1. A power storage device comprising:
a plurality of battery unit receiving portions for receiving battery units;
a plurality of connectors each floatable in a plane intersecting a direction of insertion of the battery unit into the battery unit receiving portion;
an attaching object to which the plurality of connectors are attached; and
a connecting member that connects between the plurality of connectors.
2. The power storage device according to claim 1, wherein the connecting member is inserted into the connectors from a side opposite to the direction of insertion of the battery unit so as to be connected to the connectors.
3. The power storage device according to claim 1,
wherein each connector comprises a first housing that is attached to the attaching object, a second housing that is attached to the first housing and forms a contact receiving portion jointly with the first housing, and a contact that is at least partially received in the contact receiving portion,
wherein the second housing is attached to the first housing so as to be movable relative to the first housing in the plane intersecting the direction of insertion of the battery unit, and
wherein the contact is received in the contact receiving portion in a state where the contact is not fixed to the first housing or the second housing so as to be movable relative to the first housing and the second housing.
4. The power storage device according to claim 3, wherein the contact comprises a first contact portion that is disposed on the first housing side for contact with the connecting member.
5. The power storage device according to claim 3, wherein the contact comprises a second contact portion that is disposed on the second housing side for contact with a battery-side contact of a battery-side connector attached to the battery unit.
6. The power storage device according to claim 3, wherein the first housing comprises a first control portion that controls a position and posture of the contact in the contact receiving portion.
7. The power storage device according to claim 3, wherein the second housing comprises a second control portion that controls a position and posture of the contact in the contact receiving portion.
8. The power storage device according to claim 3, wherein the contact comprises a pair of conductive members facing each other and a biasing member provided between the pair of conductive members and biasing the pair of conductive members toward each other.
9. The power storage device according to claim 3, further comprising a signal connector that is attached to the second housing,
wherein the signal connector moves along with the second housing relative to the first housing when the second housing moves relative to the first housing.
10. The power storage device according to claim 1, further comprising a cover that covers the connecting member in a state where the connecting member is attached to the connectors.
11. The power storage device according to claim 1, further comprising the battery units that are received in the battery unit receiving portions,
wherein each battery unit comprises a battery incorporated in the battery unit and a battery-side connector connected to the battery, and
wherein the battery-side connector is connected to the connector when the battery unit is received in the battery unit receiving portion.
12. The power storage device according to claim 11, wherein the battery-side connector comprises a pair of battery-side contacts one of which is connected to a positive electrode of the battery and the other of which is connected to a negative electrode of the battery.
13. The power storage device according to claim 11,
wherein the battery-side connector comprises a battery-side housing,
wherein the power storage device further comprises a battery-side signal connector attached to the battery-side housing, and
wherein the battery-side signal connector is connected to a control circuit of the battery.
14. The power storage device according to claim 13, wherein the battery-side signal connector is connected to a signal connector attached to the connector when the battery unit is received in the battery unit receiving portion.
15. The power storage device according to claim 2,
wherein each connector comprises a first housing that is attached to the attaching object, a second housing that is attached to the first housing and forms a contact receiving portion jointly with the first housing, and a contact that is at least partially received in the contact receiving portion,
wherein the second housing is attached to the first housing so as to be movable relative to the first housing in the plane intersecting the direction of insertion of the battery unit, and
wherein the contact is received in the contact receiving portion in a state where the contact is not fixed to the first housing or the second housing so as to be movable relative to the first housing and the second housing.
16. The power storage device according to claim 15, wherein the contact comprises a first contact portion that is disposed on the first housing side for contact with the connecting member.
17. The power storage device according to claim 4, wherein the contact comprises a second contact portion that is disposed on the second housing side for contact with a battery-side contact of a battery-side connector attached to the battery unit.
18. The power storage device according to claim 15, wherein the contact comprises a second contact portion that is disposed on the second housing side for contact with a battery-side contact of a battery-side connector attached to the battery unit.
19. The power storage device according to claim 4, wherein the first housing comprises a first control portion that controls a position and posture of the contact in the contact receiving portion.
20. The power storage device according to claim 5, wherein the first housing comprises a first control portion that controls a position and posture of the contact in the contact receiving portion.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method comprising:
(a) determining a multi-channel combined scan interval value as a function of a first multi-channel scan interval value and a second multi-channel scan interval value.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first multi-channel scan interval value indicates a maximum amount of time between multi-channel scan operations, and wherein each multi-channel scan operation includes at least one scan of each of a plurality of channels.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first multi-channel scan interval value is a 2040 multi-channel scan interval value, and wherein the second multi-channel scan interval value is a background multi-channel scan interval value.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first multi-channel scan interval value is a value that was transmitted from an AP station (Access Point station) and was received onto a non-AP station (non-Access Point station), and wherein the determining of (a) occurs on the non-AP station.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the function involves determining the multi-channel combined scan interval value to be a smaller of the first multi-channel scan interval value and the second multi-channel scan interval value.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
(b) using the multi-channel combined scan interval value to initiate a plurality of multi-channel scan operations, wherein each multi-channel scan operation involves a plurality of combined scans, wherein the determining of (a) is performed by a non-AP station (non-Access Point station), wherein the plurality of multi-channel scan operations of (b) is performed by the non-AP station, and wherein an interval of time between two successive ones of the multi-channel scan operations is determined at least in part by the multi-channel combined scan interval value.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the first multi-channel scan interval value indicates a first scanning requirement for the non-AP station, wherein the second multi-channel scan interval value indicates a second scanning requirement for the non-AP station, and wherein the multi-channel combined scan interval value is determined in (a) and is used in (b) such that both the first and second scanning requirements for the non-AP station are satisfied.
