Patents
US 11271414 B2: Interchangeably connectable charging cradle, battery pack and mobile device
- Granted
- 2022-03-08
- Filed
- 2017-12-15 application 16476927
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A charging cradle includes: a cradle housing having a base portion, and a socket portion configured to interchangeably receive (i) a mobile device, (ii) a battery pack for the mobile device, and (iii) the mobile device in combination with the battery pack; the socket portion including: a shared base surface having disposed thereon a set of shared charging contacts; a first set of guide surfaces extending from the shared base surface and defining a first socket configured to receive the mobile device and, in the absence of the battery pack, to engage the shared charging contacts with a first set of contacts on the mobile device; and a second set of guide surfaces extending from the shared base surface and defining a second socket configured to receive the battery pack and engage the shared charging contacts with a second set of contacts on the battery pack.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg220308.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol Technologies, LLC 989 patents | US company or organization | Holtsville, NY | SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. State business registration FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Thomas Fountain | London, GB | 38 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Jaeho Choi | Great Neck, NY | 124 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Edward Anthony Hackett | Kingston upon Thames, GB | 43 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Edward M. Voli | East Setauket, NY | 22 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Carl Thelemann | East Islip, NY | 17 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| H02J | Electric power networks; circuit arrangements or systems for supplying or distributing electric power; systems for storing electric energy | H02J7/70 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| H01M | Processes or means, e.g. batteries, for the direct conversion of chemical energy into electrical energy | H01M10/46 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| H04M | Telephonic communication | H04M1/04 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| Y02E | Reduction of greenhouse gas [ghg] emissions, related to energy generation, transmission or distribution | Y02E60/10 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-05-22 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | CHOI, JAEHO signed 2019-06-13 THELEMANN, CARL A. signed 2019-06-13 VOLI, EDWARD M. signed 2019-06-13 FOUNTAIN, MARK THOMAS signed 2019-06-14 HACKETT, EDWARD ANTHONY signed 2019-06-14 | ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LINCOLNSHIRE, IL | 52731/580 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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