Apple has patented a wearable battery charger to top up its Apple watches on the go.The patent reveals a new look for Apple's latest watch model with a rounded face.
The patent,published by the US Patent and trademark office today,is listed as a 'charging apparatus for wearable electronic device.'The patent is about manufacturing an inductive charger, implemented in the Apple Watch strap or attached to an existing band.
The illustrations show us a small wire that connects a battery in the
strap to the back of the device. The strap itself is really thin,
probably in order to be both comfortable to wear and look tolerable.
There’s no knowing if such idea will ever make it to a real product or
Apple is just protecting this idea from being used by other companies.
Interestingly enough, the watch on the graphs is actually circular and
not a square with round corners. Apple often uses generic illustrations
of things in order to broaden the patent applications or actually shows a
design that later does not make it to the market, but we can always
hope there's more to that.
The wearable charger will likely use a magnetic charge point for easy snap on/snap off access.two different charger designs are described in the patent.one shows the charger embedded into the wristband of the watch.the second depicts a separate module that sits underneath the chassis of the watch and then attaches to the band.
Apple has proposed the use of special 'heat-dissipating' circuitry to stop the battery module burning users.The patent suggests that the wireless unit could be plugged in to recharge when not in use.It remains unclear whether Apple will ever actually make the wearable charger.
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