JP2003158826A - Battery charger - Google Patents

Battery charger

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JP2003158826A
JP2003158826A JP2002234230A JP2002234230A JP2003158826A JP 2003158826 A JP2003158826 A JP 2003158826A JP 2002234230 A JP2002234230 A JP 2002234230A JP 2002234230 A JP2002234230 A JP 2002234230A JP 2003158826 A JP2003158826 A JP 2003158826A
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battery
charging terminal
short
long
fitting recess
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JP4097481B2 (en
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Koichi Inoue
浩一 井上
Eiji Satsuma
栄治 薩摩
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Sanyo Electric Co Ltd
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    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02EREDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E60/00Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y02E60/10Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To charge a plurality of types of secondary batteries having different lengths with an extremely simple structure. SOLUTION: This battery charger includes a long-battery fitting recessed part 4 and a short-battery fitting recessed part 5 capable of attachably/detachably fitting a long battery 2 and a short battery 3. The long-battery fitting recessed part 4 is a recessed part capable of fitting a AA battery, and the short-battery fitting recessed part 5 is a recessed part capable of fitting a AAA battery. The long-battery fitting recessed 4 includes a first charging terminal 6 coming into contact with a plus electrode of the long battery 2 on its one end, and a second charging terminal 7 coming into contact with the minus electrode thereof one the other end. The long-battery fitting recessed part 4 includes the short-battery fitting recessed part 5 at its bottom, which downwardly slopes from the first charging terminal 6 toward the second charging terminal 7. The short-battery fitting recessed part 5 includes a third charging terminal 8 coming into contact with the minus electrode of the short-battery 3 on the way of the bottom. The first charging terminal 6 is disposed on a position with which both electrodes of the long-battery 2 and the short-battery 3 come into contact with the electrode of the long-battery 2 coming into contact with the first charging terminal 6 and the second charging terminal 7, and the electrode of the short-battery 3 coming into contact with the first charging terminal 6 and the third charging terminal 8.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】Detailed Description of the Invention

【0001】[0001]

【発明の属する技術分野】本発明は、たとえば単3電池
と単4電池のように、長さが異なる二次電池を充電でき
る充電器に関する。
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a charger capable of charging secondary batteries having different lengths such as AA batteries and AAA batteries.

【0002】[0002]

【従来の技術】単3電池と単4電池の両方を脱着できる
ように装着して充電できる充電器は開発されている。こ
の充電器は、長さが異なる二次電池を装着して、両端の
電極に充電端子を接触できる構造としている。たとえ
ば、二次電池を装着する嵌着凹部に、二次電池の縦方向
に移動できるホルダーを設け、このホルダーに充電端子
を固定したものが開発されている。ホルダーは弾性的に
縦方向に移動して、単3電池と単4電池の電極に接触さ
れる。さらに、充電端子を設けているホルダーを回転で
きる構造として、単3電池と単4電池の電極に接触する
ものも開発されている。
2. Description of the Related Art Chargers have been developed which can be attached and detached so that both AA batteries and AAA batteries can be attached and detached. This charger has a structure in which secondary batteries having different lengths are mounted and the charging terminals can contact the electrodes at both ends. For example, there has been developed one in which a holder that can move in the vertical direction of the secondary battery is provided in the fitting recess for mounting the secondary battery, and the charging terminal is fixed to this holder. The holder elastically moves vertically to contact the electrodes of the AA and AAA batteries. Furthermore, as a structure in which a holder provided with a charging terminal can be rotated, a structure in which the holder contacts the electrodes of AA batteries and AAA batteries has been developed.

【0003】[0003]

【発明が解決しようとする課題】単3電池と単4電池の
両方を充電するために、ホルダーを摺動させ、あるいは
回転させる充電器は、充電端子を設けているホルダーの
機構が複雑になって製造コストが高くなる。また、摺動
したり回転したりするホルダーは、接触不良による故障
が多くなる。それは、ホルダーの充電端子を充電回路に
接続するためのブラシと摺動接点とが接触不良を起こ
し、あるいはリード線が切断して通電できなくなるから
である。
A charger in which a holder is slid or rotated in order to charge both the AA battery and the AAA battery has a complicated mechanism of the holder provided with a charging terminal. Manufacturing cost becomes high. Further, a holder that slides or rotates often suffers from failure due to poor contact. This is because the brush for connecting the charging terminal of the holder to the charging circuit and the sliding contact cause a contact failure, or the lead wire is cut off so that electricity cannot be supplied.

