Samsung patents charging dock with a prong that slides inside wearables
Samsung has filed a patent for a charging station that uses a protruding cylinder to fit inside the hollow center of a wearable device. The cylinder contains a flexible charging pad and antenna that make contact with the inner surface of the device to transfer power wirelessly. A magnet on a separate barrier helps guide the wearable onto the charging prong.
In the filing’s own words
An electronic device according to the present disclosure may include: a housing; a cylinder that protrudes from the housing and includes a charging pad that contacts an inner diameter of a wearable device so as to supply power to the wearable device; and a barrier spaced apart from the cylinder and comprising a magnet, wherein the charging pad may include a flexible cover that contacts the wearable device, and a power transmission antenna included in the flexible cover. Various other embodiments are possible.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An electronic device comprising: a housing; a cylinder protruding from the housing and comprising a charging pad which contacts an inner diameter of a wearable device so as to supply power to the wearable device; and a barrier spaced apart from the cylinder and comprising a magnet, wherein the charging pad comprises: a flexible cover which contacts the wearable device, and a power transmitting antenna comprised in the flexible cover.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR CHARGING WEARABLE DEVICE
- Publication number
- US20260322164A1
- Application number
- 19467478
- Filed
- Feb 2, 2026
- Published
- Oct 15, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 15
Classified under
H02J 50/005 Electricity & electronicsA61B 5/6802 Human necessitiesH01Q 1/273 Electricity & electronicsH02J 7/731 Electricity & electronicsH02J 50/20 Electricity & electronicsH02J 50/90 Electricity & electronicsMore from Samsung in Wearables
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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