US 11,815,249 B2
Headlamp with detachable light assembly
Benjamin Oliver Ryan Cabot, Milwaukee, WI (US); Alan Amundson, Milwaukee, WI (US); Patrick P. Stockwell, Milwaukee, WI (US); Christina Prestidge-Kadrlik, Hartland, WI (US); and Michael J. Hopkins, Antioch, IL (US)
Assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/543,242.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/121,480, filed on Dec. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0178522 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. F21V 21/084 (2006.01); F21V 21/088 (2006.01); F21V 21/096 (2006.01); F21V 21/08 (2006.01)
CPC F21V 21/084 (2013.01) [F21V 21/0816 (2013.01); F21V 21/0885 (2013.01); F21V 21/096 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A headlamp comprising:
a strap;
a bracket coupled to the strap;
a light assembly including a housing enclosing a light source and a battery for providing power to the light source, wherein the housing includes a rear housing portion having an upper wall, a center wall, and a lower wall, the upper wall and the lower wall extending from the center wall at oblique angles; and
a magnetic interface configured to removably couple the light assembly to the bracket, the magnetic interface including:
a first magnetic element fixed to the bracket, and
a second magnetic element fixed to the light assembly, wherein the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element are configured to produce a magnetic attractive force to retain the light assembly relative to the bracket.