JP3678856B2

JP3678856B2 - Electronic equipment

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Publication number: JP3678856B2
Application number: JP26859596A
Authority: JP
Inventors: 直昌鈴木; 一利一ノ瀬; 良一貝和
Original assignee: Panasonic Corp; Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd
Current assignee: Panasonic Corp; Panasonic Holdings Corp
Priority date: 1996-10-09
Filing date: 1996-10-09
Publication date: 2005-08-03
Anticipated expiration: 2016-10-09
Also published as: JPH10116598A

Description

【０００１】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は、携帯電話機などの電子装置に係り、特に電子装置に装着される電池パックの保持装置に関するものである。
【０００２】
【従来の技術】
図４は、従来の電池パックの保持装置の構成を示したものである。図４において、１は携帯電話機などの電子装置の本体、２は電池パックの装着部、３は装着部２の一端部の左右両側に設けられた一対の係合爪、４は係合爪３の近傍に設けられた接触端子、５は装着部２の他端部に摺動自在に設けられたロックレバーである。
【０００３】
６は装着部２に装着される電池パックであり、内部に電池が収納されている。７は電池パック６の一端部の左右両側に設けられ係合爪３が係合する係合受け部、８は係合受け部７の近傍に設けられ接触端子４が接触する電池端子、９は電池パック６の他端部に設けられロックレバー５が挿脱する係合溝である。
【０００４】
上記構成において、電池パック６を電子装置本体１に装着するときは、まず、装着部２の係合爪３と電池パック６の係合受け部７とを係合させた上、係合溝９にロックレバー５を挿入することにより、電池パック６を保持し、接触端子４と電池端子８は接触状態を維持する。
【０００５】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
ところで、上記従来の構成では、電池パック６を電子装置本体１から取り外す場合、例えば左手親指でロックレバー５を摺動させ、ロックレバー５を係合溝９から外し、その状態を維持したまま、右手で電池パック６を持ち上げなければならない。即ち、電池パック６を電子装置本体１から取り外す動作として、両手を使って操作しなければならないという問題があった。
【０００６】
本発明は、このような従来技術の問題点を解決するもので、ロックレバーを係合溝から外すと、電池パックの係合溝を設けた側の端部が自動的に持ち上がるようにして、電池パックの取外し操作を容易にした電子装置を提供することを目的とする。
【０００７】
【課題を解決するための手段】
この目的を達成するために、本発明の電子装置は、電子装置本体と前記電子装置本体に装着する電池パックとを備える電子装置であって、電子装置本体の電池パック装着部には、一端部の左右両側に一対の係合爪と、この係合爪より他端部側に寄った位置に弾性を有する接触端子と、他端部に摺動自在のロックレバーをそれぞれ備えているとともに、電池パックには、一端部の左右両側に係合爪が係合する係合受け部と、この係合受け部より他端部側に寄った位置に接触端子が接触する電池端子と、他端部にロックレバーが挿脱する係合溝をそれぞれ備えており、係合爪と係合受け部が係合し、かつロックレバーが係合溝から離脱したとき、係合爪と係合受け部の係合部が回動支点となり、接触端子の弾性により電池端子部が押されて電池パックの他端部が持ち上がる構成としたものである。
【０００８】
上記構成によれば、ロックレバーを係合溝から外すだけで、電池パックの他端部が持ち上がるので、電池パックの取外しが極めて容易になり、必ずしも両手操作をする必要はなくなる。
【０００９】
また、上記構成において、電池パックの他端部の側面と、これに対向する電子装置本体の電池パック装着部の側面に、互いに摺接し、また電池パックの回動軌跡の近似形状となるリブを設ける。この構成によれば、接触端子の弾性により電池端子部が押されて電池パックの他端部が持ち上がる時、リブ同士が摺接して摩擦抵抗を小さくすることができるので、電池パックの回動がスムーズになる。
【００１０】
【発明の実施の形態】
以下、本発明の実施の形態について図面を参照して詳細に説明する。
図１は、本発明の一実施の形態における電池パックの保持装置を示したものであり、図４と同一部材には同一符号を付してある。即ち、１は携帯電話機などの電子装置の本体、２は電池パックの装着部、３は装着部２の一端部の左右両側に設けられた一対の係合爪、４は係合爪３より他端部側に寄った位置に設けられた弾性を有する接触端子、５は装着部２の他端部に摺動自在に設けられたロックレバーである。
【００１１】
６は装着部２に装着される電池パックであり、内部に電池が収納されている。７は電池パック６の一端部の左右両側に設けられ係合爪３が係合する係合受け部、８は係合受け部７より他端部側に寄った位置に設けられ、接触端子４が接触する電池端子、９は電池パック６の他端部に設けられロックレバー５が挿脱する係合溝である。
【００１２】
さらに、電池パック装着部２の側面２aにリブ11と、電池パック６の他端部の側面６aの、リブ11に対応する部分にリブ12が設けられている。なおこのリブ11，12は、電池パックの回動軌跡の近似形状とする。
【００１３】
本発明の特徴部は、係合爪３と係合受け部７の係合部が電池パック６の回動支点となること、接触端子４と電池端子８の位置が、係合爪３と係合受け部７より他端部側に若干寄っており、ロックレバー５が係合溝９から離脱したとき、弾性を有する接触端子４が電池端子８部を押すことで、電池パック６が回動し、その他端部が持ち上がること、電池パック６が回動する時は、リブ12とリブ11だけが摺接することである。
【００１４】
次に、本実施の形態における電子装置本体１への電池パック６の着脱動作を説明する。まず、装着する場合は、図２に示したように、装着部２の係合爪３と電池パック６の係合受け部７とを係合させた上(図２(c)のＢ部拡大図参照)、係合溝９にロックレバー５を挿入することにより、電池パック６を保持し、接触端子４と電池端子８の接触状態を維持する。このとき電池パック６の他端部側面６aでは、図２(b)のＡ部拡大図のように、リブ11と12が接触している。
【００１５】
次に、電池パック６を電子装置本体１から取り外す場合、図３に示したように、ロックレバー５を摺動させて係合溝９から外すと(図３(b)のＡ部拡大図参照)、接触端子４がその弾性により電池端子８を押すので(図３(c)のＢ部拡大図参照)、係合爪３と係合受け部７の係合部が回動支点となり、電池パック６は回動し、他端部が持ち上がる。そこで、ロックレバー５から手を離してもロックレバー５が再度係合溝９に入ることもなく、電池パック６に容易に手が掛かり、取り外すことができる。また、リブ11と12はそれぞれ電池パックの回動軌跡の近似形状となっているので、摺動時の摩擦抵抗が最小となり、電池パックの回動がスムーズになる。
【００１６】
このように構成された本実施の形態によれば、ロックレバー５を係合溝９から外すと電池パック６の他端部が自動的に持ち上がるので、必ずしも両手で操作する必要はなく、また、電池パック６が回動する時は、電池パック６の他端部の側面６aが全面で電池パック装着部２の側面２aに摺接するのでなく、リブ11とリブ12だけの摺接であり、従って、摩擦抵抗が小さく、ロックレバー５が係合溝９から離脱したとき、電池パック６は容易に持ち上がる。
【００１７】
【発明の効果】
以上説明したように本発明によれば、ロックレバーを係合溝から外すと、電池パックの係合溝を設けた側の端部が自動的に持ち上がり、両手操作をすることなく、電池パックを容易に取り外すことができる効果がある。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図１】本発明の一実施の形態における電池パックの保持装置の斜視図である。
【図２】同実施の形態における電池パックを電子装置本体に装着した状態を示す図である。
【図３】同実施の形態における電池パックを電子装置本体から取り外すためにロックレバーを係合溝から離脱させたときの状態を示す図である。
【図４】従来例の斜視図である。
【符号の説明】
