CN217468671U

CN217468671U - Battery pack with locking mechanism and electronic equipment

Info

Publication number: CN217468671U
Application number: CN202221073360.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吴德忠; 许剑忠
Original assignee: Shenzhen Woxin Zhichuang Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Woxin Zhichuang Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-05-06
Filing date: 2022-05-06
Publication date: 2022-09-20
Anticipated expiration: 2032-05-06

Abstract

The utility model belongs to the technical field of small electronic equipment with replaceable batteries, in particular to a battery component with a locking mechanism, which comprises a body, a cavity arranged in the body, a connecting piece capable of moving longitudinally along the body, an elastic component and a limiting piece; the cavity is provided with a side opening positioned in the side wall of the body, and a force application part arranged on the connecting piece is exposed from the side opening; one end of the body is provided with an end opening for extending one end of the connecting piece. By adopting the battery component, electronic products with similar functions can share one battery component, and batteries can be exchanged among different electronic products; the electronic equipment adopting the battery component directly changes the battery component after the battery is exhausted without waiting for charging, and the service life of the electronic equipment is not influenced by the battery; compared with the prior art, the utility model is beneficial to simplifying product design and reducing production cost for manufacturers; the electronic product can replace the battery, so that the charging time is saved, and the service life of the electronic product is not influenced by the battery.

Description

Battery pack with locking mechanism and electronic equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a small-size electronic equipment technical field of removable battery specifically indicates a can be for the power supply of portable electronic equipment, be convenient for change battery pack and adopt the electronic equipment of this battery pack power supply.

Background

At present, a rechargeable battery is usually built in a housing of electronic equipment for small portable electronic equipment powered by the battery, the battery is fixedly connected with a circuit board of the electronic equipment through a power line, or the housing is not detachable, in any case, the battery is not replaceable, and the battery can be continuously used after being charged after the electric quantity is exhausted, for example, the conventional common gas charging equipment such as a portable small gas charging pump and the like; the battery is integrated in the electronic product, the service life of the battery is exhausted along with continuous charging and discharging in the using process, some small electronic products which are not popular cannot be served by replacing the battery, and when the service life of the battery is up, the battery can be discarded even if other structures of the electronic product can be used continuously, so that waste is caused; for manufacturers of electronic products with similar functions, if the integrated battery is designed, the structure and the circuit of each product need to be designed separately, thereby increasing the production cost. Therefore, for portable electronic products with similar functions produced by the same manufacturer, the problem can be well solved by adopting a standard detachable battery assembly for power supply.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to overcome the defects of the prior art, one of the objects of the present invention is to provide a battery pack with a locking mechanism.

The second purpose is to provide an electronic device, which is detachably connected with the battery assembly and is powered by the battery assembly.

In order to realize the first purpose, the utility model discloses a technical scheme be: a battery pack with a locking mechanism is used for supplying power to electronic equipment, and comprises a body, a cavity, a connecting piece, an elastic assembly and a limiting piece, wherein the cavity is arranged in the body; the cavity is provided with a side opening positioned in the side wall of the body, and a force application part arranged on the connecting piece is exposed from the side opening; one end of the body is provided with an end opening for extending one end of the connecting piece.

Preferably, the connecting piece comprises a transverse accommodating part, a first supporting part and a second supporting part, wherein the inner end of the transverse accommodating part is provided with an opening, the outer end of the transverse accommodating part is closed, the transverse accommodating part is used for installing the elastic assembly, the first supporting part is arranged on the first surface of the transverse accommodating part and is vertical to the first surface of the transverse accommodating part, and the second supporting part is arranged on the second surface of the transverse accommodating part and is vertical to the second surface of the transverse accommodating part; the free end of the first supporting piece is provided with an inserting part.

The transverse accommodating part is internally provided with a mounting hole, and the elastic component is mounted in the mounting hole.

The elastic assembly comprises a cylindrical mounting part with an opening at one end, a spring arranged in the cylindrical mounting part and a spherical wave bead arranged at the opening end of the cylindrical mounting part; the diameter of the spherical wave bead is larger than the opening diameter of the cylindrical mounting part, part of the spherical surface on the spherical wave bead is positioned outside the cylindrical mounting part, and the part of the spherical surface is combined with the limiting piece; one end of the spring is abutted against the inner wall of the end plate at the other end of the cylindrical installation part, the other end of the spring is abutted against the spherical wave bead, and the spring has pre-pressure.

