Electronic device for diving equipment
AssigneeLetsact
InventorFrederic Castellanet
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Abstract
The device (50) includes at least one electronic circuit (52) and a battery (53) provided for powering the circuit, wherein the circuit and the battery are included in a block of hydrophobic material, for example a block of resin (51). The battery is, for example, an inductively charged battery and the device can include optical sockets (56a, 56b, 56c) for fiber-optic cables, so as to avoid all contact of metal parts with water. Such a device is especially suitable for a buoyancy compensator vest, for use as a “stabilizer during immersion” and as a “closed-circuit rebreather”.
Claims18
A device (17, 22) for a diver, comprising:
- a block of hydrophobic material;
- and
- at least one electronic circuit (52) and a battery (53) designed to supply said circuit,
- wherein said circuit and said battery are included in said block of hydrophobic material,
- wherein said device further comprises at least one actuator included in said block of hydrophobic material, controlled by said electronic circuit (52) and supplied by said battery (53),
- said block of hydrophobic material includes a first external face and an opposite, second external face, and a duct (57a, 57b, 57c) that passes through said block of hydrophobic material through the first external face, to and through the opposite, second external face, and
- said actuator is a motor driving a compressor, said compressor comprising the duct (57a, 57b, 57c) in said block of hydrophobic material (51), a rotor of said motor being housed inside said duct, a stator of said motor being embedded in said block of hydrophobic material.
A device (17, 22) for a diver, comprising:
- a block of hydrophobic material;
- at least one electronic circuit (52) and a battery (53) designed to supply said circuit,
- wherein said circuit and said battery are included in said block of hydrophobic material;
- and
- a pressure sensor (54) located within said block of hydrophobic material,
- wherein said block of hydrophobic material transmits a pressure on an external face of said block of hydrophobic material to said pressure sensor.
A device (17, 22) for a diver, comprising:
- a block of hydrophobic material;
- at least one electronic circuit (52) and a battery (53) designed to supply said circuit,
- wherein said circuit and said battery are included in said block of hydrophobic material, wherein,
- the block of hydrophobic material is electrically non-conductive,
- the at least one electronic circuit (52) and a battery (53) are embedded in said block of hydrophobic material,
- said battery is an inductive charging battery with inductive charging through at portion of the block of hydrophobic material;
- and
- a pressure sensor (54) embedded within said block of hydrophobic material,
- wherein said block of hydrophobic material transmits a pressure on an external face of said block of hydrophobic material to said pressure sensor, and
- said block of hydrophobic material includes a first external face and an opposite, second external face, and a duct (57a, 57b, 57c) that passes through said block of hydrophobic material through the first external face, to and through the opposite, second external face, and
- said actuator is a motor driving a compressor, said compressor comprising the duct (57a, 57b, 57c) in said block of hydrophobic material (51), a rotor of said motor being housed inside said duct, a stator of said motor being embedded in said block of hydrophobic material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.