Wireless communications unit
AssigneeMine Site Technologies Pty Ltd
InventorStuart McLean
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Abstract
A wireless communications unit is provided, such as a portable unit to serve as an access point and/or a repeater node in a wireless meshing network, including at least two removable power source modules engageable with and electrically connectable to the unit to provide electrical power thereto, and a mechanism to allow selective disconnection and removal of one power source module from the unit while maintaining connection and retention to the unit of another power source module. The mechanism comprises a rotatable wheel having a radially projecting portion (such as a cam lobe). When the wheel is rotated the projecting portion bears against a part of the first power source module to push it into an ejected position while electrically disconnecting it from the unit, to allow removal and recharge/replacement.
Claims23
A wireless communications unit, comprising:
- at least first and second removable power source modules engageable with and electrically connectable to the wireless communications unit to provide electrical power thereto;
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- a mechanism comprising a rotatable wheel to allow selective disconnection and removal of the first removable power source module from the wireless communications unit while maintaining connection and retention of the second removable power source module to the wireless communications unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.