【0004】この欠点は、たとえば、単3電池と単4電
池を脱着できるように嵌着する専用の嵌着凹部を設ける
ことで解消できる。ただ、この構造にすると充電器が大
きくなる欠点がある。大きな充電器は持ち運びに不便で
あるばかりでなく、ケースが大きくなって製造コストも
高くなる。
This drawback can be solved by, for example, providing a dedicated fitting recess for fitting the AA battery and the AAA battery so as to be detachable. However, this structure has a drawback that the charger becomes large. Not only is a large charger inconvenient to carry, but the case is large and the manufacturing cost is high.

【0005】本発明は、このような欠点を解決すること
を目的に開発されたもので、本発明の重要な目的は、極
めて簡単な構造で長さが異なる複数種の二次電池を充電
でき、ホルダー等の接触不良を解消しながら、全体をコ
ンパクトにして安価に多量生産できる充電器を提供する
ことにある。
The present invention was developed for the purpose of solving such drawbacks, and an important object of the present invention is to charge a plurality of types of secondary batteries having different lengths with an extremely simple structure. Another object of the present invention is to provide a battery charger that is compact in size and can be mass-produced at low cost while eliminating poor contact of holders and the like.

【0006】[0006]

【課題を解決するための手段】本発明の充電器は、長さ
が異なる長短の二次電池を充電するもので、長電池2と
短電池3を脱着自在に嵌着できる長電池嵌着凹部4と短
電池嵌着凹部5を有する。長電池嵌着凹部4は、一方の
端部に長電池2の電極に接触する第1充電端子6を、他
方の端部に長電池2の他方の電極に接触する第2充電端
子7を有する。長電池嵌着凹部4の底面に、第1充電端
子6から第2充電端子7に向かって下り勾配に傾斜する
底面の短電池嵌着凹部5を設けている。この短電池嵌着
凹部5は長電池嵌着凹部4よりも短く、ここに装着され
る短電池3を充電するために、長電池嵌着凹部4の底面
の途中に短電池3の電極に接触する第3充電端子8を設
けている。第1充電端子6と第2充電端子7と第3充電
端子8は、ケース1に内蔵している充電回路に接続され
て、充電端子に接触する二次電池を充電する。第1充電
端子6は、長電池2と短電池3の両方の電極に接触され
る位置に配設される。長電池嵌着凹部4に装着される長
電池2の電極は、第1充電端子6と第2充電端子7に接
触し、短電池嵌着凹部5に装着される短電池3の電極
は、第1充電端子6と第3充電端子8が接触される。
The battery charger of the present invention charges long and short secondary batteries having different lengths, and the long battery 2 and the short battery 3 can be detachably fitted therein. 4 and a short battery fitting recess 5. The long battery fitting recess 4 has a first charging terminal 6 that contacts the electrode of the long battery 2 at one end and a second charging terminal 7 that contacts the other electrode of the long battery 2 at the other end. . On the bottom surface of the long battery fitting recessed portion 4, there is provided a short battery fitting recessed portion 5 having a bottom surface inclined downwardly from the first charging terminal 6 toward the second charging terminal 7. The short battery fitting concave portion 5 is shorter than the long battery fitting concave portion 4, and contacts the electrode of the short battery 3 in the middle of the bottom surface of the long battery fitting concave portion 4 to charge the short battery 3 mounted therein. The third charging terminal 8 is provided. The first charging terminal 6, the second charging terminal 7, and the third charging terminal 8 are connected to a charging circuit incorporated in the case 1 to charge a secondary battery that contacts the charging terminal. The first charging terminal 6 is arranged at a position where it contacts the electrodes of both the long battery 2 and the short battery 3. The electrode of the long battery 2 fitted in the long battery fitting recess 4 contacts the first charging terminal 6 and the second charging terminal 7, and the electrode of the short battery 3 fitted in the short battery fitting recess 5 is The 1st charging terminal 6 and the 3rd charging terminal 8 are contacted.

