JP2565166B2 - Power case - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

[Table of Contents] The present invention will be described in the following order. Field of Industrial Application Conventional Technology Problems to be Solved by the Invention Means for Solving the Problems Action (FIG. 1) Embodiment (1) First Embodiment (FIGS. 1 to 3) (2) Second Example (FIG. 4) (3) Third Example (FIG. 5) (4) Other Example Effects of the Invention

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a power supply case and is suitable for application to electronic equipment such as a video camera integrated video tape recorder (video camera integrated VTR).

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, electronic devices of this kind, such as a video camera integrated VTR, have been designed to reduce power consumption and to be integrated with high density as a whole, resulting in a small size and a light weight. A VTR with a built-in video camera, which has good portability and can record video for a long time even with a small capacity battery, has been provided.

[0004]

In such a VTR with a built-in video camera, if the battery is inadvertently consumed, for example, on the go, there is a possibility that a valuable scene cannot be recorded. In such a case, it is practically convenient if the power supply case can be replaced easily and surely.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and is intended to propose a power supply case that can easily and surely replace an electronic device body such as a video camera integrated VTR body. is there.

[0006]

In order to solve such a problem, in the present invention, the mounting surface 2 of the electronic device 1 is attached to the case 5.
In the power supply case 3 in which the case 5 can be mounted on the electronic device 1 by pressing and sliding on the mounted surface 5A of the electronic device 1, the mounting surface 2A of the electronic device 1 on the mounted surface 5A At the position corresponding to the convex portion 34 provided on the case 5.
A recess 31 having a length that allows sliding of the electronic device 1 to be mounted on the electronic device 1 and indicating the type of power source housed in the case 5.
And a plurality of openings, which are open toward the mounting surface 2 of the electronic device 1 at both end surfaces of the mounting surface 5A, are bent at substantially right angles to engage with the protrusions 34 provided on the electronic device 1, and extend in one direction. The L-shaped grooves 7A to 7D and the mounting surface 5A are provided with recesses 15 for preventing falling that are fitted to the elastically biased protrusions 16 provided in the electronic device 1.

[0007]

By providing the concave portion 31 indicating the type of the power source so as to correspond to the convex portion 34 of the electronic device 1 on the mounted surface 5A of the case 5, the power source case 3 which does not allow erroneous mounting is attached to the electronic device 1. When it is pressed against the power supply case 3
Can be easily done before sliding.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

(1) First Embodiment FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a power supply unit according to the present invention.
The mounting surface 2 on the back of the video camera integrated VTR body 1 in which the power supply unit in which the battery is housed in the power supply case 3 is used for recording using only the battery and the power supply adapter.
It is designed so that it can be detachably locked.

In the case of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the power supply unit can also be detachably locked to the charger 40 so that the battery can be charged. The power supply case 3 is composed of a lower case 4 and an upper case 5, and accommodates, for example, five AA-battery-shaped batteries integrated in the power supply case 3 so as to be aligned in the longitudinal direction, for example, by a heat shrink tube. ing. In this way, the power supply unit has a reduced overall thickness, which allows the V camera integrated type V
Even when it is attached to the TR main body 1, it does not disturb the handling.

Further, four claws 6A, 6B, 6C and 6D are provided on both longitudinal edges of the upper case 5.
The claws 6A, 6B, 6C, 6D have L-shaped grooves 7A, 7B, 7
It extends in the left-right direction so as to be adjacent to C and 7D. L
The V-shaped grooves 7A and 7C have the L-shaped starting end opened on the mounting surface 5A for the electronic device, the entire L-shape open on the short side faces 5B and 5D, and the one side having the starting end on the long side face 5C. It is open. In addition, the L-shaped grooves 7B and 7D have their L-shaped starting ends open on the mounting surface 5A for mounting on an electronic device, and the short side surface 5
The entire L-shape is open in B and 5D. Protrusions 8A, 8B, 8 provided on the video camera integrated VTR body 1
By fitting C and 8D along the L-shaped grooves of the corresponding L-shaped grooves 7A, 7B, 7C and 7D, the projections 8A,
8B, 8C, 8D and L-shaped grooves 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D
The power supply case 3 can be locked on the VTR main body 1 with integrated video camera via the. Therefore, the L-shaped grooves 7A and 7C have the L-shaped starting end opened on the mounting surface 5A for the electronic device, the entire L-shape opened on the short side surfaces 5B and 5D, and the starting end on the long-side side surface 5C. Is open on one side, and the L-shaped grooves 7B and 7D are mounting surfaces 5 to the electronic device.
With the configuration in which the starting end of the L-shape is open at A and the entire L-shape is open at the short side surfaces 5B and 5D, L-shaped grooves can be provided at both ends of the short side surface. Therefore, the span of the mounting portion can be increased, the power supply case can be firmly locked, and the tips of the claws 6A and 6C do not extend to the corners of the power supply case. , 6C can be prevented from being damaged.

