WIRELESS INDUCTIVE CHARGING OF WEAPON SYSTEM ENERGY SOURCE
First Claim
1. For use in a weapon system containing a charger and a man-portable weapon having a corresponding energy source, a charging system for the wireless inductive charging of the energy source in the weapon, the system comprising:
- a first portion of the weapon system, wherein said first portion has a first inductive coil therein,a female receiver sized for receiving, in a male-female mating engagement, said first portion of the weapon system, said receiver having a second inductive coil positioned to inductively couple with said first inductive coil when said first portion of the weapon system is in said male-female mating engagement with said receiver,said first inductive coil adapted for electrical connection to a weapon system platform electrical power supply and wherein said first inductive coil has a direct current resistance of less than or equal to substantially 0.2 Ohms so as to be adapted to provide charging power having a peak power of at least substantially 10 watts,wherein said weapon system platform electrical power supply is an integrated power supply on a weapon system platform chosen from the group which includes;
a motorized vehicle, an aircraft, a water-bourne craft, a water-submersible craft, a spacecraft, a forward-operating base.
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Abstract
A charging system for the wireless inductive charging of an energy source in a weapon in a weapon system. The charging system includes a first portion of the weapon system, wherein the first portion has a first inductive coil therein, and a female receiver sized for receiving, in a male-female mating engagement, the first portion of the weapon system. The receiver has a second inductive coil positioned to inductively couple with the first inductive coil when the first portion of the weapon system is in the male-female mating engagement with the receiver. The first inductive coil is adapted for electrical connection to a weapon system platform electrical power supply and has a direct current resistance of less than or equal to substantially 0.2 Ohms so as to be adapted to provide charging power having a peak power of at least substantially 10 watts.
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33 Claims
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1. For use in a weapon system containing a charger and a man-portable weapon having a corresponding energy source, a charging system for the wireless inductive charging of the energy source in the weapon, the system comprising:
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a first portion of the weapon system, wherein said first portion has a first inductive coil therein, a female receiver sized for receiving, in a male-female mating engagement, said first portion of the weapon system, said receiver having a second inductive coil positioned to inductively couple with said first inductive coil when said first portion of the weapon system is in said male-female mating engagement with said receiver, said first inductive coil adapted for electrical connection to a weapon system platform electrical power supply and wherein said first inductive coil has a direct current resistance of less than or equal to substantially 0.2 Ohms so as to be adapted to provide charging power having a peak power of at least substantially 10 watts, wherein said weapon system platform electrical power supply is an integrated power supply on a weapon system platform chosen from the group which includes;
a motorized vehicle, an aircraft, a water-bourne craft, a water-submersible craft, a spacecraft, a forward-operating base. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A charging system for the wireless inductive charging of an energy source associated with a weapon system which includes a weapon, wherein the weapon system includes a charging portion, the charging system comprising:
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a charging portion of the weapon system, wherein said charging portion includes a first inductive coil, a charging base having a second inductive coil, said charging portion and said charging base adapted to inductively couple with one another in a male-female mating engagement so as to form an inductive coupling, wherein at least one of said charging portion, said charging base includes a drain for removal of environmental detritus, solids, or fluids from within intervening proximity with said inductive coupling, said first inductive coil adapted for electrical connection to a weapon system platform electrical power supply and wherein said first inductive coil has a direct current resistance of less than or equal to substantially 0.2 Ohms so as to be adapted to provide charging power having a peak power of at least substantially 10 watts, wherein said weapon system platform electrical power supply is an integrated power supply on a weapon system platform chosen from the group which includes;
a motorized vehicle, an aircraft, a water-bourne craft, a water-submersible craft, a spacecraft, a forward-operating base. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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