Inductively coupled data and power transfer system and apparatus
First Claim
1. An underwater transportable pod for use in an underwater inductively coupled data and power transfer system said system comprising:
- a home docking station including an inductively coupled connector and a remote host docking station including an inductively coupled connector;
the transportable pod including a battery, a solid state memory device, and an inductively coupled connector, said battery and said solid state memory device being electrically coupled to said inductively coupled connector via control electronic circuitry wherein, during use, electrical power is transferred via each of said inductively coupled connectors from said home docking station to said remote host docking station via the battery of the pod and data is transferred from said remote host docking station to said home docking station via said memory device of the pod, wherein electrical power is transferred in both directions between said battery and said remote docking station to said pod via said inductively coupled connector data is transferred in both directions between said docking station and said solid state memory device.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system and apparatus for transferring electronic data and/or power from one station to another by means of a transportable pod comprising a solid state memory device and further provided with an inductively linked, electrically insulated connector. The transportable pod comprises a battery which is used to power a remote host docking station, which may be used in an underwater environment for the collection of subsea data. The transportable pod can be transferred alternately from a home docking station, where it is charged up, and where it'"'"'s stored data is uploaded and to a remote host docking station where is provides power, and where it collects and stores data collected by the remote host docking station.
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1. An underwater transportable pod for use in an underwater inductively coupled data and power transfer system said system comprising:
- a home docking station including an inductively coupled connector and a remote host docking station including an inductively coupled connector;
the transportable pod including a battery, a solid state memory device, and an inductively coupled connector, said battery and said solid state memory device being electrically coupled to said inductively coupled connector via control electronic circuitry wherein, during use, electrical power is transferred via each of said inductively coupled connectors from said home docking station to said remote host docking station via the battery of the pod and data is transferred from said remote host docking station to said home docking station via said memory device of the pod, wherein electrical power is transferred in both directions between said battery and said remote docking station to said pod via said inductively coupled connector data is transferred in both directions between said docking station and said solid state memory device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
- a home docking station including an inductively coupled connector and a remote host docking station including an inductively coupled connector;
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