WO2022062267A1

WO2022062267A1 - Charging pad, charging base, adapter device, and charging assembly

Info

Publication number: WO2022062267A1
Application number: PCT/CN2020/142350
Authority: WO
Inventors: 于红勇
Original assignee: 深圳市谷粒科技有限公司
Priority date: 2020-09-25
Filing date: 2020-12-31
Publication date: 2022-03-31

Abstract

A charging pad, a charging base, an adapter device, and a charging assembly. The charging base (1) comprises: an insulating substrate (11); and at least one charging unit (12), each charging unit (12) comprising at least two charging layers (13). The charging layers (13) are disposed on the insulating substrate (11), charges on any two adjacent charging layers (13) in the at least two charging layers (13) are different, and a gap (14) is disposed between the two adjacent charging layers, such that at least two charging pins (21) in at least three charging pins (21) comprised in the adapter device (2) are respectively in contact with the two adjacent charging layers (13). The at least three charging pins (21) are arranged in a straight line. The charging pad, the charging base, the adapter device, and the charging assembly can solve the technical problem that it is inconvenient to charge charging devices such as a gamepad.

Description

Charging Pads, Cradles, Adapters and Charging Components

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the priority of the Chinese patent application filed on September 25, 2020 with the application number 2020221496205 and the invention titled "Charging Stand, Adapter Device and Charging Assembly", the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference Applying.

technical field

The present application relates to the technical field of charging equipment, and in particular, to a charging board, a charging base, an adapter device and a charging assembly.

Background technique

In the related art, the gamepad consumes power quickly, and the charging of the gamepad requires an adapter to be plugged into the mains socket for charging. When charging, the user must manually connect one by one to perform the charging operation, because this charging method is inconvenient. , and it is not fast, which greatly affects the user experience.

In the process of implementing the embodiments of the present application, the inventor found that the related technologies have at least the following problems:

In the related art, when charging devices such as gamepads, the user must manually connect the power adapters and charging devices such as gamepads one by one to perform charging operations, which is inconvenient to operate.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The main purpose of the present application is to provide a charging board, a charging base, an adapter device and a charging assembly, so as to solve the problem of inconvenient operation of charging equipment such as game handles in the related art.

In order to achieve the above purpose, in a first aspect, the present application provides a charging stand.

The charging stand according to the present application includes:

insulating substrate;

At least one charging unit, each of which includes at least two charging layers, the charging layers are arranged on the insulating substrate, and any adjacent two charging layers in the at least two charging layers are arranged between two charging layers. notches, so that the charges on the two adjacent charging layers are different, and at least two of the at least three charging contact pins included in the switching device respectively contact the two adjacent charging layers, wherein, The at least three charging contact pins are arranged in a line.

Optionally, the charging layer included in each charging unit is evenly distributed on the insulating substrate, and the charging layer is in the shape of a long strip or a polygon.

Optionally, all the charging layers included in the charging unit are arranged in a row.

Optionally, the maximum distance between any two adjacent charging layers in the charging unit is greater than the distance between the farthest two charging contact pins among the at least three charging contact pins included in the adapter device, and each The minimum width of each of the charging layers is greater than the distance between the nearest two charging contact pins among the at least three charging contact pins, wherein the at least three charging contact pins included in the adapter device are evenly distributed.

Optionally, a protection circuit for preventing short circuit is further included, the protection circuit is electrically coupled with each of the charging layers.

Optionally, a resettable fuse for preventing failure of the protection circuit is also included, one end of the resettable fuse is connected to the power supply device, and the other end is connected to the protection circuit.

Optionally, the protection circuit includes a protection circuit chip U3, a capacitor C6 and a capacitor C7, one end of the recoverable fuse is respectively connected to the first end of the capacitor C6 and the input pin of the protection circuit chip U3, and the capacitor C6 is connected to the input pin of the protection circuit chip U3. The second end of the protection circuit chip U3 is grounded, the output pins of the protection circuit chip U3 are respectively connected to the capacitor C7 and the charging layer, and the other end of the capacitor C7 is grounded.

Optionally, further comprising a booster circuit for compensating for the voltage loss of the conversion circuit of the switching device;

The input end of the booster circuit is connected in series with the resettable fuse, and the output end of the booster circuit is connected with a protection circuit for preventing short circuit.

Optionally, the material of the charging layer includes conductive metal, and the material of the insulating substrate includes insulating material.