In the case of this embodiment, a video camera integrated type V
On the mounting surface 2 of the TR main body 1, a pair of square bar-shaped locking members 9 are arranged so as to face both end edges of the upper case 5 in the longitudinal direction.
And 10 are provided in a protruding manner, and an edge portion is provided at a tip end of the locking members 9 and 10 in a direction orthogonal to the mounting surface 2, and projections 8A, 8B, 8 are provided at positions inside the edge portion so as to face each other.
C and 8D are formed.

Thus, as shown by the arrow a, the mounting surface 5A of the power supply case 3 is pressed against the video camera integrated VTR main body 1 with the short side surfaces 5B and 5D of the power supply case being positioned at the above-mentioned edges. Then, the power supply case 3 can be detachably locked between the locking members 9 and 10 by sliding the power supply case 3 so as to be laterally displaced.

Further, a rectangular recess 15 is provided on the mounting surface of the upper case 5, and a projection 16 is provided on the VTR body 1 with integrated video camera as shown in FIG. When the power supply case 3 is pressed against the video camera integrated VTR main body 1 and then the projection 16 is slid to bring the power supply case 3 to a predetermined locking position, the protrusion 16 is pressed by a spring as shown by an arrow b. The power supply case 3 attached to the video camera integrated VTR body 1 is prevented from falling off by protruding from the mounting surface 2 of the video camera integrated VTR body 1 and fitting into the recess 15.

Further, the mounting surface 5A of the upper case 5 has rectangular recesses 19 and 20 having through holes 17 and 18, and a metal having elasticity so as to close the through holes 17 and 18 of the recesses 19 and 20. The pieces 21 and 22 are provided, and the video camera integrated VTR body 1 is provided on the metal pieces 21 and 22.
When the terminals 27 and 28 that stand up are brought into contact with the central portions of the rectangular projections 25 and 26 that project from the mounting surface 2 of the power supply case 3, the VCR main body 1 with integrated video camera.
Power can be supplied to the video camera integrated VTR main body 1 from the battery housed in the power supply case 3 by simply attaching the power supply to the VTR main body 1. Therefore, since the metal pieces 21 and 22 are provided at the bottoms of the recesses 19 and 20, even if the power supply case is carelessly placed on the conductive material, it is possible to prevent an accident due to discharge or contact.

Further, the upper case 5 is a rectangular concave portion 30 and 3 which is formed by a concave surface representing the type of power supply unit.
1 is provided. The lengths of the concave portions 30 and 31 are formed to be longer than the length of a convex portion 34 provided in the video camera integrated VTR main body 1 described later.

On the other hand, the video camera integrated VTR body 1 is provided with the convex portion 34 and the flat portion 35, which are flat portions or convex surfaces, which indicate the type of power source unit that can be used, at the positions corresponding to the concave portions 30 and 31. In the VTR main body 1 with integrated video camera, which is configured to record using only a battery and a power adapter, a convex portion formed of a rectangular protrusion so as to be fitted in the concave portion 31 of the power source case 3. 34 is provided, a convex portion is not formed at a position corresponding to the concave portion 30 of the power supply case 3, and a flat portion 35 is provided so as to be flush with the mounting surface 2. In addition, the convex portion 3
As is apparent from FIG. 1, reference numeral 4 is arranged on a line substantially connecting the protrusions 8B and 8D, that is, on the front side in the sliding direction for mounting the power supply case 3 on the video camera integrated VTR main body 1. Accordingly, by pressing the power supply unit against the video camera integrated type VTR main body 1 and superimposing them on each other, the rectangular concave portion 31 is fitted into the convex portion 34, and in this state, the suitability of the power source unit to be mounted is determined. If the power unit is suitable, the length of the concave portion 31 is longer than the length of the convex portion 34, so that the video camera integrated VTR body 1 and the power unit can be slid on each other. By this sliding, the projections 8A, 8B, 8C and 8D of the video camera integrated VTR body 1 are fitted into the L-shaped grooves 7A, 7B, 7C and 7D of the power supply case 3, and the video camera integrated VTR body. The power supply unit of the battery can be locked in the first position.

