Headlamp with detachable light assembly
AssigneeMilwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
InventorsBenjamin Oliver Ryan Cabot, Alan Amundson, Patrick P. Stockwell, Christina Prestidge-Kadrlik, Michael J. Hopkins
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Abstract
A headlamp includes a strap, a bracket coupled to the strap, and a light assembly including a housing enclosing a light source and a battery for providing power to the light source. A magnetic interface is configured to removably couple the light assembly to the bracket. The magnetic interface includes a first magnetic element fixed to the bracket, and a second magnetic element fixed to the light assembly. The first magnetic element and the second magnetic element are configured to produce a magnetic attractive force to retain the light assembly relative to the bracket.
Claims20
A headlamp comprising:
- a strap;
- a bracket coupled to the strap;
- a light assembly including a housing enclosing a light source and a battery for providing power to the light source;
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- a magnetic interface configured to removably couple the light assembly to the bracket, the magnetic interface including:
- a first magnetic element fixed to the bracket, and
- a second magnetic element fixed to the light assembly, wherein the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element are configured to produce a magnetic attractive force to retain the light assembly relative to the bracket.
A headlamp comprising:
- a bracket configured to be supported on a user's head, the bracket including a base and a cradle pivotally coupled to the base;
- a light assembly including a housing enclosing a light source;
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- a magnetic attachment interface configured to removably couple the light assembly within the cradle, the magnetic attachment interface including:
- a first magnetic element fixed to the cradle, and
- a second magnetic element fixed to the housing,
- wherein the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element are configured to produce a magnetic attractive force to retain the light assembly within the cradle.
A headlamp comprising:
- a strap;
- a bracket coupled to the strap, the bracket including:
- a base having a bottom end including a plurality of teeth, and
- a cradle coupled to the base for rotation relative to the base about a pivot axis, the cradle including a spring and a detent configured to engage at least one of the plurality of teeth to retain the cradle in a desired orientation, the spring biasing the detent into engagement with the at least one of the plurality of teeth;
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- a lighting assembly coupled to the cradle and including a housing enclosing a light source for emitting light in a first direction and a battery for providing power to the light source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.