Patent ID: 8055310

Claim:
Inductive power receiving apparatus for use with a separate portable electronic device having a battery for supplying power to the portable electronic device, wherein the portable electronic device is not able on its own to receive power wirelessly by electromagnetic induction, and wherein the inductive power receiving apparatus enables the portable electronic device to receive power wirelessly by electromagnetic induction, the inductive power receiving apparatus comprising: a cover adapted to be fitted to the separate portable electronic device, wherein the cover extends over a side of the portable electronic device to form an extension portion, wherein the cover covers at least a portion of the rear of the separate portable electronic device; an inductive power-receiving element incorporated within or applied to a face of the cover, the inductive power-receiving element adapted to receive power wirelessly by electromagnetic induction from a transmitter of power when the element and the transmitter are in proximity with one another; and one or more inductive power-receiving apparatus power connectors which, when the apparatus is in use, are connected electrically to the inductive power-receiving element and adapted to be connected to one or more corresponding power connectors of the portable electronic device to deliver power received by the element to the portable electronic device, the one or more inductive power-receiving apparatus power connectors being carried by the extension portion wherein the extension portion allows the inductive power-receiving apparatus power connectors to connect electrically to the power connectors of the portable electronic device.