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US 2014/0233180 A1Published application
Apparatus comprising a pistol grip
AssigneeInfinite Peripherals, Inc.
InventorsJohn G. Vargas, Ralph Ignacio, Patrick Dutt
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Abstract
A pistol-grip module includes a handle and a coupling member that is configured to couple, mechanically and electrically, to a battery compartment of an active frame. The active frame, which includes at least one electrically powered device, is intended to receive a data-capture device, such as a smart phone. In versions of the pistol-grip module that include a trigger, the trigger can be used to actuate the electrically powered device of the active frame.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising a pistol-grip module, wherein the pistol-grip module includes:
- a handle;
- a battery, wherein the battery is disposed in the handle;
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- a coupling member, wherein the coupling member is attached to an end of the handle, and further wherein:
- (a) at least a first portion of the coupling member is dimensioned and structurally configured to couple to a battery compartment of a first device;
- (b) the first portion of the coupling member includes a plurality of electrical contacts, wherein at least a first electrical contact of the plurality thereof is electrically coupled to the battery;
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- (c) when the first portion of the coupling member is coupled to the battery compartment of the first device, the plurality of electrical contacts electrically engage electrical contacts in the battery compartment, thereby providing power from the battery to the first device.
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An apparatus comprising:
- an active frame, wherein the active frame:
- (i) includes at least one electrically powered device, (ii) is physically configured to receive and mechanically cooperate with an engine, and (iii) has a battery compartment;
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- a pistol-grip module, wherein the pistol-grip module includes:
- (i) a handle, (ii) a battery within the handle, (iii) and a coupling member, wherein the coupling member is attached to an end of the handle, and further wherein at least a first portion of the coupling member is physically configured to securely couple to the battery compartment of the active frame.
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A system comprising:
- a first plurality of active frames, wherein each active frame thereof:
- (i) includes at least one electrically powered device, (ii) is physically configured to receive and mechanically cooperate with an engine, and (iii) has a battery compartment;
- a second plurality of pistol-grip modules, wherein each pistol-grip module includes:
- (i) a handle, (ii) a battery within the handle, (iii) charging electronics for charging the battery, and (iv) a coupling member, wherein the coupling member is attached to an end of the handle, and further wherein at least a first portion of the coupling member is physically configured to securely couple to the battery compartment of the active frame, wherein there are fewer active frames in the first plurality thereof than pistol-grip modules in the second plurality thereof;
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- a battery charging system that electrically couples to the charging electronics, the battery charging system operable to simultaneously charge at least some of the pistol-grip modules in the second plurality thereof that are not engaged to active frames, thereby providing charged pistol-grip modules to replace pistol-grip modules that are charge-depleted due to use with the active frames.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.