Tactical Garment Power Hub With Modular Battery Pouch Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing portable battery packs are heavy, inconvenient to access, and lack flexibility in appearance, requiring separate packs for different environments, and often fail to seamlessly power and connect to multiple peripheral devices.
Innovation Solution
A tactical system incorporating a load-bearing garment with a removably attachable pouch containing batteries, which powers cameras, processors, and data hubs, enabling real-time communication and power distribution to smartphones or tablets.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Weight of moving object
If traditional portable battery packs are used, then power supply function is provided, but weight increases and accessibility becomes inconvenient
Solution Approach 1:
The battery pack is divided into modular components: a reusable battery cell and interchangeable pouches. Each pouch can be independently attached or removed from the garment, allowing users to quickly swap between different power sources without handling the entire battery assembly, thereby improving accessibility while maintaining lightweight design
Solution Approach 2:
The battery cell is nested within a pouch, which in turn is attachable to the garment. This nested structure allows the battery to be compactly stored within the pouch while maintaining easy access through the pouch's attachment mechanism, resolving the contradiction between compact lightweight design and operational accessibility
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional battery packs are used, then power supply is provided, but appearance flexibility is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs dynamically interchangeable pouches that can be swapped based on environmental requirements. Different pouches with varying appearances, colors, or camouflage patterns can be attached to the same battery cell, allowing the power supply device to adapt its appearance to different environments without changing the core functional components, thus maintaining simplicity while achieving versatility
Solution Approach 2:
A single universal battery cell can interface with multiple different pouches, each designed for specific environments or purposes. This multi-functionality allows the same battery technology to serve various appearance requirements without developing multiple complex battery systems, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and device complexity
3Adaptability or versatility
If power distribution hub is added to support multiple devices, then device connectivity increases, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The power distribution hub combines multiple functions into a single integrated component: power management, data transfer, and device connectivity. By merging these functions into one hub rather than separate systems, the patent reduces overall system complexity while enabling support for multiple peripheral devices through a centralized interface
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Provides a lightweight, easily accessible, and adaptable power solution that blends with the environment, supporting multiple devices with seamless power and data transfer.
Implementation Method 1
a pouch with one or more batteries enclosed in the pouch, wherein the at least one camera is incorporated in and/or removably attachable to the load-bearing garment, wherein the pouch is removably attachable to the load-bearing garment, and wherein the one or more batteries are operable to supply power to the at least one camera
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AI summary
A personal tactical system including a load-bearing garment, a pouch with one or more batteries enclosed in the pouch, at least one power distribution and data hub, and at least one camera. The camera is incorporated into or removably attachable to the load-bearing garment, the pouch is removably attachable to the load-bearing garment and the one or more batteries are operable to supply power to the at least one power distribution and data hub. The at least one power distribution and data hub is operable to supply power to at least one peripheral device. A plurality of personal tactical systems is operable to form an ad hoc network to share images and other information for determining object direction, location, and movement.