【0007】第2充電端子7と第3充電端子8は1本の
金属線あるいは金属板とすることができる。この充電器
は、充電端子の構造を簡単にして、長電池2と短電池3
の両方を充電できる。充電器は、長電池嵌着凹部4を単
3電池を嵌着する凹部とし、短電池嵌着凹部5を単4電
池を嵌着する凹部とすることができる。
The second charging terminal 7 and the third charging terminal 8 can be a single metal wire or metal plate. This charger has a simple structure of the charging terminal, and has a long battery 2 and a short battery 3.
Both can be charged. In the charger, the long battery fitting recess 4 can be a recess for fitting an AA battery, and the short battery fitting recess 5 can be a recess for fitting an AAA battery.

【0008】第1充電端子6は、短電池3の電極に接触
する部分を、短電池嵌着凹部5に装着される短電池3の
電極面と平行、あるいは短電池嵌着凹部5の底面に向か
って、短電池3の電極面から離れる方向に傾斜させてい
る。この形状の第1充電端子6は、傾斜する姿勢で装着
される短電池3を短電池嵌着凹部5から押し出すことが
ない。
The first charging terminal 6 is such that the portion contacting the electrode of the short battery 3 is parallel to the electrode surface of the short battery 3 mounted in the short battery fitting recess 5, or the bottom surface of the short battery fitting recess 5. It is inclined toward the direction away from the electrode surface of the short battery 3. The first charging terminal 6 having this shape does not push out the short battery 3 mounted in an inclined posture from the short battery fitting recess 5.

【0009】[0009]

【発明の実施の形態】以下、本発明の実施例を図面に基
づいて説明する。ただし、以下に示す実施例は、本発明
の技術思想を具体化するための充電器を例示するもので
あって、本発明は充電器を以下のものに特定しない。
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. However, the embodiments described below exemplify a charger for embodying the technical idea of the present invention, and the present invention does not specify the charger to the following.

【0010】さらに、この明細書は、特許請求の範囲を
理解しやすいように、実施例に示される部材に対応する
番号を、「特許請求の範囲の欄」、および「課題を解決
するための手段の欄」に示される部材に付記している。
ただ、特許請求の範囲に示される部材を、実施例の部材
に特定するものでは決してない。
Further, in this specification, in order to facilitate understanding of the claims, the numbers corresponding to the members shown in the embodiments are referred to as "claims column" and "to solve the problem." It is added to the members shown in "Means column".
However, the members shown in the claims are not limited to the members of the embodiment.

【0011】図1ないし図3に示す充電器は、ケース1
の上面に長電池2を脱着できるように装着する長電池嵌
着凹部4と、短電池3を脱着できるように装着する短電
池嵌着凹部5とを設けている。長電池2と短電池3は、
たとえば単3電池と単4電池である。ただ、長電池と短
電池を単3電池と単4電池に特定するものではなく、長
さが異なる二次電池とすることができる。
The charger shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 has a case 1
A long battery fitting recessed portion 4 into which the long battery 2 is detachably mounted and a short battery fitting recessed portion 5 into which the short battery 3 is detachably mounted are provided on the upper surface of the. The long battery 2 and the short battery 3 are
For example, AA batteries and AAA batteries. However, the long battery and the short battery are not limited to the AA battery and the AAA battery, but may be secondary batteries having different lengths.

【0012】長電池嵌着凹部4は、一方の端部、図にお
いて右端に長電池2の電極に接触する第1充電端子6を
設け、他方の端部である左端に長電池2の他方の電極に
接触する第2充電端子7を設けている。図の充電器は、
第1充電端子6を長電池2の+電極に接触させて、第2
充電端子7を長電池2の−電極に接触させている。
The long battery fitting concave portion 4 is provided with a first charging terminal 6 which comes into contact with the electrode of the long battery 2 at one end, the right end in the figure, and the other end of the long battery 2 at the left end which is the other end. The 2nd charge terminal 7 which contacts an electrode is provided. The charger shown is
The first charging terminal 6 is brought into contact with the + electrode of the long battery 2 to
The charging terminal 7 is in contact with the negative electrode of the long battery 2.