In a second aspect, the present application further provides a switching device, further comprising a switching port, a switching circuit and at least three charging contact pins;

One end of the transfer port is detachably connected to the charging device, and the other end is connected to the transfer circuit, and each of the at least three charging contact pins is connected to the other end of the transfer circuit. Electrical connection, and the at least three charging contact pins are arranged in-line, so that when at least two of the at least three charging contact pins contact two adjacent charging layers respectively, and the two When the charges on the adjacent charging layers are different, the switching circuit charges the charging device.

Optionally, the at least three charging contact pins are evenly distributed.

In a third aspect, the present application further provides a charging assembly, including the above-mentioned charging base and the above-mentioned adapter device;

When at least two of the at least three charging contact pins included in the adapting device contact two adjacent charging layers of the same charging unit on the charging base, the adapting circuit is used for charging the charging device charging.

Optionally, when the charging device is a game handle, the charging base is located in a groove below the game handle, the shape of the charging layer is a long strip, and the long direction of the long strip is long. It is arranged along the middle direction passing through the two handles of the game handle.

In a fourth aspect, the present application also provides a charging board, characterized in that the charging board includes:

insulating substrate;

At least one charging unit, each of which includes at least two charging layers, the charging layers are arranged on the insulating substrate, and any adjacent two charging layers in the at least two charging layers are arranged between two charging layers. notches, so that the two adjacent charging layers carry different charges, and at least two of the at least three charging contact pins included in the switching device respectively contact the two adjacent charging layers, wherein , the at least three charging contact pins are arranged in a line.

Optionally, the material of the charging layer includes a conductive metal, and the material of the insulating substrate includes an insulating material.

In an embodiment of the present application, a charging stand is provided, by providing: an insulating substrate; at least one charging unit, each of the charging units including at least two charging layers, the charging layers being disposed on the insulating substrate, and A gap is provided between any two adjacent charging layers in the at least two charging layers, so that the charges on the two adjacent charging layers are different, and at least two of the at least three charging contact pins included in the switching device The charging contact pins contact two adjacent charging layers respectively, wherein the at least three charging contact pins are arranged in a line. In this way, the charges on any two adjacent charging layers in the same charging unit on the charging stand are different, so that at least three charging contact pins arranged in a line on the adapter device can contact two adjacent charging layers. Different charges on the charging layer, so that the charging device connected to the adapter can be easily charged. Thereby, the technical problem of inconvenient operation of charging devices such as game handles in the related art is solved.

Description of drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the specific embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the following briefly introduces the accompanying drawings required in the description of the specific embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description The drawings are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can also be obtained from these drawings without any creative effort.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a charging assembly provided by an embodiment of the present application;

2 is a schematic structural diagram of a charging stand provided by an embodiment of the present application;

3 is a schematic structural diagram of another charging stand provided by an embodiment of the present application;

4 is a circuit diagram of a protection circuit provided by an embodiment of the present application;

5 is an internal schematic diagram of a protection circuit chip provided by an embodiment of the present application;

6 is a schematic structural diagram of a switching circuit provided by an embodiment of the present application;

7 is a circuit diagram of a booster circuit provided by an embodiment of the present application;

8 is a schematic structural diagram of a switching device provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a side view of the adapter device in the perspective of FIG. 8 .

detailed description

In order to make those skilled in the art better understand the solutions of the present invention, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only Embodiments are part of the present invention, but not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that the terms "first", "second" and the like in the description and claims of the present invention and the above drawings are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not necessarily used to describe a specific sequence or sequence. It is to be understood that the data so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances for the embodiments of the invention described herein. Furthermore, the terms "comprising" and "having", and any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, for example, a process, method, system, product or device comprising a series of steps or units is not necessarily limited to those expressly listed Rather, those steps or units may include other steps or units not expressly listed or inherent to these processes, methods, products or devices.

Furthermore, the terms "installed", "arranged", "provided", "connected", "slidably connected", "fixed", should be construed broadly. For example, "connection" may be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or a unitary construction; it may be a mechanical connection, or an electrical connection; it may be a direct connection, or an indirect connection through an intermediary, or two devices, elements or Internal connectivity between components. For those of ordinary skill in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in this application can be understood according to specific situations.

Additionally, the term "plurality" shall mean two and more.

It should be noted that the embodiments of the present invention and the features of the embodiments may be combined with each other under the condition of no conflict. The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and in conjunction with the embodiments.

