JPH0687414B2 - Battery device - 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 device for electronic equipment, and more particularly to a battery device which can be attached to the electronic equipment both externally and internally.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a battery device is attached to an electronic device or the like.
As a configuration, BaBatteries inside the electronic device
For example, a built-in type that is built into the video camera body(See Figure 8)
When,14Install the battery device as shown in
The external type and external type are used.

In a built-in battery device, for example,
It is necessary to provide the battery storage unit 2 in a part of the electronic device shown in FIG. 8 , for example, the main body of the video camera 1. In this built-in type battery device, a connection terminal 4 is attached to one side surface of the battery main body 3 to electrically connect the battery device to the video camera 1, as shown in FIG. 9, for example . On the other hand, the battery housing 2 of the video camera 1 is provided with the connection terminal 2a at a position corresponding to the connection terminal 4 of the battery body 3, and the battery body 3
It is configured to be electrically connected only by inserting and storing in the storage unit 2 of the video camera 1.

When charging the battery device with electricity, a charging device 5 as shown in FIG. 9 is used. This
As shown in the figure, the charging device 5 has a connection terminal 6 attached at a position corresponding to the connection terminal 4 of the battery body 3 when the battery body 3 is inserted. The battery is inserted into the battery engaging portion 7 and the terminals are brought into contact with each other to be electrically connected to be charged. As described above, according to the built-in battery device, since the charging work in the charging device 5 is easy, it is possible to provide the compact charging device 5 with a simple structure.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 9, the charging device 5 capable of charging several battery devices at a time can be used, and many battery devices can be charged in a short time.

[0006] Next, a conventional external electronic equipment, for example In the video camera, as shown in FIG. 14, first for Ru mounting the battery device on the back side of Bideoka <br/> ra One engagement support piece 11 and a second engagement support piece 12 are provided. The battery body 1 is attached to the external battery device.
3 one side of the first engaging stepped portion 14 and the second engaging stepped portion 15 which respectively engage with these engaging support piece 11, 12 are formed, become a mounting portion of the video camera cage, which is the battery body 13 to be mounted directly on the outside of the video camera. Then, as shown in FIG. 15, the terminal 16 electrically connected to the video camera the battery device of the external expression, engaging projecting piece 14a of the upper Kigakarigodan 14
It mounted in the inside, and in contact with the first connection terminals 17 attached to the inner surface of the engaging support piece 11 of the video camera, so as to electrically connect.

[0007] According to the external type, self-contained without the need for storage of the battery body into the video camera as it is possible to reduce the size of electronic devices. If the outer casing of the battery main body is a casing molded with synthetic resin or the like, sufficient strength can be maintained without storing it in the battery storage portion.

[0008]

However, the built-in type electronic equipment requires the battery storage section 2 (see FIG. 8) for incorporating the battery device in the electronic equipment body as described above, and the electronic equipment is correspondingly required . The equipment becomes large.

Next, in the external electronic device, since the connection terminal 16 is mounted inside the engaging projecting piece 14a of the engaging step portion 14, when the battery device is charged with electricity, For example, as shown in FIG.
A first engagement portion 19 and a second engagement portion (which engage with the first engagement step portion 14 and the second engagement step portion 15 of the battery main body 13 similar to the external electronic device, respectively ( ( Not shown ) . Therefore, the charging device 18 becomes large,
It is not possible to make a compact charging device that charges several battery devices at a time, unlike the built-in type.

Therefore, it is impossible to charge a plurality of battery devices in a short time unlike the built-in charging device, and
In an electronic device in which the charging device is carried with the electronic device, it is a big problem that the charging device is not made compact.

Further, since the battery device has been conventionally used in various electronic devices, it can be used in both electronic devices regardless of whether it is a built-in type or an external type, depending on how the battery device is attached to the electronic device. It should be possible.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the battery device can be attached to both an electronic device having a built-in type and an external type, and an electronic device having both a built-in type and an external type charging device can be used for charging. It is proposed for the purpose of providing a battery device for equipment.

[0013]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a battery device according to the present invention is provided with one side surface of a battery main body for accommodating a battery, which serves as an attachment portion to an electric equipment main body. A connection terminal electrically connected to the battery is provided along the inner and outer circumferences of the step portion.

[0014]

The battery device according to the present invention, in an electronic device with a built-in battery, when inserted into the electronic device, has an outer surface of the connection terminal attached to the inner and outer circumferences of the engaging step portion on one side surface of the battery body. And is electrically connected to the electronic device.

In addition, in an electronic device with an external battery, a connection terminal attached to the inner side surface of the engaging stepped portion for engaging the battery main body with the electronic device main body is provided on the engaging projection of the electronic device. It comes into contact with the terminal and is electrically connected to an external electronic device.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Specific embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, a case where the battery device of the present invention is applied as a battery of a video camera will be described.

