Apparatus and method of charging mobile terminal using energy harvesting device
US10326312B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 15, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jun 18, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 27, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10N10/10
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for charging a mobile terminal includes an energy harvesting device provided in shoes and generating energy generated by a movement of a human body, a charge control module attached to trousers and controlling charging of a mobile terminal using energy harvested by the energy harvesting device, and a resonant coil module wirelessly transmitting energy harvested by the energy harvesting device to the charge control module, wherein the resonant coil module includes a transmission resonant coil unit provided in the shoes and a reception resonant coil unit provided in the trousers, spaced apart from the transmission resonant coil unit by a predetermined distance, and magnetically coupled to the transmission resonant coil unit.
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