JP3241937B2 - Battery adapter - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a battery adapter mounted on a portable electronic game machine having an LCD screen or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a power source of a portable electronic game machine having an LCD screen or the like, a dry battery, a dedicated rechargeable battery, an AC
Adapters are used.

[0003]

However, batteries have a high cost per hour. Particularly in an electronic game machine equipped with an LCD backlight, the consumption of the batteries is fast, and if the user enjoys the game continuously, the battery becomes frequent. Need to replace the batteries. In addition, the number of dedicated rechargeable batteries may not be very large, and there is a problem that the initial cost is high. A
In C adapter, AC outlet is required,
There is a problem that the place where it can be used is limited.

[0004] A first object of the present invention is to provide a VTR battery (rechargeable battery) to an electronic game for a user who owns a portable VTR (movie, video integrated with a camera) (or even for a user who does not own it). An object of the present invention is to provide a battery adapter which can be used as a power source for the apparatus, and which has a low cost burden and is not restricted in its use place.

A second object of the present invention is to make it possible to select and set the terminal positions of a pair of second terminals, and to use VTs of different manufacturers.
An object of the present invention is to provide a battery adapter capable of easily supporting an R battery.

A third object of the present invention is to provide a battery adapter for preventing a decrease in operability of an electronic game machine without increasing the grip of the electronic game machine by a VTR battery mounted on the electronic game machine. To provide.

A fourth object of the present invention is to provide a battery adapter in which the battery mounting portion is set to be located at the center in the longitudinal direction of the electronic game machine so that the weight balance is improved and the operability is further improved. To provide.

[0008]

A first object of the present invention is to provide a battery adapter to be attached to an electronic game machine having a battery storage section for storing a dry battery as a driving power source,
A lid detachably attached to the battery housing, and a pair of lids provided on the lid that comes into contact with a pair of battery terminals provided in the battery housing when the lid is mounted on the battery housing. A first terminal and a portable VT provided integrally with the lid;
An R battery (rechargeable battery) is provided with a detachable battery mounting portion, and a pair of second terminals provided on the battery mounting portion and electrically connected to the pair of first terminals, respectively. This is achieved by the first means in which a pair of electrodes of the battery are brought into contact with the pair of second terminals when the battery is mounted, so that the VTR battery can be used as a power source of the electronic game machine.

[0009] The second object is achieved by a second means in which terminal positions of the pair of second terminals can be selected and set at the time of assembly.

[0010] The third object is that the electronic game machine comprises:
This is achieved by a third means provided so that the battery mounting portion is located at a portion other than the electronic game machine grip portion.

The fourth object is that the electronic game machine has a substantially rectangular shape, and the battery mounting portion is set at a central portion in the longitudinal direction of the electronic game machine.
This is achieved by the following means.

[0012]

According to the first means, the user of the portable VTR (or even the user of the portable VTR) can use the battery for the VTR as a power source for the electronic game machine, so that the burden on the cost is increased. Less,
Moreover, it is possible to provide a battery adapter whose use place is not limited.

In the second means, since the terminal positions of the pair of second terminals can be selected and set, the manufacturers can easily cope with different VTR batteries.

In the third means, since the grip portion of the electronic game machine is not thickened by the VTR battery mounted on the electronic game machine, the operability of the electronic game machine is prevented from deteriorating. be able to.

In the fourth means, the battery mounting portion is set to be located at the center in the longitudinal direction of the electronic game machine, so that the weight balance is improved and the operability is further improved. Can be.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a battery adapter according to the present invention;
2A, 2B, and 2C are exploded perspective views showing a mounting relationship between a game machine to which the adapter is attached and a VTR battery to be attached to the adapter, and FIGS. Front view, front view, FIG. 3
(A) and (b) are a plan view and a bottom view of the battery adapter, FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway side view of the battery adapter in which the battery is mounted, and FIG.
6 (a) and 6 (b) are main part enlarged longitudinal sectional views and main part enlarged bottom views showing a method of fixing the terminals (leads), with the second housing removed, excluding 3; FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing the terminal section of FIG. 5, FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing the wiring of the lead of the game machine side terminal of the battery adapter, and FIGS.
(b) is a plan view of a first housing of the battery adapter,
FIGS. 10A, 10B, and 10C are cross-sectional views of the first housing of the battery adapter taken along line BB, bottom views, and cross-sectional views taken along line CC. FIGS. 11 (a), (b),
(c), (d) and (e) are sectional views, plan views, front views, and bottom views of the second housing of the battery adapter along the line DD.
FIG. 12 is a side view of a threaded knob of a battery adapter, and FIGS. 13A, 13B, and 13C are plan views, front views, and FIGS.
FIGS. 14 (a), (b), and (c) are a plan view, a right side view, and a front view showing a minus terminal on the game machine side of the battery adapter, and FIGS. ) Is a front view and a bottom view showing a battery side terminal of the battery adapter, FIG.
(a), (b), and (c) are a cross-sectional view, a front view, and a left side view showing a spacer of a battery adapter. FIG. 17 is an explanatory view showing another embodiment of a method of fixing a terminal (lead). is there.