The opening of the transverse accommodating part and the opening of the cylindrical mounting part are positioned at the same end.

The outer end of the transverse accommodating part is closed through an outer end plate, and the outer end of the transverse accommodating part is positioned in the side opening; the force application portion is provided on a surface of the outer end plate.

A vertical plate is arranged in the body, and the limiting part is arranged on the vertical plate and is integrally formed with the vertical plate; the cross section of the limiting piece is triangular.

The free end of the second supporting piece is provided with a transverse plate vertical to the second supporting piece; the transverse accommodating part, the first supporting part, the second supporting part, the inserting part and the transverse plate are integrally formed.

The switch assembly for turning on or off the power supply is arranged in the body and comprises a base arranged in the body and an elastic rod arranged on the base and capable of stretching relative to the base, wherein the free end of the elastic rod is in contact with the back face of the transverse plate.

For realizing the second purpose, the utility model discloses a technical scheme be: an electronic device comprises a plug hole which is detachably connected with the battery component and supplies power through the battery component.

The beneficial technical effects are as follows: the battery component of the utility model is provided with the connecting piece which moves longitudinally relative to the body, namely the connecting piece can do linear motion longitudinally relative to the body, and the connecting piece is positioned in the cavity in the initial state, namely when the battery component is not connected with the electronic equipment; when the battery component is required to be installed on the electronic equipment, the inserting hole in the electronic equipment is aligned with the end opening in the body, the force application part is contacted with a finger and the connecting piece is pushed by force, so that one end of the connecting piece extends out of the end opening and into the inserting hole until the elastic component is combined with a limiting position on the limiting piece, at the moment, one part of the connecting piece is blocked by one edge of the side opening to stop moving, one end of the connecting piece extending into the inserting hole reaches a set position, and the end of the connecting piece and the inserting hole can be in interference fit to prevent the battery component from loosening; when the battery component needs to be taken down, a reverse acting force is applied to the force application part, so that the elastic component is combined with the other limiting position on the limiting part, and at the moment, the connecting piece returns to the initial position; by adopting the battery component, manufacturers for producing various electronic products with similar functions can share one battery component, and batteries of different electronic products can be exchanged; the electronic equipment adopting the battery component directly changes the battery component after the battery is exhausted without waiting for charging, and the service life of the electronic equipment is not influenced by the battery; compared with the prior art, the utility model is beneficial to simplifying product design and reducing production cost for manufacturers; the electronic product can replace the battery, so that the charging time is saved, and the service life of the electronic product is not influenced by the battery.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a front view of a battery pack and an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention after assembly;

FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view of the battery pack and electronic device of FIG. 1 shown unlocked;

FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view of the integrated battery assembly of FIG. 1 in locked relation with an electronic device;

fig. 4 is a perspective view of a battery module according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a perspective view of the battery pack and the electronic device according to the embodiment of the present invention after assembly;

fig. 6 is a front view of the electronic device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical field of the present invention better understand, the present invention is further described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

As shown in fig. 4, an embodiment of the present invention provides a battery assembly with a locking mechanism, for supplying power to an electronic device, especially to a small electronic product, such as a small portable inflator, a small air compressor, etc.; it comprises a body 1 with a cross section close to square.

As shown in fig. 1-3, a cavity 2 is arranged in the body 1, and a connecting member 3 is arranged in the cavity 2 and can move longitudinally along the body, wherein the longitudinal direction of the body refers to the length direction of the body; the elastic component 4 is connected with the connecting piece 3, and the limiting piece 5 is arranged in the body 1 and combined with the elastic component 4 and used for movably limiting the connecting piece 3; here, connecting piece 3 is when receiving sufficient exogenic action, can be along the vertical rectilinear motion that is of body 1 in the cavity 2, locating part 5 carries out the activity spacing to connecting piece 3 and indicates, because locating part 5 is to the restriction of connecting piece 3, when the external force of exerting connecting piece 3 is less, for example the gravity of connecting piece 3 self or the external force of unconsciously exerting on connecting piece 3 can not promote connecting piece 3 and move in the cavity, but when the dynamics that promotes connecting piece 3 hard is enough, connecting piece 3 then can overcome the relative body 1 removal of resistance of locating part 5, namely, locating part 5 can carry out certain degree spacing to connecting piece 3, play the effect of stopping, but can not block dead connecting piece 3.

