Wireless Charging Assembly With External Fan Cooling and IP Protection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Wireless charging hosts and smartphones generate significant heat during charging, leading to ineffective cooling, which can cause smartphone breakdowns, especially during complex software operations.

Innovation Solution

A wireless charging assembly with a fan device positioned outside the housing, blowing airflow onto the supporting surface to cool both the charging host and electronic devices, while maintaining ingress protection by avoiding openings in the housing.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Temperature

If the fan is disposed inside the accommodation space of the wireless charging host, then cooling is achieved, but openings or holes must be made on the housing which allows foreign materials to enter

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecooling effectivenessVSAvoidingress protection rating
Core Design Contradiction:
TemperatureVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the fan from the internal accommodation space of the wireless charging host and relocates it to an external position on the housing. This extraction eliminates the need for openings or holes in the housing structure, thereby maintaining the ingress protection rating and preventing foreign material entry. The fan is positioned externally but still achieves cooling functionality through the reflective plate mechanism.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Ease of operation

If openings or holes are made on the wireless charging host to accommodate the fan, then the fan can be integrated, but foreign materials can enter into the wireless charging host

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefan integrationVSAvoidforeign material entry
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The fan is extracted from the internal accommodation space and repositioned externally on the housing. This extraction eliminates the need for openings or holes in the housing structure, thereby maintaining the ingress protection rating and preventing foreign material entry. The fan is positioned externally but still achieves cooling functionality through the reflective plate mechanism.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

Effectively cools electronic devices and the wireless charging host, preventing foreign material entry and maintaining desired ingress protection ratings, such as IP54, thereby enhancing device reliability and user experience.

Implementation Method 1

The fan is configured to blow an airflow to the supporting surface

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectForced Convection: Forced Convection

Data Source

PatentEP4318856A1Wireless charging assembly
Publication Date: 2024.02.07 INVENTEC CORP
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AI summary

A wireless charging assembly (10) configured to support and charge an electronic device (20). The wireless charging assembly includes a wireless charging host (100) and a fan device (200). The wireless charging host includes a housing (110) and a wireless charging assembly (120). The housing includes a supporting surface (111) and an accommodation space (113). The supporting surface faces away from the accommodation space. The supporting surface is configured to support the electronic device. The wireless charging assembly is disposed in the accommodation space and configured to charge the electronic device. The fan device includes a casing (210) and a fan (240). The fan is disposed in the casing. The casing is disposed on a side of the housing. The fan is configured to blow an airflow to the supporting surface.