First, the game machine 2 to which the battery adapter 1 of this embodiment is mounted will be described. This game machine 2
2 (a) to 2 (c), has a horizontally long and substantially rectangular shape, and has an L at the center of the surface (the lower side in FIG. 2 (c)).
A CD screen (not shown) is provided, and keys and buttons 3 for controlling movement of characters appearing on the LCD screen are attached to both sides of the LCD screen. Then, the operator holds both ends (gripping portions) 4 and 4 of the game machine 2 with both hands (that is, holds the grasping portions 4 and 4 of the game machine 2 with a thumb and another finger).
) And hold the key or button with your thumb.
.. Are pressed to enjoy the game.
On both sides of the back of the game machine 2 (located on the grippers 4 and 4),
As shown in FIG. 1, battery housings 5 and 5 are provided, and a battery terminal 6 for a positive electrode and a battery terminal 7 for a negative electrode of a dry battery are provided in the battery housings 5 and 5, respectively. Have been. The battery terminals 6, 7,... Are connected so that a plurality of (six in the case of the embodiment) dry batteries are arranged in series, and a battery storage section on the left side of the game machine 2 shown in FIG. 5, a pair of battery terminals 6, 7 appearing rearward
Is a positive electrode battery terminal 6 having the most positive potential when six dry batteries are stored, and a negative electrode battery terminal 7 having the most negative potential. A power supply voltage is supplied from the battery terminals 6 and 7 to a circuit element (not shown) in the game machine 2. I have. Reference numeral 8 denotes an engagement hole for inserting a hook of a battery storage unit lid (not shown), and reference numeral 9 denotes an engagement hole for fitting a hook of the battery storage unit lid (not shown). Even when dry batteries are stored in the battery storage sections 5 and 5, respectively, and the cover for the battery storage section (not shown) is provided, the thickness of the game machine 2 is about 30 mm and the game machine 2 is held between the thumb and other fingers. The thickness is such that it can be easily held between the gripping portions 4 and 4.

Next, the battery adapter 1 will be described. As shown in these figures, the battery adapter 1
A base 10 having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and flat lids 11a and 11 extending from lower edges of two opposite sides of the base 10, respectively.
1b, the first housing 1a and the second housing 1b are integrally formed by fastening with screws 12, 12,.... As shown in FIGS. 3B and 5, a pair of first terminals 13, 14 are attached to one lid 11 a, and the first terminals 13 are connected to the battery housing 5 of the game machine 2. Of the pair of battery terminals 6 and 7, the first terminal 14 is in contact with the battery terminal 6 for the positive electrode, and the first terminal 14 is one of the pair of battery terminals 6 and 7 of the battery housing 5. , And the battery terminal 7 for the negative electrode. As shown in FIGS. 13A to 13C, the first terminal 13 is provided with a conical coil-shaped terminal portion 13a, a lead portion 13b, and a lead end portion 13c bent in an L shape. As shown in FIGS. 14A to 14C, the first terminal 14 has a U-shaped terminal portion 14.
a, a lead portion 14b, and a lead end portion 14c bent in an L-shape. These pair of first terminals 1
As shown in FIGS. 4, 5, 7 and 8, respectively, the first housing 1a of the battery adapter 1
Are respectively attached to the terminal fixing walls 15. First
The terminal 14 is fitted into grooves 17, 17 formed in the projecting piece 16 on the upper surface of the terminal fixing wall 15, and the first terminal 1
The four terminal portions 14a are fixed by sandwiching the terminal fixing wall 15 like a clip. Reference numeral 19 denotes an engagement portion provided at a lower portion of the terminal fixing wall 15 for engaging a tip of the terminal portion 14a. The terminal fixing wall 15 has a pair of concave grooves 18, 18.
The largest diameter portion of the conical coil-shaped terminal portion 13a of the first terminal 13 is fitted and fixed to the pair of concave grooves 18, 18. Battery adapter 1 is game machine 2
, The first terminals 13 and 14 respectively contact a pair of battery terminals 6 and 7 of the battery storage unit 5 of the game machine 2.