As shown in fig. 2 to 4, in order to apply an external force to the connecting member, the cavity 2 is provided with a side opening 201 in the side wall of the body, and a force application portion 3a provided on the connecting member for applying an external force thereto is exposed from the side opening 201; one end of the body 1 is provided with an end opening 101 for extending one end of the connecting piece 3; the connecting element 3 has only two directions of movement in the cavity 2, one of which is outward from the initial state, i.e. one end of the connecting element 3 protrudes from the end opening 101 into the electronic device connected to the battery assembly, to achieve the connection with the electronic device, where the end opening 101 is actually the opening of the cavity 2.

Specifically, the connecting member 3 is an assembly including a transverse receiving portion 301 for receiving the elastic member 4, a first supporting member 302 disposed on a first surface of the transverse receiving portion 301 and perpendicular thereto, and a second supporting member 303 disposed on a second surface of the transverse receiving portion 301 and perpendicular thereto; the free end of the first supporting piece 302 is provided with a plug-in part 302a, when the connecting piece 3 moves outwards relative to the body 1, the plug-in part 302a extends out of the end opening 101 and enters the electronic device; in this embodiment, the cross section of the transverse accommodating portion 301 is square, the inner end is provided with an opening, the outer end is closed, a cylindrical mounting hole is formed in the transverse accommodating portion 301, and the elastic component 4 is mounted in the mounting hole. Although the cross-section of the transverse receiving portion 301 is square, the whole of the transverse receiving portion 301 may be cylindrical or square, as shown in fig. 4, where the transverse receiving portion 301 is a cylinder with one end sealed.

The outer end of the lateral accommodating part 301 is closed by an outer end plate 301a, and the outer end is positioned in the side opening 201; when a pushing force is applied to the connector 3 with a finger, the finger is inserted into the side opening and acts on the surface of the outer end plate 301a, and therefore, the force application portion 3a is actually the surface of the outer end plate 301 a.

A transverse plate 304 perpendicular to the second supporting piece 303 is arranged at the free end of the second supporting piece 303; the transverse accommodating portion 301, the first supporting member 302, the second supporting member 303, the inserting portion 302a and the transverse plate 304 are integrally formed, that is, the connecting member 3 is an integral body and is formed by processing through an integrally forming process.

As shown in fig. 2-3, in order to provide the limiting member 5, a vertical plate 6 is disposed in the main body 1, and the limiting member 5 is disposed on the vertical plate 6 and integrally formed therewith; the cross section of the limiting piece 5 is triangular; obviously, the limiting member 5 is disposed on a vertical surface in the body, so that a separate vertical plate is not required for disposing the limiting member 5, but a vertical surface is provided, and the requirement can be met by processing the limiting member 5 on the vertical surface; meanwhile, the cross section of the limiting part 5 is triangular, the whole limiting part can be a transverse convex strip, and the cross section of the limiting part 5 is triangular, which means that two inclined planes are inevitably provided, so that the limiting part 5 is provided with two limiting planes, one inclined plane is used for limiting the initial position of the connecting piece, and the other inclined plane is used for limiting the connecting piece after being connected with the electronic equipment.