１…装置本体、２…電池パック装着部、３…係合爪、４…接触端子、５…ロックレバー、６…電池パック、７…係合受け部、８…電池端子、９…係合溝、 11,12…リブ。[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an electronic device such as a mobile phone , and more particularly to a battery pack holding device attached to the electronic device .
[0002]
[Prior art]
FIG. 4 shows a configuration of a conventional battery pack holding device. In FIG. 4, 1 is a main body of an electronic device such as a mobile phone, 2 is a battery pack mounting portion, 3 is a pair of engaging claws provided on the left and right sides of one end of the mounting portion 2, and 4 is an engaging claw 3 The contact terminal 5 provided in the vicinity of 5 is a lock lever slidably provided at the other end of the mounting portion 2.
[0003]
Reference numeral 6 denotes a battery pack to be attached to the attachment portion 2, in which a battery is accommodated. 7 is an engagement receiving portion provided on both left and right sides of one end portion of the battery pack 6 and the engagement claw 3 engages, 8 is a battery terminal provided near the engagement receiving portion 7 and contacted with the contact terminal 4, and 9 is This is an engagement groove provided at the other end of the battery pack 6 and into which the lock lever 5 is inserted and removed.
[0004]
In the above configuration, when the battery pack 6 is mounted on the electronic device body 1, first, the engaging claw 3 of the mounting portion 2 and the engagement receiving portion 7 of the battery pack 6 are engaged, and then the engaging groove 9. The battery pack 6 is held by inserting the lock lever 5 into the contact terminal 4, and the contact terminal 4 and the battery terminal 8 are kept in contact with each other.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, in the above conventional configuration, when removing the battery pack 6 from the electronic device body 1, for example, the lock lever 5 is slid with the left thumb, the lock lever 5 is removed from the engagement groove 9, and the state is maintained. The battery pack 6 must be lifted with the right hand. That is, there is a problem that the operation of removing the battery pack 6 from the electronic device body 1 must be performed using both hands.
[0006]
The present invention solves such problems of the prior art. When the lock lever is removed from the engagement groove, the end of the battery pack on the side where the engagement groove is provided is automatically lifted, It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic device that facilitates a battery pack removal operation.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve this object, an electronic device of the present invention is an electronic device including an electronic device main body and a battery pack attached to the electronic device main body, and the battery pack mounting portion of the electronic device main body includes one end portion. A battery is provided with a pair of engaging claws on both the left and right sides, a contact terminal having elasticity at a position closer to the other end side than the engaging claws, and a slidable lock lever at the other end. The pack includes an engagement receiving portion that engages an engaging claw on both the left and right sides of one end, a battery terminal that contacts the contact terminal at a position closer to the other end than the engagement receiving portion, and the other end Each has an engaging groove into which the lock lever is inserted and removed, and when the engaging claw and the engaging receiving portion are engaged and when the lock lever is detached from the engaging groove, the engaging claw and the engaging receiving portion are The engaging part serves as a rotation fulcrum, and the battery terminal part is pushed by the elasticity of the contact terminal. It is obtained by a configuration in which the other end of the click is lifted.
[0008]
According to the above configuration, the other end portion of the battery pack is lifted simply by removing the lock lever from the engaging groove, so that the battery pack can be removed very easily, and it is not always necessary to operate with both hands.