The lids 11a, 11b are provided with hooks 20, 20,... And claws 21, 21,... For detachably attaching the battery adapter 1 to the battery housing 5 of the game machine 2. The battery adapter 1 is basically attached and fixed to the game machine 2 by claws 21 and hooks 20 that engage with the battery housing 5, but the battery adapter 1 is not fixed even when an impact such as a drop is applied. As shown in FIG. 1, a threaded knob 47 is provided to be screwed into a screw hole 60 provided on the back surface of the game machine 2 so as to prevent the occurrence.

The base 10 (first housing 1a)
On one surface (the upper side in FIG. 4), a recess 23 having a shape slightly larger than the outer shape of the VTR battery 22 is formed, and the recess 23 serves as a battery mounting portion. As shown in FIG.
Two long holes 25a, 25b, 26a, 26b are provided, and a pair of second terminals 27, 27 described later protrude from the long holes 25a, 25b, 26a, 26b. In the vicinity of the long holes 25a, 25b, 26a, 26b, display portions 28, 28 indicating the polarities of the electrodes are provided. As shown in FIG. 4, a pair of second terminals 27, 27 project from the bottom surface 24 of the concave portion 23, and the second terminals 27 are made of a conductive spring material. a) and (b) as shown in FIG.
c, a lead portion 27b at one end of the winding portion 27c, and a terminal portion 27a at the other end of the winding portion 27c. The second terminal 27 has the same shape on both the + and-sides.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the second terminal 27 is provided in a space formed on the back surface of the bottom surface 24 of the recess 23. That is, this space is formed by fastening and integrating the first housing 1a and the second housing 1b with the screws 12, 12,.... First
As shown in FIGS. 10 (a) to 10 (c), the holding portion 2 is provided on the back surface of the bottom surface 24 of the concave portion 23 of the housing 1a.
, 29, and the winding portions 27 c of the second terminals 27 are fitted into the holding portions 29, 29, respectively, and as shown in FIG. 6A, the upper surface of the second housing 1 b is formed. The projection 33 is closed so as not to come off.
The terminal portion 27a of the second terminal 27 is provided with the long holes 25a, 25b, 25b of the bottom surface 24 of the concave portion 23 of the first housing 1a.
26a and 26b. 30a,
30b and 30c are guide grooves for fitting the lead portions 27b of the second terminals 27, and 31 is a lead portion 1 of the first terminals 13 and 14.
3b, 14b and guide grooves for fitting the lead ends 13c, 14c.

At the time of assembling, the position of the second terminals 27, 27 is determined by selecting one of the long holes 25a, 25b on the outside and the long holes 26a, 26b on the inside.
It can be set by attaching 7, 27. FIGS. 6B and 10 correspond to the long holes 25a and 25b on the outer side and the long holes 26a and 26b on the inner side.
As shown in (a) and (b), the holding portion 29, the guide groove 30
a, 30b, 30c, etc. are provided.

A second terminal 27 is provided on the first housing 1a side.
When attaching the terminal 27, the terminal 2
7a are inserted into the first housing 1a, e.g.
b, and the winding portion 27c of the second terminal 27 is
And the second terminal 27 is fitted to the holding portion 29 of the housing 1a.
Is fitted into the guide grooves 30a, 30b, 30c. Then, the lead portions 1 of the first terminals 13 and 14
3b, 14b and lead ends 13c, 14c are fitted into the guide grooves 31, 31, 31 of the first housing 1a.
Therefore, the lead portion 27b of the second terminal 27 and the lead end portions 13c and 14c of the first terminals 13 and 14 cross each other and make contact. As shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, the intersection and the winding portion 27c of the second terminal 27 are held by a projection 32 and a projection 33 projecting from the second housing 1b.

