M914 (AP/PVS-14 style) improved dual carriage head mount and dual battery compartment systems

摘要

An enhanced battery compartment associated with a night vision monocular device (NVMD) can support multiple battery types. For each battery type, a NVMD can receive an input voltage from a power source within an interior chamber of the enhanced battery compartment. The power source can be a AA battery or a CR123A battery and no additional adapter is required when the enhanced battery compartment has been attached to the NVMD. The NVMD can conform to an Army Navy Personal Viewer System 14 (AN/PVS-14) device. The NVMD can regulate the input voltage from the power source and provide an output voltage conforming to a pre-determined setting. In one embodiment, regulation of the input voltage can be performed by a component external to the enhanced battery compartment and installed in the NVMD, such as a subsystem or subassembly of the NVMD. The NVMD can activate a monocular subassembly associated with the NVMD utilizing the output voltage. The monocular subassembly can present a view of an environment within a viewport.

主权项

1. An enhanced battery compartment comprising:
a housing of an enhanced battery compartment associated with a night vision monocular device, wherein the night vision monocular device is an Army Navy Personal Viewer System (AN/PVS) device; an interior chamber of the enhanced battery compartment configured to receive a power source, wherein the power source is either a AA sized battery or a CR123A battery, wherein the enhanced battery compartment accepts both either the AA sized battery or the CR123A battery without the need of using any other additional adapter, wherein the interior chamber includes a built-in adjustment mechanism having a first state and a second state, wherein said first state fills an interior volume of the interior chamber to correspond to a diameter of the CR123A battery, wherein the second state fills an interior volume of the interior chamber to correspond to a diameter of the AA sized battery, wherein when in the second state, the CR123A has too great a diameter to fit into the interior chamber adjusted for the second state, wherein the CR123A battery fits into the interior chamber adjusted for the first state; an adjustment control, which is a user control for changing the adjustment mechanism between the first state and the second state; a battery door able to seal the interior chamber of the enhanced battery compartment when the battery door is engaged in a closed configuration, wherein the battery door and its connection to the interior chamber is unaffected by changes in the adjustment control between the first state and the second state; positive and negative terminals electronically coupled to the power source, which are mated to equivalent terminals of the night vision monocular device, when the housing is mounted to the AN/PVS device to create a circuit where the AN/PVS device receives power from the power source.