JP2007122947A - Electronic equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide electronic equipment excellent in assembling property and cost performance with a compact size. <P>SOLUTION: The electronic equipment comprises a shallow box-shaped equipment body 1 opened at one side surface, an electronic block 2 stored in the equipment body 1 through the opening 1f, and a battery box 3 stored within the equipment body 1 through the opening 1f so as to be arranged in line with the electronic block 2. The electronic block 2 includes a battery connecting terminal 17 within a recessed groove part 19. The battery box 3 includes a protruding connector part 25 to be fitted into the recessed groove part 19 and directly connected to the terminal 17 by storage-directional operation when storing it in the equipment body 1. The electronic block 2 and the battery box 3 are arranged in line on a lower plate 1d of the equipment body 1. The electronic block 2 includes a battery box fixing hook part 18, and the connector part 25 includes an attachable and detachable lever 28 to be hooked on the hook part 18. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic device having an electronic block and a battery box that are applied to a lighting circuit for an emergency light or a guide light.

  The embedded type emergency light illuminator houses an emergency light block with a contact pin projecting on the lower end surface in the device main body, and a battery box having a receiving terminal on the side of the lower end in contact with the contact pin. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1). The embedded emergency light illuminator has a small bottom opening as the ceiling opening, so a vertically long emergency light block and a vertically long battery box are inserted into the relatively vertically long cylindrical body from the bottom surface. It is difficult to make a space for connecting between the wires, and when connecting the emergency light block and battery box from the bottom opening, the wiring connection work is performed while supporting the weight of the emergency light block and battery box. Since the work is not easy and it is necessary to consider safety, the emergency light block and the battery box are connected without wiring.

  On the other hand, in the case of an emergency light illuminating device or a guide light in which a thin box-shaped device main body with one side opened is directly attached to the ceiling or walled, as shown in FIGS. Therefore, when the flat electronic block 175 and the battery box 170 are mounted so as to be attached to the back of the storage space, the electronic block 175 in the stored state is stored. There was room to provide a wiring space between the battery box 170 and the battery box 170. Therefore, the battery box 170 houses the unit cell 172 in the battery case 171, and a connector 174 connected to the electric wire 173 connected to the unit cell 172 and a connector 77 connected to the electric wire 176 connected to the electronic block 175. The continuity was taken by connecting. Further, since the electronic block 175 and the battery box 170 can be accommodated in the horizontal direction from the side opening, the wiring work can be performed safely and easily.

Reference numeral 182 denotes a lamp holder that holds a lamp and a reflector, 183 denotes an inspection block having an inspection switch, a monitor lamp, and the like, and 184 denotes a display plate unit that also serves as a cover.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 7-16313

  However, since this lighting fixture requires a wiring space, it becomes an obstacle to the demand for miniaturization and compactness, and when compact, the wiring work is not easy and the cost is high.

  The above is a case of a lighting fixture as an electronic device, but it can also be applied to other electronic devices.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device that can be made compact and has excellent assemblability and cost.

  The electronic apparatus according to the present invention includes a thin box-shaped instrument body having one side opened, an electronic block housed in the instrument body from the opening, and the instrument from the opening so as to be arranged side by side with the electronic block. And a battery box housed in the body. The electronic block has a battery connection terminal. By providing a recess in one of the electronic block and the battery box, providing a terminal in the recess, and operating the storage direction when storing the battery box in the instrument body on the other of the electronic block and the battery box. A connector portion that fits into the recess and is directly connected to the terminal is provided.

  The said structure WHEREIN: The said electronic block and the said battery box are arranged side by side on the lower board of the said instrument main body.

In the above configuration, the electronic block has a hook for fixing the battery box,
The connector portion includes a first projecting portion projecting outward of the opening from the upper surface of the battery box in the state where the battery box is housed in the instrument body, and the electronic block. A second projecting portion projecting toward the electronic block from the facing side surface is continuously formed;
Provided on the surface of the second projecting portion facing the electronic block is a detachable lever that is elastically locked to the hook portion in a state where the connector portion is connected to the terminal,
The attachment / detachment lever includes a knob portion that releases the attachment / detachment lever from the hook portion by pinching the attachment / detachment lever and the opposite side of the attachment / detachment lever of the first protrusion with a finger.

  The said structure WHEREIN: The said 1st protrusion part is substantially the same height as the said electronic block.

  The said structure WHEREIN: The said battery box has the contact part which contact | connects the said connector part in the state connected to the said terminal in the surface facing the said electronic block.

  In the above configuration, the electronic block has a positioning guide for the connector portion in the vicinity of the terminal, and the connector portion has a first guided portion guided by the positioning guide.

