US 11,722,005 B2
Wearable charging unit and system
Sang Jun Lee, Kirkland, WA (US)
Assigned to T-Mobile Innovations LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed by T-Mobile Innovations LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/558,885.
Prior Publication US 2023/0198298 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. H02J 50/00 (2016.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/34 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 50/005 (2020.01) [G06F 1/163 (2013.01); H02J 7/0044 (2013.01); H02J 7/342 (2020.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A charging unit for a wearable item, the charging unit comprising:
a housing having a first surface, a second surface, the first surface opposite the second surface, an aperture extending from the first surface to the second surface;
a battery contained within the housing; and
a charging system contained within the housing, the charging system electrically coupled to the battery,
wherein the housing is configured to removably couple with, and charge, the wearable item while the wearable item is in an as-worn position such that a face of the wearable item is positioned within the passageway between the first surface and the second surface of the housing when the housing is removably coupled to the wearable item.