US 12,627,326 B2Granted

Remote power control box

AssigneeL3Harris Technologies, Inc.

InventorsBrandon J. Miller, Roy Mark Osborn, Khanh Vo

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Abstract

An apparatus comprises: a case enclosing a space; a power connector, extending through the case, to be connected to an external device; a power switch, retained in the space, and configured to be controlled responsive to commands in a UHF/VHF radio signal received by the power switch; a battery, retained in the space, having battery terminals connected to the power connector such that at least one of the battery terminals is connected to the power connector through the power switch; and an antenna, mounted to the case, to receive, and deliver to the power switch, the UHF/VHF radio signal, wherein the commands include a first command to close the power switch to connect the battery to the external device, and a second command to open the power switch to disconnect the battery from the external device.

Claims18

Dependent claims

An apparatus comprising:

a case enclosing a space;
a power connector, extending through the case, to be connected to an external device;
a power switch, retained in the space, and configured to be controlled responsive to commands in a UHF/VHF radio signal received by the power switch;
a battery, retained in the space, having battery terminals connected to the power connector such that at least one of the battery terminals is connected to the power connector through the power switch;
a manual switch retained in the space;
an auxiliary battery retained in the space and having auxiliary battery terminals connected to a power input of the power switch through the manual switch, such that when the manual switch is closed, the auxiliary battery supplies auxiliary battery power to the power switch, and when the manual switch is open, the manual switch interrupts the auxiliary battery power from the power input;
and
an antenna, mounted to the case, to receive, and deliver to the power switch, the UHF/VHF radio signal, wherein the commands include a first command to close the power switch to connect the battery to the external device, and a second command to open the power switch to disconnect the battery from the external device.

5 more elements

A system comprising:

an external device that is battery powered;
a remote power control device connected to the external device and including:
a power switch configured to be opened and closed responsive to commands in a UHF/VHF radio signal received by the power switch;
a battery that is connected to the external device through the power switch;
an auxiliary battery having auxiliary battery terminals connected to a power input of the power switch through a manual switch, such that when the manual switch is closed, the auxiliary battery supplies auxiliary battery power to the power switch, and when the manual switch is open, the manual switch interrupts the auxiliary battery power from the power input;
and
an antenna to receive, and deliver to the power switch, the UHF/VHF radio signal, wherein when the power switch is opened and closed, the battery provides battery power, and does not provide the battery power, to the external device;
and
a radio to transmit the UHF/VHF radio signal to the remote power control device to control when the remote power control device provides the battery power to, or does not provide the battery power to, the external device.

6 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/240,471Filed 31 Aug 2023
Published: US 2025/0080148 A16 Mar 2025
Granted: 12 May 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

H02J 13/34
Characterised by the remotely-controlled equipment, e.g. converters or transformers: the equipment being switches, relays or circuit breakers
H04B 1/1615
Supply circuits: switching on; Switching off, e.g. remotely
H01Q 1/246
Used in mobile communications, e.g. GSM: specially adapted for base stations
H01Q 21/30
Antenna arrays or systems: combinations of separate antenna units operating in different wavebands and connected to a common feeder system