  In the above configuration, the instrument main body has a locking piece for locking the opposite side of the battery box to the electronic block, and the battery box is guided by the locking piece when housed in the instrument main body. A second guided portion;

  According to the electronic device of the present invention, since the battery box and the electronic block are directly connected by the connector portion and the terminal, wiring can be eliminated, and the connector portion protruding from the battery box and the terminal erected on the electronic block Since the battery box and the electronic block do not overlap each other because the battery box and the electronic block do not overlap, the storage area of the parts in the instrument body can be reduced. It can be made compact. Further, since the instrument body has a thin box shape with an opening on the side surface, it is safe and easy to connect the connector of the electronic block to the terminal of the electronic block when the battery box is stored in the instrument body. Further, since the connection direction of the terminal and the connector is the storage direction of the battery box, that is, horizontal, it is easy to see and easy to connect, and the battery box can be easily attached.

  Since the electronic block is placed on the bottom of the instrument body, an inspection block with inspection switches and monitor lamps can be integrated with the electronic block, and wiring between the lead wires is not necessary when the inspection block and electronic block are separated. It can be.

  Since the detachable lever is provided in the connector portion, the battery box can be attached and detached without applying more stress than necessary to the substrate of the electronic block.

  By making the first projecting portion of the connector portion projecting from the battery box substantially the same height as the electronic block, the instrument body can be made compact in plan view.

  Since the contact portion that contacts the electronic block is provided on the surface of the battery box that faces the electronic block, it is possible to suppress rattling or rotation in the opposite direction between each other, and the protrusion of the substrate of the electronic block and the battery box. The installation part can be attached and detached without applying more stress than necessary.

  By providing the positioning guide for the connector part in the vicinity of the terminal of the electronic block, the connector part can be easily connected to the terminal.

  By providing a guided portion for guiding the locking piece for fixing the battery box on the surface opposite to the electronic block side of the battery box, the battery box can be more easily positioned and connected. Further, rattling and rotation in the direction along the back plate of the instrument main body can be further suppressed, and the device can be attached and detached without applying unnecessary stress to the substrate of the electronic block and the protruding portion of the battery box.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. That is, the electronic device is a display lighting device such as a guide lamp, and includes a device main body 1, an electronic block 2, a battery box 3, a terminal block 4, a lamp holder 5, and a display unit 35.

  The instrument main body 1 has a thin box shape with an opening 1f formed on the front surface, and includes a back plate 1a, side plates 1b and 1c, a lower plate 1d, and an upper plate 1e on the back side of the opening 1f. A power hole 7 and a plurality of wall mounting holes 8 are formed in the back plate 1a near the top. A locking piece 14 using a battery box fixing claw is provided in a standing state near the lower end of the side plate 1b of the back plate 1a. A plurality of inspection-related holes 9 are provided in the lower plate 1d. The upper plate 1e is provided with a power supply hole 10 and a mounting hole 11 used for ceiling mounting. The side plates 1b and 1c are each provided with a lamp socket 12 for receiving the lamp holder 5 at each upper end portion, and an intermediate portion is provided with a locking portion 13 for hooking a hook portion 35a of the display unit 35.

  The electronic block 2 has a built-in lighting circuit, is accommodated in the instrument main body 1 through the opening 1f, is placed on the lower plate 1d of the instrument main body 1 or slightly floated from the lower plate 1d, and is disposed near the side plate 1c. It is fixed to the plate 1a by fixing means. The electronic block 2 includes a case 2a and a printed circuit board 16 provided in the case 2a and mounted with a lighting circuit component. The printed circuit board 16 has a terminal 17 using pins, for example, and a claw-shaped hook 18 at the lower end corner. The case 2a of the electronic block 2 has a concave portion 37 formed on the lower end side of one side, and a planar inverted L-shaped concave groove portion 19 having one end opened on the side surface of the concave portion 37 and the other end opened on the lower surface at the lower end corner. And an opening 38 is provided at the bottom of the groove, and the terminal 17 and the hook 18 are exposed from the opening 38. The concave groove portion 19 is a depression that can be inserted into a finger. Further, the reset switch 69 is provided on the printed circuit board 16 so that the reset switch 69 is exposed in the recessed groove portion 19. The reset switch 69 starts a timer for notifying the lamp replacement time built in the lighting block 2, and the timer turns on the monitor lamp 24 described later when the lamp replacement time comes. Grooves are formed as positioning guides 20 for the connector portion 25 on both sides of the terminal 17 at opposite portions of the inner surface of the concave groove portion 19. Further, inspection parts such as an inspection switch 23 and a monitor lamp 24 are provided near the lower end of the electronic block 2, and an inspection-related hole 9 of the lower plate 1d is opposed to these.

  A small opening 21 that exposes the printed circuit board 16 is formed at the upper end of one side of the case 2a, and a receiving terminal 40 is provided in the exposed portion of the printed circuit board 16 in the small opening 21. The upper side of the small opening 21 is an outwardly inclined surface 22.