【0013】長電池嵌着凹部4の底部に、短電池3を装
着する短電池嵌着凹部5を設けている。この短電池嵌着
凹部5は、長電池嵌着凹部4の底面を、第1充電端子6
から第2充電端子7に向かって下り勾配に傾斜させて設
けている。短電池嵌着凹部5は底面を傾斜面とするの
で、ここに装着される短電池3も傾斜する姿勢でセット
される。短電池嵌着凹部5は長電池嵌着凹部4よりも短
く、長電池嵌着凹部4の底面の途中に、短電池3の電極
に接触する第3充電端子8を設けている。図の充電器
は、第1充電端子6を長電池2の+電極に接触させてい
るので、第3充電端子8は短電池3の−電極に接触され
る充電端子である。
At the bottom of the long battery fitting recess 4, a short battery fitting recess 5 for mounting the short battery 3 is provided. The short battery fitting concave portion 5 has a bottom surface of the long battery fitting concave portion 4 formed on the first charging terminal 6
From the second charging terminal 7 to the second charging terminal 7. Since the bottom surface of the short battery fitting recess 5 has an inclined surface, the short battery 3 mounted therein is also set in an inclined posture. The short battery fitting recess 5 is shorter than the long battery fitting recess 4, and a third charging terminal 8 that comes into contact with the electrode of the short battery 3 is provided in the middle of the bottom surface of the long battery fitting recess 4. In the charger shown in the figure, the first charging terminal 6 is in contact with the positive electrode of the long battery 2, so the third charging terminal 8 is a charging terminal in contact with the negative electrode of the short battery 3.

【0014】長電池嵌着凹部4に装着される長電池2
は、第1充電端子6と第2充電端子7に接触して充電さ
れ、短電池嵌着凹部5に装着される短電池3は、第1充
電端子6と第3充電端子8に接続して充電される。した
がって、第1充電端子6と第2充電端子7と第3充電端
子8は、ケース1に内蔵される充電回路(図示せず)に
接続されて、長電池2と短電池3を充電する。図の充電
器は、第1充電端子6を充電回路の+側に、第2充電端
子7と第3充電端子8を充電回路の−側に接続してい
る。
The long battery 2 mounted in the long battery fitting recess 4
Is charged by contacting the first charging terminal 6 and the second charging terminal 7, and the short battery 3 mounted in the short battery fitting recess 5 is connected to the first charging terminal 6 and the third charging terminal 8. Be charged. Therefore, the first charging terminal 6, the second charging terminal 7, and the third charging terminal 8 are connected to a charging circuit (not shown) built in the case 1 to charge the long battery 2 and the short battery 3. In the charger shown, the first charging terminal 6 is connected to the positive side of the charging circuit, and the second charging terminal 7 and the third charging terminal 8 are connected to the negative side of the charging circuit.

【0015】第1充電端子6は、長電池2と短電池3の
両方の電極に接触される。短電池3は長電池2に対して
傾斜する姿勢で第1充電端子6に押し付けられる。第1
充電端子6が短電池3を押圧して、短電池嵌着凹部5か
ら押し出さないように、図3に示す第1充電端子6は、
短電池3の電極に接触する部分を短電池3の電極面と平
行としている。この構造の第1充電端子6は、傾斜する
短電池3の電極面に軸方向、すなわち縦方向に押圧し
て、短電池3が短電池嵌着凹部5から押し出されるのを
防止する。第1充電端子6は、弾性金属線や弾性金属板
で、下端をケース1に固定している。
The first charging terminal 6 contacts the electrodes of both the long battery 2 and the short battery 3. The short battery 3 is pressed against the first charging terminal 6 in a posture inclined with respect to the long battery 2. First
In order to prevent the charging terminal 6 from pressing the short battery 3 and pushing it out from the short battery fitting recess 5, the first charging terminal 6 shown in FIG.
The portion of the short battery 3 that contacts the electrode is parallel to the electrode surface of the short battery 3. The first charging terminal 6 of this structure presses the electrode surface of the inclined short battery 3 in the axial direction, that is, the vertical direction, and prevents the short battery 3 from being pushed out of the short battery fitting recess 5. The lower end of the first charging terminal 6 is fixed to the case 1 with an elastic metal wire or elastic metal plate.

