Patent ID: 9729791
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: H01F,H01R,H04N

Claim:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a power connector comprising a concave curved receptacle surface that forms a semi-sphere; an electronic device comprising a convex curved contact surface that forms a semi-sphere and is configured to mate directly with the concave curved receptacle surface of the power connector; a device-coupling mechanism configured to maintain the curved contact surface of the electronic device detachably coupled to the curved receptacle surface of the power connector apparatus, with three degrees of freedom, via a magnetic field; and a power-transfer mechanism configured to maintain continuous transfer of power from the power connector to the electronic device through two or more contact points between the convex curved contact surface of the electronic device and the concave curved receptacle surface of the power connector, while the electronic device is reoriented with respect to the power connector.