US 11,867,977 B2
Battery powered wearables
Stewart John Parfitt, England (GB); James A. Cooke, Wales (GB); and Peter Rigling, Herts (GB)
Assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED, Dublin (IE)
Filed by Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin (IE)
Filed on Mar. 20, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/825,866.
Claims priority of application No. 1904002 (GB), filed on Mar. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0301173 A1, Sep. 24, 2020
Int. Cl. H02J 7/34 (2006.01); G02C 11/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC G02C 11/10 (2013.01) [H02J 7/0013 (2013.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An intrinsically safe powered wearable device including a power source connector for physical and electrical connection and disconnection with a power source for replacement of the power source on the device in a hot-pluggable manner, wherein the wearable device is configured for swapping first and second power packs between storage and usage modes, and wherein the first power pack is mountable directly to the second power pack.