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Audio/video recording and communication devices with removable battery

  • US 10,506,205 B2
  • Filed: 02/27/2018
  • Issued: 12/10/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An audio/video recording and communication device (A/V device), comprising:

  • a housing including a support structure and a removable faceplate;

    a processor within the housing;

    an image sensor communicatively coupled with the processor and positioned, by the support structure, behind an optically transparent front portion of the housing that allows light to pass therethrough and impinge on the image sensor to capture images of an object;

    at least one speaker to emit audible sound, the at least one speaker positioned by the support structure to align with a speaker grill of the removable faceplate when the removable faceplate is coupled with the A/V device;

    a mechanical switch coupled with the support structure and responsive to touch to activate a doorbell;

    a removable battery;

    a removable battery casing configured to hold the removable battery and having a release button configured to physically couple with a detent of the support structure to retain the removable battery casing within the support structure when the removable faceplate is removed from the housing, the release button being positioned behind the removable faceplate when both the removable battery casing and the removable faceplate are coupled with the A/V device; and

    a flex circuit electrically coupling the processor to (a) the mechanical switch, (b) the speaker, and (c) a plurality of light emitting elements, the flex circuit and support structure creating a cavity for the removable battery such that the removable battery is removable from the cavity without removing the housing from a mounting surface when the housing is mounted to the mounting surface.

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