8. The method of claim 6, wherein the first multi-channel scan interval value is a BSS Width Trigger Scan Interval value, and wherein the determining in (a) involves ignoring the first multi-channel scan interval value in the determination of the multi-channel combined scan interval value in a situation in which the non-AP station is not connected to a 2040 capable AP station (Access Point station).
9. The method of claim 6, further comprising:
disabling a 2040 coexistence scanning capability of the non-AP station if the non-AP station is not connected to an 2040 capable AP station.
10. The method of claim 6, further comprising:
adjusting the second multi-channel scan interval value based on an amount of data traffic handled by the non-AP station.
11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
(b) using the multi-channel combined scan interval value to initiate a plurality of combined scans, and wherein the determining of (a) and the using of (b) are both performed by a non-Access Point station.
12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
(b) using the multi-channel combined scan interval value to initiate a plurality of combined scans, wherein at least one of the combined scans involves receiving a frame and both examining a 40 MHz intolerant bit within the frame and also making a signal strength determination, and wherein the determining of (a) and the using of (b) are both performed by a non-Access Point station.
13. An apparatus adapted to perform a plurality of scans, wherein at least one of the scans involves receiving a frame onto the apparatus and both examining a 40 MHz intolerant bit within the frame and also making a background scan determination based on information gathered as a result of the receiving of the frame.
14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the background scan determination is a signal strength determination, wherein the apparatus is adapted to function as a first station in a wireless network, and wherein the frame received is a frame transmitted from a second station in the wireless network.
15. An apparatus comprising:
a wireless transceiver mechanism over which a 2040 scan requirement parameter value is received onto the apparatus; and
a computing mechanism that determines a multi-channel combined scan interval value based at least in part on a background scan requirement parameter value and the 2040 scan requirement parameter value, and wherein the computing mechanism uses the multi-channel combined scan interval value to initiate a multi-channel combined scan operation, and wherein the multi-channel combined scan operation involves receiving a frame onto the apparatus and both examining a 40 MHz intolerant bit within the frame and also making a signal strength determination.
16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the multi-channel combined scan operation involves performing at least one combined scan of each of a plurality of channels.
17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the computing mechanism includes a 2040 coexistence scan module, and wherein the 2040 coexistence scan module is disabled if the apparatus is not connected to a 2040 capable Access Point station (AP station), whereas the 2040 coexistence scan module is enabled if the apparatus is connected to a 2040 capable AP station.
18. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the computing mechanism adjusts the multi-channel combined scan interval as a function of an amount of data traffic handled by the apparatus.
19. An apparatus comprising:
a wireless transceiver mechanism over which a 2040 scan requirement parameter value is received onto the apparatus; and
means for determining a multi-channel combined scan interval value based at least in part on a background scan requirement parameter value and the 2040 scan requirement parameter value, wherein the means is also for using the multi-channel combined scan interval value to initiate a multi-channel combined scan operation, wherein the multi-channel combined scan operation involves performing a scan of a channel and thereby obtaining a scan result, and using the scan result to make both a 2040 coexistence determination and a background scan determination.
20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the means includes a MAC and PHY layer hardware core, a processor, and a memory that stores a set of processor-executable instructions that is executed by the processor.
21. A set of computer-readable instructions stored on a computer-readable medium, wherein the set of computer-readable instructions is for:
determining a multi-channel combined scan interval value based at least in part on a background scan requirement parameter value and a 2040 scan requirement parameter value; and
using the multi-channel combined scan interval value to initiate a multi-channel combined scan operation, wherein the multi-channel combined scan operation involves performing a scan of a channel and thereby obtaining a scan result, and using the scan result to make both a 2040 coexistence determination and a background scan determination.
22. The set of computer-readable instructions of claim 21, wherein the set of computer-executable instructions is also for:
disabling a 2040 coexistence scanning functionality of an apparatus in response to the apparatus no longer being connected to a 2040 capable Access Point station (AP station).
23. The set of computer-readable instructions of claim 22, wherein the set of computer-executable instructions is also for:
adjusting the multi-channel combined scan interval value as a function of an amount of data traffic handled by the apparatus.