  The battery box 3 is accommodated in the instrument body 1 through the opening 1f so as to be arranged side by side with the electronic block 2, is disposed on the lower plate 1d of the instrument body 1, and is fixed to the back plate 1a as described later. The battery box 3 has a side portion facing the electronic block 2 fitted in the recess 37 and a connector portion 25 directly connected to the terminal 17 provided on the side portion thereof. The connector portion 25 is electrically connected to the terminal 17 by operation. In this case, the battery box 3 and the electronic block 2 are overlapped so that the connector portion 25 covers the terminal 17 without overlapping. The connector portion 25 includes a first protruding portion 26 protruding from the surface on the opening 1 f side of the battery box 3 in a state housed in the appliance body 1 and a second protruding portion 27 protruding from the side facing the electronic block 2. Formed. The first protruding portion 26 has substantially the same height as the electronic block 2. For example, a hook-shaped detachable lever 28 is provided on the surface of the second projecting portion 27 facing the electronic block 2 to be elastically locked to the hook portion 18 in a state where the connector portion 25 is connected to the terminal 17. The detachable lever 28 is provided with a knob portion 29 for releasing the latch of the detachable lever 28 from the hooking portion 18 by pinching the detachable lever 28 and the opposite side of the first projecting portion 26 with the finger. And in order to make it easy to put a finger on the opposite side of the first protrusion 26 to the detachable lever 28, a finger hook 30 is provided on the first protrusion 26 in a rib shape.

In the battery box 3, ribs are formed as contact portions 31 that contact the connector block 25 in a state where the connector portion 25 is connected to the terminal 17 on both sides of the surface facing the electronic block 2. The connector portion 25 is provided with protrusions on both sides of the second projecting portion 27 as a guided portion 32 guided by the positioning guide 20. When the battery box 3 is housed in the instrument body 1, as the guided portion 33 guided by the locking piece 14 almost simultaneously with the connector portion 25 being connected to the terminal 17, the side opposite to the electronic block 2 of the battery box 3. Has a pair of ribs.
Thus, the battery box 3 is attached to the back plate 1 a by the detachable lever 28 being locked to the hooking portion 18 and the locking piece 14 being locked to the surface of the battery box 3.

  5 to 8 show the internal structure of the battery box. The battery box 3 includes an upper case 42 and a lower case 43, and the connector portion 25 includes a protrusion 47 provided in the lower case 43 and a crown 48 provided in the upper case 42 so as to be engaged with the protrusion 47. It is composed. An insertion connector insertion hole 45 for arranging a cylindrical insertion connector 44 having, for example, a substantially U-shaped cross section is provided on the projecting portion 47 so as to be held in contact with the terminal 17 of the electronic block 2. A pressing portion 49 using, for example, a rib-shaped protrusion that presses the rear end portion of the insertion connector 44 inserted into the insertion hole 45 is provided inside the crown portion 48. Therefore, by covering the lower case 43 with the upper case 42, the insertion portion 44 is pushed downward by the pressing portion 49 and is stored in the proper position, so that more reliable and safe conduction can be ensured. The insertion connector insertion hole 45 becomes an insertion hole for the terminal 17.

  More specifically, four unit cells 51 constituting the storage battery are arranged in parallel and arranged in four grooves 49 on the bottom surface of the lower case 43. The partition plate 50 between the grooves 49 is provided with a protrusion 52 for preventing the unit cell 51 from being detached. Since the shape of the retaining protrusion 52 is spherical in cross section, the unit cell 51 can be easily inserted together with the role of preventing the retaining. The retaining protrusions 52 may be a plurality of spherical protrusions provided along the partition plate 50. At the rear end of the lower case 43, there is a fuse receiver 55 for receiving a fuse 53, which will be described later. At the front end, the above-mentioned protruding portion 47 for forming the connector portion 25 is provided, and the connector 44 is vertically inserted into the protruding portion 47. An insertion hole 45 for insertion is formed, and a detachable lever 28 is provided on the front surface of the protruding portion 47. The unit cell 51 has a fuse 56 connected to one end via a lead 56 a, a conductor 54 using a conductive plate connected to the other end, and a plug connector 44 provided at the tip of the conductor 54. The upper case 42 is configured to cover the lower case 43, and a rib-shaped partition projection 58 is provided corresponding to the fuse 56. When the upper case 42 is covered, the partition projection 58 positions the fuse 56 and the unit cell 51. The fuse 56 and the unit cell 51 are not touched. Further, the upper case 42 is provided with the aforementioned engagement portion 48 that engages with the protruding portion 47, and the insertion connector 44 as described above by the rib-shaped pressing portion 49 that presses the rear end portion of the insertion connector 44 at the engagement. Is positioned at a normal position. A notch 68 that exposes the detachable lever 28 is formed in the front plate of the engagement portion 48. The coupling structure of the upper case 42 and the lower case 43 is provided with a claw-like locking portion on the side surface of the lower case 43, and a hole for locking the locking portion is formed in the upper case 42. The upper case 42 is fixed by engaging with the edge of the hole. The locking of the locking part can be released by pressing the locking part through the hole.