In this embodiment, the elongated hole 26 at the inner position is used.
a, 26b is selected, and therefore,
The slots 25a, 25b at the outer positions and the parts related thereto are open.

The VTR battery 2 is provided in the recess 23.
2 is mounted, the terminal portions 27a, 27a of the pair of second terminals 27, 27 projecting from the bottom 24 of the recess 23.
Is bent while being pushed down by the pair of electrodes 34, 34 of the VTR battery 22 (accumulating elastic force in the winding portion 27c), and the spring force of the pair of electrodes 34, 34 ensures that the pair of electrodes 34, 34 of the VTR battery 22 respectively. (See FIG. 17). Therefore, the terminal 27
The electrodes 27a and 27a are pressed against the electrodes 34 and 34 to be surely in contact with each other.

The bottom surface 24 of the recess 23 is connected to the second terminal 2.
Except for 7, 27, it is a flat surface without irregularities. Generally, on the mounting surface of the battery 22 for the VTR, a concave portion (not shown) for identification indicating the type of the battery 22 is formed at a predetermined position, and the device to which the battery 22 is mounted corresponds to the concave portion. Protrusions are provided so that a battery that does not fit the device is not mounted on the device. The position of the concave portion (not shown) of the battery 22 differs for each manufacturer, and the positions of the electrodes 34 provided on the battery 22 also differ for each manufacturer. However, in the battery adapter 1 of the present embodiment, the bottom surface 24, which is the battery mounting surface, is a flat surface having no irregularities (particularly, no convexity), and the positions of the second terminals 27, 27 are also selected during assembly, as described above. As a result, a battery adapter that can handle VTR batteries of a plurality of manufacturers can be easily and inexpensively provided.

On the opposite edge of the recess 23, a VTR
A claw 35 for mounting the battery 22 is provided, and near the one claw 35, the claw 35 is moved in the direction of arrow F shown in FIG. The battery 22 is locked so as not to be disengaged by engaging with an engagement concave portion (not shown) provided in the battery. The claw 35 is provided on a slide knob 37, and the slide knob 37 is provided with a lock knob 38. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6B, the lock knob 38 includes an arm 39 provided on the slide knob 37 and a projection 40 for setting the position of the slide knob 37 provided at one end of the arm 39. Is provided. The slide knob 37
Is formed of a resin, and the arm 39 is bent. The projection 40 of the arm 39 is engaged with the positioning groove 41 or 41 shown in FIG. 10B so as to be held at the battery mounting / non-mounting position.
Reference numeral 42 denotes a guide hole for slidably holding the slide knob 37.

FIG. 9, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 10, a screw hole 43 into which the screw 12 is screwed.
A substantially semicircular concave step portion 44 formed on the upper surface side edge of the base portion 10, an insertion hole 45 through which a threaded knob 47 is inserted,
And a concave step 46 provided on the back surface.

The threaded knob 47 is attached to the lower side of the battery 22, as shown in FIG. 2 (c). The threaded knob 47 has a head 47a and a head 47a, as shown in FIG. It consists of an integral screw 47b. Knob with screw 47
Is located below the battery 22, as shown in FIG. 2 (c), so that the screwed knob 47b is unlikely to loosen due to careless touch during use or storage of the game machine 2. However, even if the screw 47b of the screw knob 47 is loosened, the head 47a of the screw knob 47 is pressed on the bottom surface of the battery 22, and the screw knob 47 does not come off, thereby preventing the screw knob 47 from being lost. Can be.

FIGS. 11 (a) to 11 (a) show the second housing 1b.
As shown in (e), the holding portion 29 of the first housing 1a
And a projection 33 protruding from the second housing 1b to oppose the lead and holding the winding portion 27c of the second terminal 27, and protruding from the second housing 1b opposing the vicinity of the intersection of the leads (both ends). The protrusion 32 presses the intersection, the battery housing portion 48 housed in the battery housing portion 5 of the game machine 2, the insertion hole 49 for inserting the screw 12, and the substantially semicircular notch portion 5.
0, the engagement hole 5 with which the engagement claw 55 of the spacer 53 is engaged.
1 and a concave step 52 on which a spacer 53 is provided. Battery housing section 48 of second housing 1b
Is to prevent the battery adapter 1 of the present embodiment from being erroneously attached to the game machine 2 in a state where the battery is stored in the battery storage section 5 of the game machine 2. ing. Accordingly, if the battery is still inserted in the battery storage unit 5 of the game machine 2, the battery storage unit storage unit 48 cannot be stored in the battery storage unit 5 by the battery. .