As shown in fig. 2-3, the elastic component 4 includes a cylindrical mounting portion 401 having an opening at one end, a spring 402 disposed in the cylindrical mounting portion, and a spherical wave bead 403 disposed at the opening end of the cylindrical mounting portion; the diameter of the spherical wave bead 403 is larger than the opening diameter of the cylindrical mounting part, part of the spherical surface on the spherical wave bead 403 is positioned outside the cylindrical mounting part 401, and the part of the spherical surface is combined with the limiting part 5; one end of the spring 402 abuts against the inner wall of the end plate at the other end of the cylindrical mounting part 401, the other end abuts against the spherical wave bead 403, and the spring 402 has a preload, that is, the spring 402 is in a compressed state during assembly, so that there is a preload under which the spherical wave bead 403 tends to be pushed out of the cylindrical mounting part 401, but because the diameter of the spherical wave bead 403 is larger than the diameter of the opening of the cylindrical mounting part, only a part of the spherical surface of the spherical wave bead 403 protrudes out of the opening; the pressure applied to the spherical beads 403 by the spring is constant, so that in the initial state, the proportion of the spherical beads 403 which are pushed out of the opening of the cylindrical mounting part is basically constant, such as one third or one fifth of the whole spherical beads 403; since the stopper 5 is coupled to a portion of the cylindrical mounting portion that extends out of the opening to stop the connector 3, the portion of the spherical beads 403 that extends out of the opening can be regarded as a stop spherical surface.

As shown in fig. 2, the state when the battery pack is not connected to the electronic device is the initial state, at this time, the limiting spherical surface on the spherical bead 403 is in contact with the inclined surface on the lower side of the limiting member 5, at this time, if no external force is applied to the force applying portion 3a of the connecting member, the connecting member 3 is kept still, when the connection with the electronic device is required, the force applying portion 3a is pushed outward by hand, the spherical bead 403 moves upward along the inclined surface on the lower side of the limiting member 5 in the process of moving up along the connecting member 3, the spherical surface is in contact with the inclined surface and is not locked, at this time, the spring 402 is compressed, when the leftmost position of the spherical bead 403 is in contact with the two inclined surfaces on the limiting member 5, the spring 402 is compressed to the maximum position, the connecting member continues to move upward, the limiting spherical surface moves to the inclined surface on the upper side of the limiting member 5, at this time, the spring 402 is reset, as shown in fig. 3, until the first surface of the transverse accommodating portion 301 and one edge of the side opening 201 (in this position, is the upper edge of the side opening 201), the connecting piece 3 stops moving, and the inserting part 302a should reach the set position of the electronic device to connect the battery assembly and the electronic device together; the process of disassembling the battery assembly is the reverse of the process of installing the battery assembly. In the description in this paragraph, the orientations such as "up, down, left, right" and the like are set only in the arrangement of fig. 2 to 3, and actually, when the arrangement of the drawings is changed, the orientation is also changed accordingly.

As shown in fig. 2-3, a switch assembly 7 for turning on or off the power supply is disposed in the main body 1, and includes a base 701 disposed in the main body 1, an elastic rod 702 disposed on the base and capable of extending and retracting relative to the base, and a free end of the elastic rod 702 contacts with a back surface of the transverse plate 304; here the spring bar 702 is actually a spring probe. The switch assembly 7 and the connecting member 3 are linked, in an initial state, when the battery assembly is not used, the elastic rod 702 is pressed by the transverse plate 304 to be positioned in the base 701, at the moment, the power switch is turned off, namely, the battery assembly which exists independently (after being disassembled) is positioned in the power-off pile body, and the battery assembly is safe, as shown in a state shown in fig. 2; when the battery pack is mounted on the electronic device, the connecting member 3 is pushed to move the transverse plate 304, the elastic rod 702 extends out, the elastic rod 702 is separated from the transverse plate 304, and the power switch is turned on, as shown in fig. 3.

As shown in fig. 2-3 and 5-6, the present invention further provides an electronic device, such as a portable inflator pump, a small air compressor, etc., which is powered by the aforementioned battery assembly, detachable and easy to install; including main part 8, locate spliced eye 9 in main part 8, because of connecting piece 3 and main part 8 can adopt plastics to make, consequently, grafting portion 302a on the connecting piece 3 inserts in spliced eye 9 and the two can adopt interference fit's mode to combine, and at this moment, spliced eye 9 produces the deformation of certain degree, prevents that connecting piece 3 from breaking away from with electronic equipment easily.

Adopt the utility model discloses battery pack to the similar electronic equipment of function of same producer production, can be general, when dispatching from the factory, the producer can sell for the user according to the battery pack of actual conditions configuration different quantity, and battery pack is convenient for change, and electronic equipment can change other battery packs and continue to use when it charges, and electronic equipment's life can not receive the influence because of the life-span of battery moreover.