【0016】図の充電器は、第2充電端子7と第3充電
端子8を1本の弾性金属線や弾性金属板で構成してい
る。弾性金属線は、一方の端部を山形に折曲して第2充
電端子7として、折曲部である第2充電端子7を長電池
2の電極に接触させている。弾性金属線は他方の端部を
第3充電端子8として、短電池3の電極に接触させてい
る。弾性金属板は、途中をケース1内に配線してケース
1の定位置に固定して、第2充電端子7と第3充電端子
8となる部分をケース1から外部に突出させている。
In the charger shown in the figure, the second charging terminal 7 and the third charging terminal 8 are composed of one elastic metal wire or elastic metal plate. One end of the elastic metal wire is bent in a chevron shape to form a second charging terminal 7, and the second charging terminal 7, which is the bent portion, is brought into contact with the electrode of the long battery 2. The elastic metal wire is in contact with the electrode of the short battery 3 with the other end as the third charging terminal 8. The elastic metal plate is wired in the middle of the case 1 and fixed at a fixed position of the case 1, and the portions to be the second charging terminal 7 and the third charging terminal 8 are projected from the case 1 to the outside.

【0017】図4ないし図6は、本発明の実施例を示す
ものではなく、長電池と短電池を充電する充電器の参考
例を示すもので、この充電器は、第1充電端子6を長電
池2と短電池3の−側電極に接触させて、第2充電端子
7と第3充電端子8を長電池2と短電池3の+側電極に
接触させる。これ等の図に示す充電器の第1充電端子6
は、短電池3の電極に接触する部分を、短電池嵌着凹部
5の底面に向かって、図6において下方に向かって、短
電池3の電極面から離れる方向に傾斜させている。この
構造の第1充電端子6は、短電池3が短電池嵌着凹部5
から押し出されるのを防止できる。
FIGS. 4 to 6 do not show an embodiment of the present invention, but show a reference example of a charger for charging a long battery and a short battery. This charger has a first charging terminal 6 The negative electrodes of the long battery 2 and the short battery 3 are brought into contact with each other, and the second charging terminal 7 and the third charging terminal 8 are brought into contact with the positive electrodes of the long battery 2 and the short battery 3. The first charging terminal 6 of the charger shown in these figures
Of the short battery 3 is inclined toward the bottom surface of the short battery fitting recess 5 toward the bottom of the short battery fitting recess 5 in a direction away from the electrode surface of the short battery 3. In the first charging terminal 6 of this structure, the short battery 3 has the short battery fitting recess 5
It can be prevented from being pushed out.

【0018】さらに、これ等の図に示す充電器も、第2
充電端子7と第3充電端子8を1本の金属線や金属板で
構成している。この金属板は全体をほぼL字状に折曲し
て、上部を第2充電端子7として長電池2の電極に、下
部を下方に折曲して第3充電端子8として短電池3の電
極に接触させている。金属板は途中をケース1に固定し
ている。この図の充電器は、長電池2を水平に支持する
ために、図において長電池嵌着凹部4の右端部の底部
に、長電池2を下から支持する支持部9を設けている。
この支持部9は短電池3を装着するときに邪魔にならな
いように、短電池3が接触しない位置に配設している。
Furthermore, the charger shown in these figures also has a second
The charging terminal 7 and the third charging terminal 8 are composed of one metal wire or metal plate. The entire metal plate is bent into a substantially L-shape, and the upper portion thereof is used as the second charging terminal 7 for the electrode of the long battery 2, and the lower portion is bent downward for the third charging terminal 8 of the short battery 3 Is in contact with. The metal plate is fixed to the case 1 partway. In the charger of this figure, in order to horizontally support the long battery 2, a support portion 9 that supports the long battery 2 from below is provided at the bottom of the right end portion of the long battery fitting recess 4 in the figure.
The support portion 9 is arranged at a position where the short battery 3 does not come into contact with it so as not to interfere with the mounting of the short battery 3.

