Vocollect, Inc.

Oxford Biosensors Limited

Vtech Communications Limited

Newlands Technology Limited

Ian Heseltine

Michael Davis

Graham Keith Lacy

Douglas Mark Zatezalo

Ryan Anthony Zoschg

Mark Mellott

James Randall Logan

Kevin Lorimer

John Griffiths

Oliver Bishop

Steven McLellan

Nick Smart

Philip Stankus

Stephen Paul Hughes

Timothy Roland Manson

Nicholas Barnes

Greg Browne

A communication system includes a voice-directed portable terminal with a voice user interface that is configured for being able to communicate with a computer system. The communication system includes a peripheral device having a cord coupled with the portable terminal and a connector adapted to disconnect from the portable terminal when a sufficient force is applied to the cord. This disengages the peripheral device from the portable terminal. The ability of the cord to break-away from the portable terminal prevents damage not only to the connector, but also to the cord, peripheral, and terminal.

Voice-directed portable terminals for wireless communication systems

Medical instrument

Docking device for a medical instrument

A wearable, mobile and/or portable terminal for use in an inventory management system. The terminal includes a terminal housing, a battery pack removably receivable within an external battery-receiving cavity of the terminal housing, and a battery latching mechanism that secures the battery pack in the battery-receiving cavity in a latched condition. The battery pack has an unlatched condition in which the battery latch mechanism is disengaged from the battery pack. A camming surface of the battery latching mechanism lifts the unlatched battery pack from the battery-receiving cavity to promote its removal from the terminal housing. The terminal housing is sealed relative to the environment surrounding the wearable terminal battery pack and yet permits electrical coupling between the battery pack and the terminal in the latched condition.

Wearable terminal with a battery latch mechanism

An electrical connector has a plug portion and a terminal portion. The plug portion is couplable to the terminal portion to provide an electrical connection between a device and a peripheral item which is securely coupled to the device during normal operation of the device. Advantageously, the plug portion will break-away from the terminal portion when a force applied to the plug portion reaches a specified magnitude to thereby prevent damage to the connector and to prevent hindering operation of the device.

Break-away electrical connector

Sound bug reproducing device

Telephone handset

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London, United Kingdom

Ian Heseltine