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 9 , an embodiment of the present application provides a charging stand 1 , and the charging stand 1 includes:

insulating substrate 11;

At least one charging unit 12, each charging unit 12 includes at least two charging layers 13, the charging layers 13 are disposed on the insulating substrate 11, and any two adjacent charging layers 13 of the at least two charging layers 13 A gap 14 is provided between the charging layers 13 so that the charges on the two adjacent charging layers 13 are different, and at least two of the at least three charging contact pins 21 included in the adapter device 2 are in contact with each other respectively. Two adjacent charging layers 13, wherein the at least three charging contact pins 21 are arranged in a line.

In this embodiment, the charges on any two adjacent charging layers 13 in the same charging unit 12 on the charging base 1 are different, so that at least three charging contact pins on the adapter device 2 are arranged in a line. 21 can be in contact with different charges on two adjacent charging layers 13, so that the charging device connected to the adapter device 2 can be charged conveniently.

Wherein, the insulating substrate 11 can be exposed through the gap 14 , and the gap 14 ensures that any two adjacent charging layers 13 are arranged independently and will not be connected. Wherein, the charging layer 13 is a metal plating layer or a metal coating.

Specifically, the adapter device 2 is plugged into a charging device such as a game handle 3, and when the user wants to charge the charging device, the charging device is directly placed on the charging stand 1 provided in this application, and the adapter device 2 Align the insulating substrate 11, so that the at least three charging contact pins 21 of the adapter device 2 arranged in a line can contact the two adjacent charging layers 13, thereby completing the charging base 1 pairing the game handle 3, etc. The charging operation of the charging device.

Optionally, the charging layer 13 included in each charging unit 12 is evenly distributed on the insulating substrate 11 , and the charging layer 13 is in the shape of a long strip or a polygon.

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 , specifically, the shape of the charging layer 13 is a regular image, for example, the shape of the charging layer 13 is a long strip or a hexagon. Specifically, the shape of the charging layer 13 is a rectangle or a regular hexagon.

Specifically, all the charging layers 13 included in the charging unit 12 are arranged in a row.

Optionally, the maximum distance between any two adjacent charging layers 13 in the charging unit 12 is greater than that between the farthest two charging contact pins 21 among the at least three charging contact pins 21 included in the adapter device 2 . distance, and the minimum width of each charging layer 13 is greater than the distance between the two closest charging contact pins 21 among the at least three charging contact pins 21 , wherein the adapter device 2 includes at least three charging contact pins 21 . The charging contact pins 21 are evenly distributed.

Specifically, through the above structural arrangement, when the adapter device 2 is aligned with a charging unit 12, the adapter device 2 can be placed on the charging unit 12 at will, and on the charging unit 12, the adapter device must be 2. At least two of the included at least three charging contact pins 21 are in contact with two adjacent charging layers 13 respectively, so that the charging base 1 can charge the gamepad 3 and the like conveniently and quickly through the adapter device 2. The charging operation of the device.

Based on the same technical idea, as shown in FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 , the present application also provides an adapter device 2 for use in cooperation with the charging stand 1 provided by the present application;

The transfer device 2 includes a transfer port 22, a transfer circuit and at least three charging contact pins 21;

One end of the transfer port 22 is detachably connected to the charging device, and the other end is connected to the transfer circuit. Each of the at least three charging contact pins 21 is connected to the transfer circuit. The other ends of the at least three charging contact pins 21 are electrically connected, and the at least three charging contact pins 21 are arranged in a line, so that when at least two charging contact pins 21 of the at least three charging contact pins 21 contact two adjacent When the charges on the charging layer 13 and the two adjacent charging layers 13 are different, the switching circuit charges the charging device.

It should be noted that the switching circuit included in the switching device 2 may be as shown in FIG. 6 . The switching circuit enables at least two charging contact pins 21 of the at least three charging contact pins 21 to respectively contact two phases with different charges. When the charging layer 13 is adjacent to the charging layer 13 , the charging device connected to the adapter port 22 can be charged. In FIG. 6 , J1 , J2 and J3 are three charging contact pins 21 .

Wherein, the transfer port 22 may be a USB interface or other mechanical interface or the like.

Optionally, the at least three charging contact pins 21 are evenly distributed.

Optionally, a protection circuit for preventing short circuit is further included, and the protection circuit is electrically coupled with each of the charging layers 13 .

