments, the plug 110 might be configured differently.
  • Figure 3 illustrates an expanded view of one embodiment of the adaptor 100.
  • the plug 110 comprises a metal shield into which the adaptor contact 120 and the insulating material 130 can be inserted.
  • a housing 140 mates with the plug 110, adaptor contact 120, and insulating material 130.
  • the adaptor 100 can be inserted into a port 150 in a portable electronic device 160.
  • the adaptor 100 can then allow at least a portion of the adaptor contact 120 to couple to at least one port contact in the port 150.
  • the port contacts are not shown in Figure 4 but might be standard USB-type port contacts.
  • the port 150 is located on the side of the portable electronic device 160, but in other embodiments, the port 150 could be located elsewhere on the portable electronic device 160.
  • the plug 110, insulating material 130, and housing 140 might be a single, non-conductive unit in which the conductive adaptor contact 120 is embedded.
  • the single, non-conductive unit might be shaped to fit into a port, such as the USB port 150, on the portable electronic device 160, and the adaptor contact 120 might be positioned within the single, non-conductive unit such that the adaptor contact 120 can couple to one or more port contacts in the port 150.
  • the adaptor contact 120 abuts at least one contact point 180 in the pod 170.
  • the contact points 180 in the pod 170 may also be referred to herein as pod contacts 180.
  • the pod 170 includes two pod contacts 180, but in other embodiments, other numbers of pod contacts 180 could be present.
  • the adaptor 100 is designed such that the size and shape of the adaptor contact 120 is approximately the same as the size and shape of the pod contacts 180.
  • the adaptor 100 is designed with two portions 120a and 120b of the adaptor contact 120 that have an appropriate size and shape so as to abut the pod contacts 180 when the portable electronic device 160 is positioned in the pod 170.
  • the adaptor 100 has a Sufficiently low profile that, when the adaptor 100 is inserted into the portable electronic device 160, the portable electronic device 160 can fit in the pod 170.
  • the abutment of the adaptor contact 120 with the pod contacts 180 and the coupling of the adaptor contact 120 with the port contacts allow data and/or electrical energy to be transferred between the pod contacts 180 and the port contacts, and thus between the pod 170 and the portable electronic device 160.
  • the pod 170 might include a plurality of sets of pod contacts 180, and a plurality of portable electronic devices 160 could be placed in the pod 170 simultaneously. If an adaptor 100 were inserted in each of the plurality of portable electronic devices 160, each of the adaptors 100 in the plurality of portable electronic devices 160 could abut with one of the sets of pod contacts 180.
  • the pod 170 of Figure 5 is shown with a set of two pod contacts 180, one of which might provide a positive voltage and the other of which might be at a ground voltage, such that a portable electronic device 160 placed in contact with the pod contacts 180 can be recharged.
  • a plurality of such sets of pod contacts 180 might be present in the pod 170, and one pod contact 180 of each set might have a voltage and the other might be at ground.
  • a plurality of portable electronic devices 160 could be placed in such a pod 170 at the same time, and each of the portable electronic devices 160 could be charged by the pod 170 if the portable electronic devices 160 included adaptors 100 to create an appropriate interface between the portable electronic devices 160 and the pod contacts 180.
  • the capability of coupling the portable electronic device 160 to the pod 170 in the abutting manner described above can eliminate the need to include on the pod 170 a protruding plug that can be inserted into the port 150.
  • the absence of such a protruding plug can eliminate the possibility that a user of the portable electronic device 160 will accidentally break the protruding plug off from the pod 170 or otherwise damage such a connection when removing the portable electronic device 160 from the pod 170.
  • the adaptor 100 When the adaptor 100 is removed from the port 150, the port 150 can be used to connect a cable, such as a USB cable, to the portable electronic device 160.
  • the adaptor 100 might allow a portable electronic device 160 to easily adapt to other types of pods, cradles, or chargers and might be provided with such components at the point of sale.
  • Figure 6 illustrates an embodiment of a method 600 for coupling a portable electronic device to a pod
  • an adaptor is inserted into a port of the portable electronic device such that an adaptor contact couples to a port contact.
  • the portable electronic device is placed in the pod such that the adaptor contact abuts to a pod contact.
  • an adaptor in an embodiment, includes a first portion including a plug insertable into a port of a portable electronic device.
  • the adaptor further includes a second portion including at least one adaptor contact configured such that, when the plug of the first portion is inserted into the port and the portable electronic device is placed in a pod, the at least one adaptor contact abuts to at least one pod contact in the pod.
  • a method for coupling a portable electronic device to a pod.
  • the method comprises inserting an adaptor into a port of the portable electronic device, such that at least one adaptor contact in the adaptor couples to at least one port contact in the port.
  • the method further comprises placing the portable electronic device in the pod, such that the at least one adaptor contact abuts to at least one pod contact in the pod.
  • a system in another embodiment, includes at least one of a portable electronic device and a pod.
  • the system also includes an adaptor.
  • the adaptor includes a first portion having a plug insertable into a port of the portable electronic device and a second portion not having a plug and having at least one adaptor contact configured such that, when the plug is inserted into the port and the portable electronic device is placed in the pod, the at least one adaptor contact couples to at least one pod contact in the pod and to at least one port contact in the port.

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