As shown in FIG. 4, the spacer 53
Attached to the housing 1b. This spacer 5
As shown in FIG. 16, a through hole 54 penetrates a screwed knob 47 at the center and a pair of engaging claws 5 on both side edges.
5, 55 are provided. The engagement claws 55 are inserted into and engaged with the engagement holes 51 of the second housing 1b. When the battery adapter 1 is attached to the game machine 2, the thickness of the spacer 53 is as shown in FIG.
The surface M shown in (d) and the spacer 5 provided in the concave step 52
The outer surface of the game device 3 is set to have the same height, so that almost no gap is generated between the back surface of the game machine 2 and the battery adapter 1.

Next, a procedure for assembling the battery adapter 1 according to the present embodiment will be described. First, the first housing 1
Insert the slide knob 37 into a. Next, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6, the two battery-side second terminals 27 are connected to two of the four terminal holding portions 29.
Selective delivery. At this time, the lead 2 of the second terminal 27
7b is guided by being fitted into guide grooves 30a, 30b, 30c for guiding the leads of the first housing 1a. Next, the game machine side plus first terminal 13 shown in FIGS. 13A to 13C is connected to the lead portion 13 b and the lead end portion 13.
c so as to fit in the guide grooves 31 of the first housing 1a. Then, as shown in FIG. 8, the game machine side minus first terminal 14 of FIGS. 14 (a) to 14 (c) is fixed so that the terminal fixing wall 15 is sandwiched between the terminal portion 14a and the lead portion 14b. Lead part 14b and lead end part 14c
Into the first housing 1a so as to fit into the guide grooves 31, 31 of the first housing 1a, and then housed in the first housing 1a. Then
The second housing 1b is put on the inside of the bottom surface of the first housing 1a, and is screwed (four places) with screws 12, as shown in FIGS. .. Provided on the second housing 1b push the lead ends 13c and 14c of the first terminals 13 and 14, and the second battery terminals on the battery side intersecting with the lead ends 13c and 14c. The two terminals 27, 27 are pressed into contact with the lead portions 27b, 27b to ensure contact (conduction), and the concave step 46 and the concave step 52 form an integrated concave step. Then, the engaging claw 55 of the spacer 53 is connected to the engaging hole 5 of the second housing 1b.
The spacer 53 is attached by engaging with the first and the first spacers 51.

Since the knob 47 with a screw is used when the battery adapter 1 is attached to the game machine 2, the knob 47 with the screw is not mentioned in the procedure for assembling the battery adapter.

Next, attachment of the battery adapter 1 to the game machine 2 will be described. In the battery adapter 1, the claws 21, 21 of the left and right lids 11 a, 11 b are inserted into the engagement holes 8, 8 in the wall of the battery housing 5 of the game machine 2, and the lid 11
By fitting the hooks 20 and 20 a and 11 b into the engagement holes 9 and 9 in the wall of the battery storage unit 5, the hooks 20 and 20 are attached to the game machine 2. In this way, the claws 21 and 21 on the lid 11a side
The terminal portion 13a of the positive first terminal 13 on the side is contacted with the corresponding battery terminal 6 for the positive electrode of the battery housing portion 5,
Similarly, the terminal portion 14a of the negative first terminal 14 on the side of the claws 21 and 21 on the side of the lid portion 11a is securely brought into contact with the corresponding battery terminal 7 for the negative electrode of the battery housing portion 5. In the battery adapter 1 configured as described above, the VTR battery 22 is mounted, the battery adapter 1 is mounted on the game machine 2, and when these are integrated, the voltage is applied from the electrode 34 of the battery 22. The supplied voltage is supplied to the battery terminals 6 and 7 of the game machine 2 through the second terminals 27 and 27 -the first terminals 13 and 14, and the VTR battery 22 can be used as a power supply of the game machine 2. .

FIG. 3 shows an example of such an electronic game machine 2.
(A), (b), even if the battery adapter 1 as shown in FIGS.
Since the thick battery mounting portion (concave portion 23) is arranged at the center, the thickness of the both sides where the operator holds the game machine 2 with both hands does not increase, thus impairing the operability of the game machine 2. Never. Although the VTR battery 22 is relatively heavy, the battery 22 is attached to the center of the game machine 2 via the battery adapter 1, so that the game machine 2 has a good weight balance.