Although the present embodiment is described in detail by taking the elastic component 4 as an example of being disposed in the connecting component 3, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the positions of the elastic component 4 and the position-limiting component 5 can be reversed, that is, the elastic component 4 is disposed in the main body, and the position-limiting component 5 is disposed on the connecting component 3, so that the same effect can be achieved, and the detailed description is omitted here.

In the above description, it should be noted that the terms "mounted," "connected," and the like are used in a broad sense, and for example, they may be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; the connection can be direct connection or indirect connection through an intermediate medium, and the connection between the two components can be internal; the term "mounted" is to be understood as "mounted on" and "disposed on" and includes fixed mounting, movable mounting and the like.

It is to be understood that the above-described embodiments are only some of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments, and that the appended drawings illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention, but do not limit the scope of the invention. The present invention may be embodied in many different forms and, on the contrary, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete. All utilize the equivalent structure that the content of the utility model discloses a specification and attached drawing was done, direct or indirect application is in other relevant technical field, all is in the same way the utility model discloses within the patent protection scope.

Claims

1. A battery pack with a locking mechanism is used for supplying power to electronic equipment and comprises a body, and is characterized in that a cavity is arranged in the body, a connecting piece is arranged in the cavity and can move longitudinally along the body, an elastic component is connected with the connecting piece, and a limiting piece is arranged in the body and combined with the elastic component and used for movably limiting the connecting piece; the cavity is provided with a side opening positioned in the side wall of the body, and a force application part arranged on the connecting piece is exposed from the side opening; one end of the body is provided with an end opening for extending one end of the connecting piece.

2. The battery pack with the locking mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the connecting member comprises a transverse receiving portion having an opening at an inner end and a closed outer end for mounting the elastic member, a first supporting member disposed on a first surface of the transverse receiving portion and perpendicular thereto, and a second supporting member disposed on a second surface of the transverse receiving portion and perpendicular thereto; the free end of the first supporting piece is provided with an inserting part.

3. The battery pack with a locking mechanism of claim 2, wherein the lateral receiving portion has a mounting hole therein, and the elastic member is mounted in the mounting hole.

4. The battery pack with a locking mechanism according to claim 2, wherein the elastic member comprises a cylindrical mounting portion having an opening at one end, a spring provided in the cylindrical mounting portion, and a spherical wave bead provided at the opening end of the cylindrical mounting portion; the diameter of the spherical wave bead is larger than the opening diameter of the cylindrical mounting part, part of the spherical surface on the spherical wave bead is positioned outside the cylindrical mounting part, and the part of the spherical surface is combined with the limiting piece; one end of the spring is abutted against the inner wall of the end plate at the other end of the cylindrical installation part, the other end of the spring is abutted against the spherical wave bead, and the spring has pre-pressure.

5. The battery pack with a locking mechanism according to claim 4, wherein the opening of the lateral receiving portion is located at the same end as the opening of the cylindrical mounting portion.

6. The battery pack with the locking mechanism according to claim 2, wherein the outer end of the lateral accommodating portion is closed by an outer end plate, and the outer end is located in the side opening; the force application portion is provided on a surface of the outer end plate.

7. The battery pack with the locking mechanism of claim 2, wherein the body has a vertical plate, and the position-limiting member is disposed on the vertical plate and integrally formed therewith; the cross section of the limiting piece is triangular.

8. The battery pack with the locking mechanism as claimed in claim 2, wherein the free end of the second supporting member is provided with a transverse plate perpendicular thereto; the transverse accommodating part, the first supporting part, the second supporting part, the inserting part and the transverse plate are integrally formed.

9. The battery pack with the locking mechanism according to claim 8, wherein the switch assembly for turning on or off the power supply is disposed in the body and comprises a base disposed in the body, and an elastic rod disposed on the base and capable of extending and retracting relative thereto, wherein a free end of the elastic rod contacts with a back surface of the transverse plate.

10. An electronic device comprising a plug hole for detachably connecting to and supplying power through the battery pack according to any one of claims 1 to 9.