[0009]
Further, in the above configuration, a rib that is in sliding contact with the side surface of the other end portion of the battery pack and the side surface of the battery pack mounting portion of the main body of the electronic device facing the battery pack and that approximates the rotation trajectory of the battery pack. Provide. According to this configuration, when the battery terminal portion is pushed by the elasticity of the contact terminal and the other end portion of the battery pack is lifted, the ribs can slide to reduce frictional resistance. Become smooth.
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a battery pack holding device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The same members as those in FIG. 4 are denoted by the same reference numerals. That is, 1 is a main body of an electronic device such as a cellular phone, 2 is a battery pack mounting portion, 3 is a pair of engaging claws provided on the left and right sides of one end of the mounting portion 2, and 4 is other than the engaging claws 3. A contact terminal 5 having elasticity provided at a position close to the end side is a lock lever slidably provided at the other end of the mounting portion 2.
[0011]
Reference numeral 6 denotes a battery pack to be attached to the attachment portion 2, in which a battery is accommodated. 7 is an engagement receiving portion provided on both left and right sides of one end portion of the battery pack 6 and engages with the engaging claws 3, and 8 is provided at a position closer to the other end portion than the engagement receiving portion 7. , 9 is an engagement groove that is provided at the other end of the battery pack 6 and into which the lock lever 5 is inserted and removed.
[0012]
Further, a rib 11 is provided on the side surface 2 a of the battery pack mounting portion 2, and a rib 12 is provided on a portion corresponding to the rib 11 on the side surface 6 a of the other end of the battery pack 6. The ribs 11 and 12 have an approximate shape of the rotation trajectory of the battery pack.
[0013]
The feature of the present invention is that the engaging portion of the engaging claw 3 and the engaging receiving portion 7 serves as a rotation fulcrum of the battery pack 6, and the positions of the contact terminal 4 and the battery terminal 8 are related to the engaging claw 3. When the lock lever 5 is released from the engaging groove 9, the battery pack 6 is rotated by pushing the battery terminal 8 part when the lock lever 5 is released from the engaging groove 9. The other end is lifted, and when the battery pack 6 is rotated, only the rib 12 and the rib 11 are in sliding contact.
[0014]
Next, the attaching / detaching operation of the battery pack 6 to / from the electronic device body 1 in the present embodiment will be described. First, when mounting, as shown in FIG. 2, the engaging claw 3 of the mounting portion 2 and the engagement receiving portion 7 of the battery pack 6 are engaged (part B in FIG. 2C is enlarged). By inserting the lock lever 5 into the engaging groove 9, the battery pack 6 is held and the contact state between the contact terminal 4 and the battery terminal 8 is maintained. At this time, the ribs 11 and 12 are in contact with the side surface 6a of the other end portion of the battery pack 6 as shown in the enlarged view of part A of FIG.
[0015]
Next, when removing the battery pack 6 from the electronic device main body 1, as shown in FIG. 3, when the lock lever 5 is slid and removed from the engaging groove 9 (see an enlarged view of part A in FIG. 3B). ), Since the contact terminal 4 pushes the battery terminal 8 by its elasticity (see the enlarged view of B part in FIG. 3 (c)), the engagement part of the engagement claw 3 and the engagement receiving part 7 becomes a rotation fulcrum. The pack 6 rotates and the other end is lifted. Therefore, even if the hand is released from the lock lever 5, the lock lever 5 does not enter the engaging groove 9 again, and the battery pack 6 can be easily caught and removed. Further, since the ribs 11 and 12 have approximate shapes of the rotation trajectory of the battery pack, the frictional resistance during sliding is minimized, and the battery pack can be smoothly rotated.