Specifically, the charging stand 1 provided in the embodiment of the present application is provided with a protection circuit for preventing short circuit, as shown in FIG. The recoverable fuse F1 whose protection circuit fails, one end of the recoverable fuse F1 is connected to the power supply device, and the other end is connected to the protection circuit. The protection circuit can be shown in FIG. 4 . The protection circuit includes a protection circuit chip U3, a capacitor C6 and a capacitor C7. One end of the recoverable fuse is respectively connected with the first end of the capacitor C6 and the input pin of the protection circuit chip U3. connected, the second end of the capacitor C6 is grounded, the output pins of the protection circuit chip U3 are connected to the capacitor C7 and the charging layer 13 respectively, and the other end of the capacitor C7 is grounded; wherein, the protection circuit chip U3 can realize Over-voltage, over-current and short-circuit protection, when the rear section is short-circuited, the protection circuit chip U3 controls the output voltage to stop to protect the overall circuit. When the short-circuit condition is removed, the protection circuit chip U3 automatically restores the output voltage to protect the circuit of the circuit chip U3 The principle is shown in FIG. 5 , and the recoverable fuse F1 is mainly to prevent further protection of the circuit when the subsequent protection circuit chip U3 is damaged.

Optionally, the charging stand 1 provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes a booster circuit for compensating for the voltage loss of the conversion circuit of the adapter device 2;

Specifically, the power input point of the charging stand 1 of the present application is connected to a standard adapter or socket, and the input voltage is usually 5V. Due to the existence of the switching circuit, the current input to the switching circuit will be reduced after passing through the switching circuit, which makes charging The device cannot be charged under standard conditions. Therefore, the charging base 1 of the present application first boosts the current input to the charging base 1 through a booster circuit to compensate for the voltage loss of the conversion circuit of the switching device 2 and improve the charging equipment. charging effect. Among them, the booster circuit can be as shown in FIG. 7 .

Optionally, the material of the charging layer 13 includes conductive metal.

Optionally, the material of the insulating substrate 11 includes insulating material.

Based on the same technical idea, as shown in FIG. 1 , the present application also provides a charging assembly, including the above-mentioned charging base 1 and the above-mentioned adapter device 2 ;

When at least two of the at least three charging contact pins 21 included in the adapter device 2 contact two adjacent charging layers 13 of the same charging unit 12 on the charging base 1 The circuit is connected to charge the charging device.

Optionally, when the charging device is a game handle 3, the charging base 1 is located in the groove below the game handle 3, the charging layer 13 is in the shape of a strip, and the strip is in the shape of a strip. The overall length direction of the game handle 3 is arranged along the middle direction of the two handles of the game handle 3 . At this time, as shown in FIG. 1 , it is restricted by the groove at the lower end of the game handle 3 , so that the charging base 1 can only be placed in the groove, wherein at least three charging contact pins 21 on the adapter device 2 can only contact to the two charging layers 13 in the same charging unit 12 .

Based on the same technical concept, the present application also provides a charging board, which includes:

insulating substrate 11;

At least one charging unit 12, each charging unit 12 includes at least two charging layers 13, the charging layers 13 are disposed on the insulating substrate 11, and any two adjacent charging layers 13 of the at least two charging layers 13 There are gaps 14 between the charging layers 13 so that the two adjacent charging layers 13 carry different charges, and at least two of the at least three charging contact pins 21 included in the adapter device 2 are respectively Two adjacent charging layers 13 are contacted, wherein the at least three charging contact pins 21 are arranged in a line.

The charging board is fixed on the charging base 1 , and the charging board exposes the shell of the charging base 1 .

Optionally, all the charging layers 13 included in the charging unit 12 are arranged in a row.

In the embodiment of the present application, a charging stand 1 is provided, by providing: an insulating substrate 11; at least one charging unit 12, each of which includes at least two charging layers 13, and the charging layers 13 are arranged on the The charges on the insulating substrate 11 and on any adjacent two charging layers 13 of the at least two charging layers 13 are different, and a gap 14 is provided between the two adjacent charging layers 13 to make the transfer At least two of the at least three charging contact pins 21 included in the connection device 2 contact two adjacent charging layers 13 respectively, wherein the at least three charging contact pins 21 are arranged in a line. . In this way, the charges on any two adjacent charging layers 13 in the same charging unit 12 on the charging base 1 are different, so that the at least three charging contact pins 21 arranged in a line on the adapter device 2 can be in contact with each other. The different charges on the two adjacent charging layers 13 enable the charging equipment connected to the switching device 2 to be charged conveniently. Thus, the technical problem of inconvenient operation of charging equipment such as the game handle 3 in the related art is solved.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, various modifications and variations can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, and such modifications and variations fall within the scope of the appended claims within the limited range.