【0019】以上の充電器は、第2充電端子7と第3充
電端子8とを1本の金属線等で構成して、互いに連結し
ているので、充電回路を簡単にできる特長がある。た
だ、第2充電端子と第3充電端子とを別々の充電端子と
し、別々に充電回路に接続することもできる。この充電
器は、長電池と短電池の両方を、最適な充電電流に調整
して短時間で急速充電することができる。
In the above charger, the second charging terminal 7 and the third charging terminal 8 are made of one metal wire or the like and are connected to each other, so that the charging circuit can be simplified. However, the second charging terminal and the third charging terminal may be separate charging terminals and may be separately connected to the charging circuit. This charger can adjust both the long battery and the short battery to an optimum charging current and perform rapid charging in a short time.

【0020】[0020]

【発明の効果】本発明の充電器は、極めて簡単な構造で
長さが異なる複数種の二次電池を充電できる。それは、
本発明の充電器が、長電池嵌着凹部の底部に傾斜する短
電池嵌着凹部を設けて、長さが異なる短電池と長電池を
嵌着凹部に装着するからである。この構造の充電器は、
従来のように回転したり摺動する接点ホルダーを設ける
ことなく、長電池と短電池を装着して充電でき、しか
も、短電池を傾斜して装着するので、ひとつの第1充電
端子を長電池と短電池の両方に接触させて簡単な構造に
できる。
The charger of the present invention can charge a plurality of types of secondary batteries having different lengths with an extremely simple structure. that is,
This is because the battery charger of the present invention is provided with the inclined short battery fitting recess at the bottom of the long battery fitting recess, and the short battery and the long battery having different lengths are mounted in the fitting recess. The charger with this structure
Long battery and short battery can be installed and charged without providing a contact holder that rotates or slides as in the conventional case. Moreover, since the short battery is installed at an angle, one first charging terminal can be installed in the long battery. It can be made into a simple structure by contacting both the battery and the short battery.

【0021】また、本発明の充電器は、接点ホルダー等
の接触不良を解消して、全体をコンパクトにでき、しか
も安価に多量生産できる特長も実現される。それは、回
転したり摺動する接点ホルダーを設けることなく、長さ
が異なる二次電池を装着できることに加えて、長電池嵌
着凹部の一部に短電池嵌着凹部を設けると共に、ケース
に固定できる充電端子で長電池と短電池の両方を充電で
きるからである。
Further, the battery charger of the present invention eliminates the contact failure of the contact holder and the like, and can be made compact as a whole, and can be mass-produced at low cost. It is possible to mount rechargeable batteries with different lengths without providing a rotating or sliding contact holder, and to provide a short battery fitting recess in a part of the long battery fitting recess and fix it to the case. This is because both the long battery and the short battery can be charged with the charging terminal that can be used.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief description of drawings]

【図1】本発明の実施例の充電器の平面図FIG. 1 is a plan view of a charger according to an embodiment of the present invention.

【図2】図1に示す充電器に長電池を装着した状態を示
す垂直断面図
FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a state in which a long battery is attached to the charger shown in FIG.

【図3】図1に示す充電器に短電池を装着した状態を示
す垂直断面図
FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a state in which a short battery is attached to the charger shown in FIG.

【図4】本発明の参考例の充電器の平面図FIG. 4 is a plan view of a charger according to a reference example of the present invention.

【図5】図4に示す充電器に長電池を装着した状態を示
す垂直断面図
5 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a state in which a long battery is attached to the charger shown in FIG.

【図6】図4に示す充電器に短電池を装着した状態を示
す垂直断面図
6 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a state in which a short battery is attached to the charger shown in FIG.

【符号の説明】[Explanation of symbols]

1…ケース 2…長電池 3…短電池 4…長電池嵌着凹部 5…短電池嵌着凹部 6…第1充電端子 7…第2充電端子 8…第3充電端子 9…支持部 1 ... Case 2 ... long battery 3 ... short battery 4 Long battery fitting recess 5 ... Short battery fitting recess 6 ... First charging terminal 7 ... Second charging terminal 8 ... Third charging terminal 9 ... Supporting part

───────────────────────────────────────────────────── フロントページの続き Fターム(参考) 5G003 BA02 FA03 5H030 AA00 AS18 BB01 DD09 DD14 DD15 5H040 AS25 AT01 DD02 DD13 DD22 DD23 GG02    ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    F-term (reference) 5G003 BA02 FA03                 5H030 AA00 AS18 BB01 DD09 DD14                       DD15                 5H040 AS25 AT01 DD02 DD13 DD22                       DD23 GG02