[0016]
According to the present embodiment thus configured, the other end of the battery pack 6 is automatically lifted when the lock lever 5 is removed from the engaging groove 9, so that it is not always necessary to operate with both hands. When the battery pack 6 rotates, the side surface 6a at the other end of the battery pack 6 is not slidably contacted with the side surface 2a of the battery pack mounting portion 2 but is slidably contacted with only the rib 11 and the rib 12. The battery pack 6 is easily lifted when the frictional resistance is small and the lock lever 5 is detached from the engagement groove 9.
[0017]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, when the lock lever is removed from the engagement groove, the end of the battery pack on the side where the engagement groove is provided is automatically lifted, and the battery pack can be removed without performing both-hand operation. There is an effect that it can be easily removed.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a battery pack holding device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a state in which the battery pack according to the embodiment is mounted on the electronic device main body.
FIG. 3 is a view showing a state when a lock lever is detached from an engaging groove in order to remove the battery pack from the electronic device main body according to the embodiment;
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a conventional example.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Device main body, 2 ... Battery pack mounting part, 3 ... Engagement claw, 4 ... Contact terminal, 5 ... Lock lever, 6 ... Battery pack, 7 ... Engagement receiving part, 8 ... Battery terminal, 9 ... Engagement groove 11,12 ... ribs.

Claims

An electronic device comprising an electronic device main body and a battery pack to be attached to the electronic device main body , wherein the battery pack attachment portion of the electronic device main body has a pair of engaging claws on the left and right sides of one end, and this engagement The battery pack is provided with an elastic contact terminal at a position closer to the other end than the claw and a slidable lock lever at the other end, and the battery pack has the engagement on the left and right sides of the one end. An engagement receiving portion with which the claw engages, a battery terminal with which the contact terminal comes into contact with a position closer to the other end side than the engagement receiving portion, and an engagement groove with which the lock lever is inserted into and removed from the other end portion Each with
When the engagement claw and the engagement receiving portion are engaged and the lock lever is detached from the engagement groove, the engagement portion of the engagement claw and the engagement receiving portion becomes a rotation fulcrum, and the contact terminal The electronic device is characterized in that the battery terminal portion is pushed by elasticity and the other end of the battery pack is lifted.

And the side of the other end portion of the battery pack, the side surface of the battery pack attachment portion of the opposing electronic device main body to the electronic device according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a rib in sliding contact with each other.

The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the ribs that are in sliding contact with each other have an approximate shape of a rotation trajectory of the battery pack.