Connectors for battery-powered devices
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method comprising:
- during one or more tests of a battery powered device;
providing more power to the battery-powered device from an external power supply than a battery of the device can provide, the external power supply providing power in place of the battery through a connector that physically fits between one or more power contacts on the battery-powered device and one or more power contacts on the battery when the battery is mechanically coupled to the battery-powered device such that one or more data signal contacts on the battery are brought into contact with one or more corresponding data signal contacts on the battery-powered device; and
providing one or more battery information data signals from the one or more data signal contacts on the battery to the one or more data signal contacts on the battery-powered device while power is simultaneously being provided through the connector from the external power supply to the battery-powered device.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A battery-powered device can be simultaneously coupled to a non-battery power supply and to information signals from a battery. Power contacts on the device are coupled to the power supply, while one or more information contacts on the battery are coupled to corresponding contacts on the device.
34 Citations
18 Claims
-
1. A method comprising:
during one or more tests of a battery powered device; providing more power to the battery-powered device from an external power supply than a battery of the device can provide, the external power supply providing power in place of the battery through a connector that physically fits between one or more power contacts on the battery-powered device and one or more power contacts on the battery when the battery is mechanically coupled to the battery-powered device such that one or more data signal contacts on the battery are brought into contact with one or more corresponding data signal contacts on the battery-powered device; and providing one or more battery information data signals from the one or more data signal contacts on the battery to the one or more data signal contacts on the battery-powered device while power is simultaneously being provided through the connector from the external power supply to the battery-powered device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
-
5. An apparatus comprising:
a first connector configured such that, when a battery is mechanically received by a battery-powered device, the first connector physically fits between a first power contact on the battery-powered device and a first power contact on the battery while simultaneously allowing one or more data signal contacts on the battery to be in mechanical contact with one or more corresponding data signal contacts on the battery-powered device, the first connector configured to couple, during one or more tests of the battery-powered device, the first power contact on the battery-powered device to an external power supply in place of a coupling between the first power contact on the battery-powered device and the first power contact on the battery, the external power supply providing an amount of power during the one or more tests of the battery-powered device that is greater than the battery can provide. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
-
15. A system for testing a plurality of battery-powered devices, the system comprising:
-
a chassis configurable to receive and test a plurality of battery-powered devices simultaneously; and for each of the plurality of battery-powered devices, a connector configured such that when a battery is mechanically received by the battery-powered device, the connector physically fits between a power contact on the battery-powered device and a power contact on the battery while simultaneously allowing one or more data signal contacts on the battery to be in mechanical contact with one or more corresponding data signal contacts on the battery-powered device, the connector configured to couple the power contact on the battery-powered device to an external power supply in place of a coupling between the power contact on the battery-powered device and the power contact on the battery. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
-
Specification