Claims (3)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 【請求項1】 長さが異なる長短の二次電池を充電する
充電器であって、長電池(2)と短電池(3)を脱着自在に嵌
着できる長電池嵌着凹部(4)と短電池嵌着凹部(5)を有
し、 長電池嵌着凹部(4)が単3電池を嵌着できる凹部で、短
電池嵌着凹部(5)が単4電池を嵌着できる凹部で、 長電池嵌着凹部(4)は、一方の端部に長電池(2)の+電極
に接触する第1充電端子(6)を、他方の端部に長電池(2)
の他方の−電極に接触する第2充電端子(7)を有し、 さらに、長電池嵌着凹部(4)の底面には、第1充電端子
(6)から第2充電端子(7)に向かって下り勾配に傾斜する
底面の短電池嵌着凹部(5)を設けており、かつ、この短
電池嵌着凹部(5)は長電池嵌着凹部(4)よりも短く形成さ
れて、長電池嵌着凹部(4)の底面の途中に短電池(3)の−
電極に接触する第3充電端子(8)を設けており、 第1充電端子(6)と第2充電端子(7)と第3充電端子(8)
はケース(1)に内蔵している充電回路に接続されると共
に、第1充電端子(6)は、長電池(2)と短電池(3)の両方
の電極に接触される位置に配設され、 長電池嵌着凹部(4)に装着される長電池(2)の電極に、第
1充電端子(6)と第2充電端子(7)が接触され、短電池嵌
着凹部(5)に装着される短電池(3)の電極には、第1充電
端子(6)と第3充電端子(8)が接触されるようにしてなる
充電器。
1. A charger for charging long and short secondary batteries having different lengths, comprising: a long battery fitting recess (4) into which the long battery (2) and the short battery (3) can be detachably fitted. A short battery fitting recess (5), the long battery fitting recess (4) is a recess into which an AA battery can be fitted, and the short battery fitting recess (5) is a recess into which an AAA battery can be fitted; The long battery fitting recess (4) has at one end a first charging terminal (6) that comes into contact with the positive electrode of the long battery (2) and at the other end of the long battery (2).
Has a second charging terminal (7) in contact with the other negative electrode, and the first charging terminal is provided on the bottom surface of the long battery fitting recess (4).
There is provided a short battery fitting recess (5) on the bottom surface that slopes downward from the (6) toward the second charging terminal (7), and the short battery fitting recess (5) is used for the long battery fitting. It is formed to be shorter than the recess (4), and the short battery (3)-
The third charging terminal (8) that contacts the electrode is provided, and the first charging terminal (6), the second charging terminal (7) and the third charging terminal (8)
Is connected to the charging circuit built into the case (1), and the first charging terminal (6) is placed at a position where it contacts both the long battery (2) and short battery (3) electrodes. The first charging terminal (6) and the second charging terminal (7) are brought into contact with the electrodes of the long battery (2) mounted in the long battery fitting recess (4), and the short battery fitting recess (5) A charger in which the first charging terminal (6) and the third charging terminal (8) are brought into contact with the electrodes of the short battery (3) mounted on the battery.
【請求項2】 第2充電端子(7)と第3充電端子(8)とが
1本の金属線あるいは金属板である請求項1に記載され
る充電器。
2. The charger according to claim 1, wherein the second charging terminal (7) and the third charging terminal (8) are one metal wire or metal plate.
【請求項3】 第1充電端子(6)が、短電池(3)の電極に
接触する部分を、短電池嵌着凹部(5)に装着される短電
池(3)の電極面と平行、あるいは短電池嵌着凹部(5)の底
面に向かって、短電池(3)の電極面から離れる方向に傾
斜している請求項1に記載される充電器。
3. A portion of the first charging terminal (6) that contacts the electrode of the short battery (3) is parallel to the electrode surface of the short battery (3) mounted in the short battery fitting recess (5). Alternatively, the charger according to claim 1, which is inclined toward a bottom surface of the short battery fitting recess (5) in a direction away from an electrode surface of the short battery (3).
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