Connectors for battery-powered devices

摘要

A battery-powered device can be simultaneously coupled to a non-battery power supply and to information signals from a battery. Power contacts on the device are coupled to the power supply, while one or more information contacts on the battery are coupled to corresponding contacts on the device.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
during one or more tests of a battery powered device:
providing more power to the battery-powered device from an external power supply than a battery of the device can provide, the external power supply providing power in place of the battery through a connector that physically fits between one or more power contacts on the battery-powered device and one or more power contacts on the battery when the battery is mechanically coupled to the battery-powered device such that one or more data signal contacts on the battery are brought into contact with one or more corresponding data signal contacts on the battery-powered device; andproviding one or more battery information data signals from the one or more data signal contacts on the battery to the one or more data signal contacts on the battery-powered device while power is simultaneously being provided through the connector from the external power supply to the battery-powered device.