Further, the battery adapter 1 and the game machine 2
The battery adapter 1 is screwed to the game machine 2 by the screw knob 47 in order to more securely fix the battery adapter 1 to the game machine 2.
If the spacer 53 is not provided, a gap is formed between the battery adapter 1 and the game machine 2, and when the screw 47 is screwed in this state, the screw turns forever, and in the worst case, the battery adapter 1 (housing) ) May be damaged, but this can be prevented by the spacer 53. In addition, a substantially rectangular parallelepiped expansion adapter (not shown) provided with a lens for enlarging an LCD screen (not shown) can be attached to this type of game machine 2. Is located on the lower side of the back surface of the game machine 2. Even when this expansion adapter is attached to the game machine 2, the battery adapter 1 of the present embodiment can be attached to the game machine 2. In this case, the spacer 53 is detached from the battery adapter 1 and used. A mounting bracket for the expansion adapter is sandwiched between the back surface of the game machine 2 and the concave step 52 of the second housing 1b, and serves as a spacer 53. As described above, the detachable spacer 53 is provided so that another adapter such as an enlarged adapter can be attached.

Next, another embodiment of a method of fixing a terminal (lead) will be described with reference to FIG. In the above-described embodiment, the leads (terminals) 13, 14, 27 are configured to be pressed by the projections 32 provided on the second housing 1b when the two housings 1a, 1b are combined and screwed. Therefore, simply placing the leads (terminals) 13, 14, 27 on the first housing 1 a causes the first terminals 13, 14 and the second terminal 27 to be connected to the first housing 1 a.
Not fixed to. In another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 17, an L-shaped claw 56 is provided on the first housing 1a, and the lead ends 13c, 14c of the first terminals 13, 14 are provided on the claw 56. I am hooked. Further, a lead portion 27b of the second terminal 27 is disposed and attached above the lead ends 13c and 14c (in FIG. 17). Reference numeral 57 denotes an escape recess at the lower end of the claw 56. Therefore, the lead ends 13c and 14c of the first terminals 13 and 14 and the lead 2 of the second terminal 27 made of a conductive spring material are used.
7b is held on the first housing 1a side by the claw portion 56, so that the lead portions 13b, 14b, the lead end portions 13c, 14c,
In addition, there is no possibility that the position of the lead portion 27b is shifted, and the assembling workability can be improved.

In FIG. 17, the terminal 27a of the second terminal 27 shown by a solid line is
This shows a state in which the battery 22 is not mounted. When the battery 22 is mounted, the terminal portion 27a is pushed by the electrode 34 and bends, so that a state shown by a broken line is obtained.
Further, when the terminal portion 27a is pressed by the electrode 34 and bends, the terminal portion 27a and the electrode 34 are rubbed. Therefore, even if an oxide film is formed on the surface of the electrode 34, the oxide film is 27a, and good electrode supply becomes possible. This is the same in the above-described embodiment.

In the above-described embodiment, the battery adapter 1 for a game machine having two battery storage sections 5 at both ends has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The present invention can also be applied to a game machine with only one.

In the above-described embodiment, the electronic game machine 2 is provided with a battery storage section 5 for storing a dry battery as a driving power source, and the battery storage section 5 has a pair of battery terminals 6. , 7 provided on the electronic game machine 2, which are lids 11 a, 11 b detachable from the battery housing 5, and provided on the lid 11 a, and the lid 11 a is provided on the battery housing 5. And a pair of first terminals 13 and 14 that come into contact with a pair of battery terminals 6 and 7 of the battery storage section 5 of the electronic game machine 2 when mounted on the electronic game machine 2, and lids 11 a and 11.
b, and a battery mounting portion (23) to which the portable VTR battery 22 can be attached and detached; and a battery mounting portion (23) provided in the battery mounting portion (23) to conduct with the pair of first terminals 13 and 14, respectively. When the VTR battery 22 is mounted on the battery mounting portion (23), the VTR battery 22 has a pair of second terminals 27, 27 that come into contact with the pair of electrodes 34, 34, so that the portable VTR is possessed. Since the VTR battery 22 which is widely used by users who use (or even users who do not own) and can use the relatively inexpensive VTR battery 22 as a power source for the electronic game machine 2, the cost burden is small and Can be provided.

