Battery door assembly for a battery compartment within a night vision device
AssigneeBAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
InventorsMichael J. Grobecker, Kenneth D. Cleveland
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Abstract
A battery door assembly for a battery compartment is disclosed. The battery door assembly includes a battery cover, glide track, a spring-loaded button, a locking tab and a plurality of hinges. The plurality of hinges is pivotally connected to a chassis of a scope. The locking tab keeps the battery cover from opening. The battery cover can be unlocked by first applying pressure on the spring-loaded button, and then sliding the spring-loaded button and the locking tab from one end of the glide track to another end of the glide track while maintaining the applied pressure on the spring-loaded button.
Claims19
A battery door assembly comprising:
- a battery cover;
- a curved glide track wherein said curved glide track is made up of an inside vertical surface of said battery cover;
- a spring-loaded button configured to be slid along said curved glide track;
- a locking tab for preventing said battery cover from being flipped open;
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- one or more hinges pivotally connecting said battery cover to a battery compartment, wherein said battery cover is configured to be unlocked by applying pressure on said spring-loaded button wherein said applied pressure is orthogonal to the curved glide track, and then sliding said spring-loaded button and said locking tab from a first end of said curved glide track to a second end of said curved glide track while maintaining said applied pressure on said spring-loaded button.
A night vision device comprising:
- an optical module comprising a lens;
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- a control module comprising a battery compartment and a battery door assembly, wherein said battery door assembly comprises
- a battery cover;
- a curved glide track wherein said curved glide track is made up of an inside vertical surface of said battery cover;
- a spring-loaded button configured to be slid along said curved glide track;
- a locking tab for preventing said battery cover from being flipped open;
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- one or more hinges pivotally connecting said battery cover to said battery compartment, wherein said battery cover is configured to be unlocked by applying pressure on said spring-loaded button wherein said applied pressure is orthogonal to the curved glide track, and then sliding said spring-loaded button and said locking tab from a first end of said curved glide track to a second end of said curved glide track while maintaining said applied pressure on said spring-loaded button.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.