发明名称 |
Battery Life Extender for Portable Lighting |
摘要 |
A battery life extender (12) for a portable lighting device (10) employs a reconfigurable mechanism operable to selectively electrically isolate one or more batteries (20) from a circuit having a parasitic power drain. For example, a lighting device (10) includes a light generating element (14), at least one battery (20), a user operated switch (16) configured to control delivery of electrical power from the at least one battery (20) to the light generating element (14), and a housing assembly (18) supporting the at least one battery (20) and the light generating element (14). The user operated switch (16) can impart a parasitic power drain. The housing assembly (18) is reconfigurable to: (a) a first configuration in which the user operated switch (16) is electrically connected to the at least one battery (20), and (b) a second configuration in which the at least one battery (20) is electrically isolated and the at least one battery (20) is retained by the housing assembly (18). |
申请公布号 |
US2016377242(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.12.29 |
申请号 |
US201415103582 |
申请日期 |
2014.12.10 |
申请人 |
THE COLEMAN COMPANY, INC. |
发明人 |
Law Matthew G;MEETHER Stuart L.;TREFZ Thomas G.;ELLIOTT Mark;BROCKEL Michael D.;CHEN Chelor;ZHANG Yuhua;GLAZIER Ricky L. |
分类号 |
F21L4/00;F21V23/06;F21V3/00;F21V17/12;F21V5/04;F21V7/00;F21V23/04;F21V21/084 |
主分类号 |
F21L4/00 |
代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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主权项 |
1. A lighting device comprising:
a light generating element; at least one battery; a user operated switch configured to control delivery of electrical power from the at least one battery to the light generating element; and a housing assembly supporting the at least one battery and the light generating element, the housing assembly being reconfigurable to: (a) a first configuration in which the user operated switch is electrically connected to the at least one battery, and (b) a second configuration in which the at least one battery is electrically isolated and the at least one battery is retained by the housing assembly. |
地址 |
Wichita KS US |