In the above-described embodiment, when assembling,
Since the terminal positions of the pair of second terminals 27, 27 can be selected and set, it is possible to easily cope with different VTR batteries 22 from different manufacturers.

In the above embodiment, since the battery mounting portions (23) are provided at positions other than the grip portions 4 at both ends of the electronic game machine 2, the battery mounting portions (23) are mounted on the electronic game machine 2. Since the grip portion 4 of the electronic game machine 2 is not thickened by the VTR battery 22, it is possible to prevent the operability of the electronic game machine 2 from lowering.

In the above embodiment, the electronic game machine 2 has a substantially rectangular shape to be used with both hands, and the battery mounting portion (23) is set so as to be located at the center of the electronic game machine 2 in the longitudinal direction. As a result, the weight balance is improved, and the operability can be further improved.

[0045]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a portable V
It is possible to use a battery for a VTR as a power source for an electronic game machine for a user who owns a TR (or even for a user who does not own a TR). be able to.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the pair of second
Since the terminal positions of the terminals can be selected and set, it is possible to easily cope with VTR batteries of different manufacturers.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the grip of the electronic game machine main body is not thickened by the VTR battery mounted on the electronic game machine main body. Can be prevented.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the battery mounting portion is set to be located at the center in the longitudinal direction of the electronic game machine, the weight balance is improved and the operability is further improved. Can be.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a mounting relationship of a battery adapter according to the present invention.

FIGS. 2 (a), (b), and (c) are a plan view, a right side view, and a front view in a state where a battery adapter according to the present invention is mounted.

FIGS. 3A and 3B are plan views of a battery adapter.
And a bottom view.

FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway side view of a battery adapter having a battery mounted thereon.

FIG. 5 is a bottom view showing the battery adapter in a state where a second housing is removed except for protrusions 32 and 33;

FIGS. 6A and 6B are an enlarged vertical sectional view of a main part and an enlarged bottom view of a main part showing a method of fixing a terminal (lead).

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing a terminal portion mounting portion of FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing wiring of leads of a game machine side terminal of the battery adapter according to the present invention.

FIGS. 9A and 9B are a plan view and a front view of a first housing of the battery adapter according to the present invention.

FIGS. 10 (a), (b) and (c) are explanatory views of a first housing of the battery adapter according to the present invention.

FIGS. 11A to 11E are explanatory views of a second housing of the battery adapter according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a side view of a threaded knob of the battery adapter according to the present invention.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing a positive terminal of the battery adapter according to the present invention.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing a negative terminal of the battery adapter according to the present invention.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing a battery-side terminal of the battery adapter according to the present invention.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory view showing a spacer of the battery adapter according to the present invention.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory view showing another embodiment of a method of fixing a terminal (lead).

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Battery adapter 2 Electronic game machine 5 Battery storage part 6, 7 Battery terminal 11a, 11b Lid part 13, 14 1st terminal 22 Battery for portable VTR 23 Recess 27 Second terminal

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] A battery adapter attached to the electronic game machine, wherein the electronic game machine has a battery accommodating section for accommodating a dry battery as a drive power source, the battery accommodating section has a pair of battery terminals, A lid portion detachable from the battery storage portion; a pair of battery terminals provided on the lid portion, the pair of contact portions being in contact with the pair of battery terminals of the battery storage portion of the electronic game machine when the lid portion is attached to the battery storage portion. A first terminal, a battery mounting portion provided integrally with the lid portion, to which a portable VTR battery can be attached and detached; and a battery mounting portion provided in the battery mounting portion and electrically connected to the pair of first terminals. A battery adapter, comprising: a pair of second terminals that contact a pair of electrodes of the VTR battery when the VTR battery is mounted on the battery mounting portion. 2. The battery adapter according to claim 1, wherein terminal positions of said pair of second terminals can be selected and set at the time of assembly. 3. The battery adapter according to claim 1, wherein the battery mounting portion is provided at a position other than the electronic game machine gripping portion. 4. The battery adapter according to claim 3, wherein the electronic game machine has a substantially rectangular shape, and the battery mounting portion is set at a central portion in a longitudinal direction of the electronic game machine.