Patent ID: 9722460
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H01Q,H02J,H04B

Claim:
1. A portable device comprising: a housing having at least one metallic component positioned within the housing, the at least one metallic component defining at least two surfaces; a coil defining a generally planar coil portion which is positioned in the housing and proximate to the metallic component and being configured to couple with magnetic flux from a field, at least one surface of the metallic component being out of plane with the coil; and a flux guide that includes a planar portion and two shield portions to form a letter “U” shape, the planar portion of the flux guide positioned between the metallic component and the generally planar coil portion, the two shield portions of the flux guide being wrapped around out of plane edge-surfaces of the metallic component to facilitate coupling the flux between the coil and the field.