Device for monitoring performance characteristics associated with user activities involving swinging instruments
Exemplary embodiments are directed to devices for attachment to a swinging instrument that generally include a cover, a base, a chassis, and positive and negative electrical contacts. The base includes a fastening portion and a support portion. The chassis supports a printed circuit board. The devices include a cap configured and dimensioned to mate relative to the support portion of the base. The support portion can support the chassis, the printed circuit board, the positive and negative electrical contacts, and the cap. The cover can be configured and dimensioned to detachably interlock relative to the base. In the mated configuration, the cap and the base can form a battery opening configured and dimensioned to receive therethrough a battery. Exemplary embodiments are also directed to methods of device assembly.
1. A device for attachment to a swinging instrument, comprising:
a cover,
a base including a fastening portion and a support portion,
a chassis for supporting a printed circuit board,
positive and negative electrical contacts, and
a cap configured and dimensioned to mate relative to the support portion of the base,
wherein the support portion supports the chassis, the printed circuit board, the positive and negative electrical contacts, and the cap,
wherein the cover is configured and dimensioned detachably interlock relative to the base to cover the chassis, the printed circuit board, the positive and negative electrical contacts, and the cap,
wherein in the mated configuration, the cap and the base form a battery opening configured and dimensioned to receive therethrough a battery, and
wherein the positive electrical contact comprises a body, first and second walls extending from the body, and extensions extending from the first and second walls, the first wall being asymmetrical relative to the second wall.
2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the cover comprises an inner circumferential flange configured and dimensioned to snap over an edge of a bottom surface of the base to detachably interlock the cover to the base.
3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the cover and the base comprise complementary undulating features for detachably interlocking the cover to the base.
4. The device according to claim 1 , comprising a retaining ring positioned within a circumferential groove in an inner surface of the cover to detachably interlock the cover and the base.
5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the cover comprises a depressible button on a top surface for actuating an actuator of the printed circuit board.
6. The device according to claim 5 , wherein the depressible button translates a protrusion on an interior surface of the cover through an opening in the cap to actuate the actuator of the printed circuit board.
7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening portion comprises a shaft including an external thread.
8. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the support portion of the base comprises a first side opening and a second side opening, at least a portion of the first side opening forming the battery opening.
9. The device according to claim 1 , wherein in the mated configuration, the cap and the base form an opening configured and dimensioned to receive an instrument therethrough to eject the battery.
10. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the support portion of the base comprises two or more slots and the cap comprises two or more complementary protrusions extending therefrom, the two or more slots and the two or more complementary protrusions being configured and dimensioned to mate relative to each other.
11. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the chassis comprises two electrical slots for receiving extensions of the negative electrical contact therethrough.
12. The device according to claim 11 , wherein the chassis comprises a recessed portion on a bottom surface for receiving a body portion of the negative electrical contact.
13. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the chassis comprises a plurality of side openings or slots for receiving extensions of the positive electrical contact therethrough.
14. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the negative electrical contact comprises a body, first and second walls extending from the body, and an extension extending from the first wall, the first wall being asymmetrical relative to the second wall.
15. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the cover defines an off-center configuration.
16. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the battery opening is a side opening.
17. A device for attachment to a swinging instrument, comprising:
a cover,
a base including a fastening portion and a support portion,
a chassis for supporting a printed circuit board,
positive and negative electrical contacts, and
a cap configured and dimensioned to mate relative to the support portion of the base,
wherein the support portion supports the chassis, the printed circuit board, the positive and negative electrical contacts, and the cap,
wherein the cover is configured and dimensioned detachably interlock relative to the base to cover the chassis, the printed circuit board, the positive and negative electrical contacts, and the cap,
wherein in the mated configuration, the cap and the base form a battery opening configured and dimensioned to receive therethrough a battery, and
wherein the negative electrical contact comprises a body, first and second walls extending from the body, and an extension extending from the first wall, the first wall being asymmetrical relative to the second wall.
18. The device according to claim 17 , wherein the cover comprises an inner circumferential flange configured and dimensioned to snap over an edge of a bottom surface of the base to detachably interlock the cover to the base.
19. The device according to claim 17 , wherein the cover and the base comprise complementary undulating features for detachably interlocking the cover to the base.
20. The device according to claim 17 , wherein the cover comprises a depressible button on a top surface for actuating an actuator of the printed circuit board.
21. The device according to claim 20 , wherein the depressible button translates a protrusion on an interior surface of the cover through an opening in the cap to actuate the actuator of the printed circuit board.
22. The device according to claim 17 , wherein the fastening portion comprises a shaft including an external thread.
23. The device according to claim 17 , wherein the support portion of the base comprises a first side opening and a second side opening, at least a portion of the first side opening forming the battery opening.
24. The device according to claim 17 , wherein the support portion of the base comprises two or more slots and the cap comprises two or more complementary protrusions extending therefrom, the two or more slots and the two or more complementary protrusions being configured and dimensioned to mate relative to each other.
25. The device according to claim 17 , wherein the chassis comprises two electrical slots for receiving the extension of the negative electrical contact therethrough.
26. The device according to claim 25 , wherein the chassis comprises a recessed portion on a bottom surface for receiving a body portion of the negative electrical contact.
27. The device according to claim 17 , wherein the chassis comprises a plurality of side openings or slots for receiving extensions of the positive electrical contact therethrough.
28. The device according to claim 17 , wherein the cover defines an off-center configuration.
29. The device according to claim 17 , wherein the battery opening is a side opening.