The battery device according to the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, has a housing-shaped battery main body 21 formed by molding a synthetic resin material.

A first engaging step portion 22 is provided at a corner portion extending from the front surface side to the bottom surface side of the battery main body 21, and a second engaging step portion is provided at a corner portion extending from the front surface side to the flat surface side. A step portion 23 is provided. These engagement step portions 22, 23
It is, for example, made of a mounting portion of the video camera 10 of the external type shown in Figure 10, the first and second engagement respectively
The video camera 10 is provided on the front side of each of the joint portions 22 and 23.
Engagement protrusion pieces 22a and 23a for locking the engagement support pieces 11 and 12 on the back side of are formed. And
As shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, a long connecting terminal 25 is bent and attached over the inner and outer circumferences of the engaging projection piece 22a. Also
Of course, the connection terminal 25 is provided only on the front side of the battery body 21.
May be derived. Battery body of this embodiment
21, further engagement recess 24 is provided substantially at the center portion of the front side.

Battery body 21 formed as described above
First, the battery device including the above is attached to the video camera 1 with a built-in battery as shown in FIG.
As described above, when the battery main body 21 is inserted and stored in the battery storage unit 2 of the video camera 1 in the direction of the arrow A, the storage unit 2
The connection terminal 2a provided inside the battery main body 21 at a position facing the outer surface of the connection terminal 25 is brought into contact with and electrically connected to the connection terminal 2a. If the inclined portion 28 is formed at one edge on the back side of the battery main body 21, the inserting direction of the battery device will not be wrong when the battery main body 21 is inserted into the battery storing portion 2 of the video camera 1. .

Further, when charging the battery device with electricity, as in the case of the conventional built-in battery device, as shown in FIG.
The battery main body 2 is attached to the battery engaging portion 7 of the charging device 5 shown.
By simply inserting 1, the connection terminal 6 of the charging device 5 and the front side of the connection terminal 5 of the battery body 21 can be connected, and charging can be performed easily.

Next, the battery provided with the battery body 21 is
Attach the telescopic device to the external video camera 10 shown in FIG.
To attach the first engagement support piece 11 of the battery main body 1 to the first engagement support piece 11 attached to the upper end of the back side of the video camera 10 , the outline thereof has been already described.
2 and the second engaging support piece 12 attached to the lower end of the back side of the video camera 10 is engaged with the second engaging stepped portion 23 of the battery main body 1 to obtain the battery device. Is attached to the video camera 10. At this time,
A lock member 26 provided on the back side of the video camera 10 at a position corresponding to the engaging recess 24 of the battery body 21 causes the engaging recess when the battery body 21 is attached to the back surface of the video camera 10. The battery main body 21 is positioned and fixed to the video camera 10 so as to be attached to the video camera 10 by engaging with 24 and locking.

A connection terminal 17 is provided on the first engagement support piece 11 attached to the back side of the video camera 10.
Is provided. The connection terminal 17 is attached to the inner side surface 11a of the engagement support piece 11 in order to prevent the connection surface of the terminal from being touched and soiled.

Therefore, when the battery body 21 is attached to the video camera 10 by sliding it in the direction of arrow B as shown in FIG.
The battery main body 21 and the video camera 10 are electrically connected to each other by coming into contact with the inner side surface of the connection terminal 25 attached to the engagement projecting piece 22a of the engagement step portion 22.

On the contrary, when removing the battery main body 21 from the video camera 10, the lock member operating portion 27 of the lock member 26 provided on the video camera 10 is operated to release the lock, and then the battery main body 21 is moved to the arrow direction. It can be easily removed by sliding it in the direction opposite to B.

The battery main body 21 is shown in FIG.
When attached to the charging device 18 to the external expression, illustrated
As described above, the first engaging portion 19 and the second engaging portion (not shown) provided in the charging device 18 are connected to the first engaging step portion 22 and the second engaging step portion 23 of the battery body 21. Charging can be performed by engaging with and electrically connecting.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, notch holes 30 and 31 are provided in parallel in the back side corner portion of the battery body 1 facing the first engaging step portion 22, and the notch holes are provided. A notch 32 is provided on the bottom surface 22b of the front engagement step 22 that faces the portion 30. Then, the battery main body 21 corresponding to these cutouts 30, 31, 32
Inside, a substantially central portion of a rotary body 33 having a substantially L-shaped plane is rotatably supported and disposed. The rotating body 33 has a display portion 34 formed at the end on the long side, and the display portion 34 is colored.

By the way, in the charging device 5 for the built-in type shown in Figure 9, when installed Insert the battery body 21, the projecting portions 35 to be engaged with the notch 30 of the battery body 21 is formed There is . Although not shown in FIG.
This external battery charger 18 shown in FIG.
When the main body 21 is inserted and attached, the battery main body 21
Of the protrusion (for example, L-shaped
Formed protrusion) is formed.