  The terminal block 4 incorporates a quick connection terminal, and a plurality of electric wire insertion holes 67 for connecting to the quick connection terminal are inclined toward the inclined surface 22 side of the electronic block 2. Further, a blade-shaped terminal 4 a that is in pressure contact with the receiving terminal 40 when the terminal block 4 is attached is provided at the end of the terminal block 4 on the electronic block 2 side. Reference numeral 66 denotes an attachment portion for attachment to the back plate 1a. Reference numeral 64 denotes an electric wire drawn into the electric wire insertion hole 67 from the power supply hole 7 and is wired along the inclined surface 22.

  The lamp holder 5 holds a lamp and a reflector, and is connected to electrodes at both ends of the lamp, and a connection terminal 5 a held by the lamp holder 5 is attached to the lamp socket 12. By attaching the connection terminal 5 a of the lamp holder 5 to the lamp socket 12, the upper opening portion except the portion closed by the display unit 35 of the opening 1 f of the fixture body 1 is closed. Further, when the connection terminal 5 a of the lamp holder 5 is mounted on the lamp socket 12, the lamp is supplied with power through the lamp socket 12 by the lighting operation of the electronic block 2 and is lit.

  The display unit 35 has a light guide plate through which light from the lamp enters from the end face, and the hook portion 35a is locked to the locking portion 13 of the instrument body 1 and fixed. In this case, before attaching the connection terminal 5a of the lamp holder 2 to the lamp socket 12, the display unit 6 is inserted into the opening 1f, and is brought into contact with and slides on the upper surface of the locking portion 13 so that the hooking portion 6a is locked. Then, the lamp holder 2 is mounted on the lamp socket 12, and the display unit 6 is fixed at the same time.

  The connection between the terminal 17 and the connector portion 25 is not limited to the electrical contact in the direction perpendicular to the storage direction of the battery box 3, but may be the contact in the storage direction. Moreover, although the concave groove part 19 and the terminal 17 which become a hollow were provided in the electronic block 2, these may be provided in the battery box 3 and the connector part 25 may protrude from the electronic block 2.

It is a front view of one embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the state before connecting a battery box to an electronic block. It is a fragmentary sectional view of the connection state of an electronic block and a battery box. It is a disassembled perspective view. It is a disassembled perspective view of a battery box. It is sectional drawing of a lower case. It is an exploded sectional view of a battery box. It is sectional drawing of a battery box. It is a disassembled perspective view of a prior art example. It is a figure which shows a battery case.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Apparatus body 1d Lower board 1f Opening 2 Electronic block 3 Battery box 14 Locking piece 17 Terminal 18 Hooking part 20 Positioning guide 25 Connector part 26 First protrusion part 27 Second protrusion part 28 Detachable lever 29 Knob part 31 Contact 32 Guided part 33 Guided part

Claims (7)

A thin box-shaped instrument body with one side opened, an electronic block housed in the instrument body from the opening, and a battery housed in the instrument body from the opening so as to be arranged side by side with the electronic block In an electronic device with a box,
By providing a recess in one of the electronic block and the battery box, providing a terminal in the recess, and operating the storage direction when storing the battery box in the instrument body on the other of the electronic block and the battery box. An electronic device provided with a projecting connector portion that fits into the recess and is directly connected to the terminal.   The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic block and the battery box are arranged side by side on a lower plate of the instrument body. The electronic block has a hook for fixing the battery box,
The connector portion includes a first projecting portion projecting outward of the opening from the upper surface of the battery box in the state where the battery box is housed in the instrument body, and the electronic block. A second projecting portion projecting toward the electronic block from the facing side surface is continuously formed;
Provided on the surface of the second projecting portion facing the electronic block is a detachable lever that is elastically locked to the hook portion in a state where the connector portion is connected to the terminal,
The said detachable lever has a knob part which cancels | releases the said detachable lever from the said hook part by pinching the said detachable lever and the other side of the said 1st protrusion part with respect to the said detachable lever with a finger | toe. Electronics.   The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the first projecting portion has substantially the same height as the electronic block.   4. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the battery box has a contact portion that contacts a surface of the battery box facing the electronic block in a state where the connector portion is connected to the terminal.   The electronic block has a positioning guide for the connector portion in the vicinity of the terminal, and the connector portion has a first guided portion guided by the positioning guide. 3. The electronic device according to claim 4, 4 or 5. The instrument body has a locking piece for locking the opposite side of the battery box to the electronic block, and the battery box is guided by the locking piece when housed in the instrument body. The electronic device of Claim 6 which has a guide part.

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