Apple wireless charging patent filed

[Jeremy Proome]

Apple files patent application for wireless charging

Apple patent hints at a new wireless charging concept

 

[Jola]

Oh goody, more patenting of prior art !

 

[marine1]

Bloody chops, Samsung had it first you f'ing idiots
God I hate Apple

 

[Jola]

I have had wireless charging on Braun electric toothbrushes for many decades.

 

[marine1]

I hope Apple gets a snot klap very soon. So sick of them trying to own everything out there.

 

[sand_man]

The difference between Apple’s application and other wireless charging technologies is that Apple’s patent doesn’t require physical contact between a device and a charging mat.

That's how I always understood wireless charging to work!!

A charging mat is a gimmick, whereby you replacing a conventional cabled charger with a cabled charging mat on which the device must rest in order to charge.

 

[JStrike]

Oh goody, more patenting of prior art !

Prior art?
There are a couple of wireless charging solutions out there, but most require contact. And all operate differently.
So where's the prior art?

 

[Jola]

So where's the prior art?

Let me rather not say anything ...

 

[w1z4rd]

Bloody chops, Samsung had it first you f'ing idiots
God I hate Apple

Tesla was the first one to get wireless power working.

 

[Jola]

Tesla was the first one to get wireless power working.

Yes, and quite a long time ago.

 

[JStrike]

Let me rather not say anything ...

Well, if you can show me a product that uses the same implementation, I'll be impressed

 

[w1z4rd]

Well, if you can show me a product that uses the same implementation, I'll be impressed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contactless_energy_transfer#Timeline_of_wireless_power

Picture of Tesla charging a light bulb with no contact: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TeslaWirelessIllustration.png

 

[Jola]

Well, if you can show me a product that uses the same implementation, I'll be impressed

Tesla demonstrated such a device in 1891.

 

[SauRoNZA]

I honestly don't see why people have such a need for this technology.

Is it that much trouble to plug the cable in? I mean at the end of the day even with wireless charging you are still going to plug something into the wall socket...so if you are plugging in one end...why not just plug in the other while you are at it?

 

[w1z4rd]

I honestly don't see why people have such a need for this technology.

Is it that much trouble to plug the cable in? I mean at the end of the day even with wireless charging you are still going to plug something into the wall socket...so if you are plugging in one end...why not just plug in the other while you are at it?

I guess you must have been really confused when they invented wireless internet

 

[JStrike]

Tesla demonstrated such a device in 1891.

Yeah, the radiation was awesome.
This is not the same implementation. Unless Apple wants to get sued to oblivion by giving their customers cancer

 

[Jola]

Yeah, the radiation was awesome.

Still is, how do you think that power gets transmitted ?

Just the thing for the beside table, if you have to get up at night you glow in the dark !

 

[w1z4rd]

Yeah, the radiation was awesome.
This is not the same implementation. Unless Apple wants to get sued to oblivion by giving their customers cancer

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/wireless-0607.html

 

[Jola]

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/wireless-0607.html

Interesting article ! Of course this isn't prior art, just as pinch-to-zoom and slide-to-unlock wasn't.

 

[w1z4rd]

Im also not finding references to radiation with Tesla`s wireless power. I just see oscillators and stuff mentioned