Claims

A charging stand, characterized in that the charging stand comprises:

insulating substrate;

At least one charging unit, each of which includes at least two charging layers, the charging layers are arranged on the insulating substrate, and any adjacent two charging layers in the at least two charging layers are arranged between two charging layers. notches, so that the charges on the two adjacent charging layers are different, and at least two of the at least three charging contact pins included in the switching device respectively contact the two adjacent charging layers, wherein, The at least three charging contact pins are arranged in a line.
The charging stand according to claim 1, wherein the charging layer included in each charging unit is evenly distributed on the insulating substrate, and the charging layer is in the shape of a long strip or a polygon.
The charging stand according to claim 2, wherein all the charging layers included in the charging unit are arranged in a row.
The charging stand according to claim 2, wherein the maximum distance between any two adjacent charging layers in the charging unit is greater than the two furthest two of the at least three charging contact pins included in the adapter device The distance between the charging contact pins, and the minimum width of each charging layer is greater than the distance between the nearest two charging contact pins among the at least three charging contact pins, wherein the adapter device includes at least two charging contact pins. The three charging contacts are evenly distributed.
The charging stand of claim 1, further comprising a protection circuit for preventing short circuits, the protection circuit being electrically coupled to each of the charging layers.
The charging stand according to claim 5, further comprising a resettable fuse for preventing failure of the protection circuit, one end of the resettable fuse is connected to a power supply device, and the other end of the resettable fuse is connected to the protection circuit.
The charging stand according to claim 6, characterized in that, the protection circuit comprises a protection circuit chip (U3), a capacitor (C6) and a capacitor (C7), and one end of the recoverable fuse is respectively connected to the capacitor (C6) The first end of the protection circuit chip (U3) is connected to the input pin, the second end of the capacitor (C6) is grounded, and the output pin of the protection circuit chip (U3) is connected to the capacitor (C7), the The charging layer is connected, and the other end of the capacitor (C7) is grounded.
The charging stand according to claim 6, further comprising a booster circuit for compensating for the voltage loss of the conversion circuit of the switching device;

The input end of the booster circuit is connected in series with the resettable fuse, and the output end of the booster circuit is connected with a protection circuit for preventing short circuit.
The charging stand according to claim 1, wherein the material of the charging layer comprises conductive metal, and the material of the insulating substrate comprises insulating material.
A transfer device is characterized in that it further comprises a transfer port, a transfer circuit and at least three charging contact pins;

One end of the transfer port is detachably connected to the charging device, and the other end is connected to the transfer circuit, and each of the at least three charging contact pins is connected to the other end of the transfer circuit. Electrical connection, and the at least three charging contact pins are arranged in-line, so that when at least two of the at least three charging contact pins contact two adjacent charging layers respectively, and the two When the charges on the adjacent charging layers are different, the switching circuit charges the charging device.
The adapter device according to claim 10, wherein the at least three charging contact pins are evenly distributed.
A charging assembly, characterized in that it comprises the charging base according to any one of claims 1-9 and the adapter device according to any one of claims 10 or 11;

When at least two of the at least three charging contact pins included in the adapting device contact two adjacent charging layers of the same charging unit on the charging base, the adapting circuit is used for charging the charging device charging.
The charging assembly according to claim 12, wherein when the charging device is a game handle, the charging base is located in a groove below the game handle, and the shape of the charging layer is a long strip, And the long-length direction of the long strip is arranged along the middle direction passing through the two handles of the game handle.
A charging board, characterized in that the charging board comprises:

insulating substrate;

At least one charging unit, each of which includes at least two charging layers, the charging layers are arranged on the insulating substrate, and any adjacent two charging layers in the at least two charging layers are arranged between two charging layers. notches, so that the two adjacent charging layers carry different charges, and at least two of the at least three charging contact pins included in the switching device respectively contact the two adjacent charging layers, wherein , the at least three charging contact pins are arranged in a line.
The charging board according to claim 14, wherein the charging layer included in each charging unit is evenly distributed on the insulating substrate, and the charging layer is in the shape of a long strip or a polygon.
The charging board according to claim 15, wherein all the charging layers included in the charging unit are arranged in a row.
The charging board according to claim 15, wherein the maximum distance between any two adjacent charging layers in the charging unit is greater than the two furthest two of the at least three charging contact pins included in the adapter device The distance between the charging contact pins, and the minimum width of each charging layer is greater than the distance between the nearest two charging contact pins among the at least three charging contact pins, wherein the adapter device includes at least two charging contact pins. The three charging contacts are evenly distributed.
The charging board according to claim 14, wherein the material of the charging layer comprises conductive metal, and the material of the insulating substrate comprises insulating material.