Further, the built-in video camera 1 shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, a protruding portion 37 that engages with the cutout portion 31 is formed in the battery storage portion 2 .

Therefore, this battery main body 21 is shown in FIG.
When it has attached charged to the charging device 5 shown, the rotary member 33 as shown in Figure 6, the protrusion 35 formed on the charging device 5, entering from the notch 30 of the battery body 21, a rotator 33 By pressing and rotating, the display portion 34 of the rotating body 33 is exposed from the cutout portion 31 so that it can be recognized that the battery device is charged with electricity, and the short side 36 of the rotating body 33 is fixed. The notch 32 is projected.

The battery body 21 is shown in FIG.
The same applies when the battery is attached to the charging device 18 shown
The protrusion (not shown) formed on the charging device 18
From the notch 30 of the battery body 21,
By pressing and rotating 33, the display unit 3 of the rotating body 33
4 is exposed from the notch 31 and the short side of the rotating body 33
36 is projected from the notch 32.

On the other hand, when attached once the battery body 21 to the electronic apparatus, the display unit 34 is a battery body 21
It is housed inside so that it can be recognized that this battery device is already in use.

[0032] That is, when attached to the built-in video camera 1 shown in FIG. 8, Oite in the battery storage section 2, the upper
Serial protrusion 37 provided at the position corresponding to the notch on 31 of the battery body 21, since that would be entering the notch 31 of the battery body 21, the rotating body 33 in the battery body 21 is pressed rotated the display unit 34 becomes to be housed in the battery body 21.

When mounted on the external video camera 10 shown in FIG. 10 , the first engaging support piece 11 abuts on the short piece side 36 of the rotating body 33, and the rotating body 33 is moved to the position shown in FIG. since pivoting as shown in, the display unit 34 will be housed in the battery body 21.

The rotating body 33 is a known rotation suppressing
The stage, for example, the axis of the rotating body 33, is
By the curved plate-shaped pressure spring,
It is pressed so that it does not rotate easily.
In the protruding portion 35 of the charging device 5 and the built-in video camera
Projection 37 in battery storage 2 and external video camera
The external pressure from the support piece 11 at the la
It is supposed to roll.

Therefore, by looking at the notch 31 on the side where the display portion 34 is exposed, it is possible to recognize at a glance whether the battery device has just been charged or has been used.

The present invention can be applied not only to the video camera as described above, but also to any electronic equipment requiring a battery device.
Further, if the battery device standards of electronic devices are unified, it is possible to use different types of electronic devices without being concerned with the built-in type and the external type.

In the case of the external type, if the engaging portion for attaching to the video camera 10 has the same shape, the capacity of the battery can be increased by enlarging the battery main body 21 itself. You can At this time, the figure
The lower end of the rear side of the battery body 21 as shown in 12 is similar to the conventional battery device size Satoshi, by increasing only the upper side, as shown in FIG. 13, built-in shown in Figure 9
Charging is possible in the charging device 5 for use.

[0038]

According to the present invention, in an electronic device with a built-in battery, when the battery main body is inserted, the battery unit comes into contact with the outer side of the connection terminal mounted over the inner and outer peripheries of the engagement step portion on one side surface of the battery device, and the power source. Can be sent to electronic equipment. In addition, in the electronic device with an external battery, the connection terminal mounted inside the engagement step portion that engages the battery body with the electronic device body can be connected to the terminal on the electronic device side.

Therefore, it can be used for both built-in type and external type electronic devices, and both built-in type and external type charging devices can be used for charging.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a battery device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the battery device.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the battery device.

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the battery device.

5 is a side view taken along the line AA of FIG.

6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG.

7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 1 showing a state in which the battery device is attached to the video camera.

[8] The battery device according to the present invention is a perspective view showing the built-operated video cameras attachable.

FIG. 9 shows a battery device according to the present invention and a conventional built-in battery device.
This is a charging device that is also applied to conventional battery devices.
Battery device according to the invention and conventional built-in battery device
It is a perspective view which shows the state which mounts a device.

FIG. 10 is an external video of the battery device according to the present invention .
It is a rear perspective view which shows the state attached to a camera .

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a charging device for an external battery device.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the battery body according to the present invention when the capacity is increased.

FIG. 13 shows a built-in battery device according to the present invention shown in FIG.
It is a side view which shows the state attached to the charging device for formulas .

FIG. 14 shows a conventional external battery device with an external video device.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view showing a state where the camera is about to be attached to the camera.

FIG. 15 is a bottom side enlarged perspective view of a conventional externally attached battery device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 21 Battery Body 22 First Engagement Step 23 Second Engagement Step 24 Engagement Recess 25 Connection Terminal

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A mounting portion for mounting to a body of an electronic device, the mounting portion being provided on one side surface of a battery body containing a battery ,
A battery device having a connection terminal electrically connected to the battery in the vicinity of a position extending over the inner and outer peripheries of the engaging step portion constituting the .