DEVICE FOR RECHARGING A BATTERY OF A PORTABLE IONIZING-RADIATION SENSOR
First Claim
1. A device for recharging a battery of a battery-powered portable ionizing-radiation sensor having a sensor and a recharging base to recharge the sensor, the sensor being rested on the recharging base, wherein:
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one or more accessible faces;
a plurality of electrical-contact areas on the one or more accessible faces, the plurality of electrical-contact areas connected to the battery that powers the sensor; and
the recharging base comprises;
a housing having one or more openings; and
one or more mobile contacts connected to a power source, wherein the one or more mobile contacts protrude from the housing through at least one of the one or more openings in the housing,wherein the one or more mobile contacts are electrically in contact with at least a portion of the plurality of electrical-contact areas of the sensor if one or more of the plurality of electrical-contact areas are positioned facing the one or more openings of the housing when the mobile contacts protrude from the recharging base.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a device for recharging a battery of a portable ionizing-radiation sensor resting on a recharging base. The sensor includes, on one or more accessible faces, a plurality of electrical-contact areas connected to the battery that powers the sensor. The recharging base comprises a device for mobilizing one or more mobile contacts. The mobile contacts are connected to a power source. The mobile contacts mechanically enter the body (i.e., housing) of the recharging base and mechanically protrude from the body of the recharging base through one or more openings made in the body of the recharging base. The mobile contacts are electrically in contact with the plurality of electrical-contact areas of the sensor if one or more of the plurality of electrical-contact areas are positioned facing the openings when the mobile contacts protrude from the recharging base. An embodiment of the invention may be used for X-ray or Gamma-ray medical imaging.
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18 Claims
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1. A device for recharging a battery of a battery-powered portable ionizing-radiation sensor having a sensor and a recharging base to recharge the sensor, the sensor being rested on the recharging base, wherein:
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the sensor comprises; one or more accessible faces; a plurality of electrical-contact areas on the one or more accessible faces, the plurality of electrical-contact areas connected to the battery that powers the sensor; and the recharging base comprises; a housing having one or more openings; and one or more mobile contacts connected to a power source, wherein the one or more mobile contacts protrude from the housing through at least one of the one or more openings in the housing, wherein the one or more mobile contacts are electrically in contact with at least a portion of the plurality of electrical-contact areas of the sensor if one or more of the plurality of electrical-contact areas are positioned facing the one or more openings of the housing when the mobile contacts protrude from the recharging base. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A recharging base for recharging a battery of a portable device when the portable device is resting on the recharging base, wherein the recharging base comprises:
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a housing having one or more openings; and one or more mobile contacts connected to a power source, wherein the one or more mobile contacts protrude from the housing through at least one of the one or more openings in the housing, wherein the one or more mobile contacts are electrically in contact with at least a portion of a plurality of electrical-contact areas of the portable device if one or more of the plurality of electrical-contact areas are positioned facing the one or more openings of the housing when the mobile contacts protrude from the recharging base. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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