In this way, the power supply unit can be easily integrated into the video camera by simply attaching the L-shaped grooves 7A, 7B, 7C and 7D to the projections 8A, 8B, 8C and 8D. Power can be supplied by being detachably locked to the VTR main body 1. Further, at this time, the recess 1
By fitting 5 and the protrusion 16 to each other, it is possible to reliably prevent the power supply case 3 from coming off and to stably supply power.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG.
0, in addition to the configuration of the mounting surface 2 of the video camera integrated VTR main body 1 having the configuration of FIG. 1, on the mounting surface 41 of the power supply unit, there is a quadrangular convex portion 45 having the same shape as the convex portion 34. ing. The projections 34 and 45 are adapted to fit into the recesses 30 and 31 of the power supply unit of the battery, and as shown by the arrow c, the power supply unit is pushed against the charger 40 to slide the power supply unit. L of the case
The character-shaped grooves 7A, 7B, 7C and 7D are provided with the protrusions 8 of the charger 40.
It can be fitted to A, 8B, 8C, and 8D, and the power supply unit of the battery can be detachably locked to the charger 40 by a simple attachment operation.

As described above, according to the configurations shown in FIGS.
Power is supplied by attaching the battery power supply unit to the video camera integrated VTR body 1 by a simple operation of pressing and sliding the power supply unit on the electronic equipment such as the video camera integrated VTR body 1 and the charger 40. It can be charged or attached to the charger 40. Further, after the mounting, the recess 15 and the protrusion 16 are fitted to each other, so that the power supply case 3 can be surely prevented from falling off, and the power can be stably supplied.

(2) Second Embodiment FIG. 4 shows a second embodiment of the power supply unit according to the present invention, in which the lower case 51 is constructed deeper than the lower case 4 of the battery power supply unit, and the upper side is formed. Six dry batteries, which are AA batteries, are housed in the case 52 and the lower case 51 to prevent a voltage drop during recording.

Further, the upper case 52 is provided with a rectangular recess 30, and a flat portion 54 is formed so as to be flush with the surface of the upper case 52. As a result, the convex portion 34 of the video camera integrated VTR body 1 abuts against the flat portion 54, so that the video camera integrated VT
Even if an attempt is made to slide the power source unit 50 of the dry battery on the R body 1, the protrusions 8A, 8B, 8C, 8D of the video camera integrated VTR body 1 are fitted in the L-shaped grooves 7A, 7B, 7C of the power supply case 53. , 7D do not fit.

As is apparent from FIG. 1, the convex portion 34 is on a line substantially connecting the projections 8B and 8D, that is, in the sliding direction before the power supply case 53 is mounted on the video camera integrated VTR body 1. Since it is arranged on the side, it is slid forcibly with respect to the mounting surface 2 of the power supply unit (state where the convex portion 34 and the flat portion 54 abut) and the protrusion 8
Even if the L-shaped grooves 7A and 7C are engaged with the A and 8C, respectively, a gap is formed between the video camera and the power supply unit on the front side in the sliding direction, the convex portion 34 and the flat portion 54. Since it is formed by and, incomplete mounting can be easily confirmed.

Therefore, it is possible to effectively prevent the power supply unit 50 of the dry battery from being mistakenly attached to the video camera integrated VTR body 1 to which only the battery and the power supply adapter can be connected.

When the power supply unit 50 is to be attached to the charger 40 as shown in FIG. 3, similarly, the convex portion 34 of the charger 40 abuts on the flat portion 54 of the power supply unit 50, and the charger 40 is provided with a dry battery. The power unit of cannot be installed.

In this way, even if the power unit 50 of the dry battery is to be attached to the charger 40, it cannot be attached. Therefore, it is possible to effectively avoid accidentally attaching these power source units to the charger. On the other hand, instead of the flat portion 35, the concave portion 3 of the power unit 50 is used.
In the VTR main body with integrated video camera, the VTR main body is provided with a convex portion that fits with 0 and a mounting surface in which the convex portion 34 is a flat portion or a mounting surface in which both the convex portion 34 and the flat portion 35 are flat portions. Since it does not hit the flat portion 54 of the power supply unit 50, by pressing the power supply unit against the video camera integrated type VTR main body and sliding it, the protrusions 8A, 8B, 8C and 8D can be attached to the L of the power supply unit 50. The character-shaped grooves 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D can be fitted.

Therefore, the power source can be supplied to the video camera integrated VTR body having such a mounting surface by simply attaching the power source unit 50 of the dry battery by a simple attaching operation.

As described above, according to the configuration of FIG. 4, the flat portion 54 of the power supply case 53 is abutted against the flat portion 54 and the projection 8
A, 8B, 8C, 8D through L-shaped grooves 7A, 7B, 7C, 7
It is possible to effectively avoid accidentally attaching the power supply unit 50 of the dry battery to the video camera integrated VTR main body 1 and the charger 40 provided with the convex portion 34 that cannot be fitted to the D. Furthermore, the flat part 5 of the mounting surface
For a VTR body with a built-in video camera that does not have a convex portion 34 that abuts 4, the power supply unit 50 is attached and power is supplied by a simple operation of pressing and sliding the power supply unit 50. In addition, it is possible to effectively avoid the power supply case from falling off and stably supply power.

(3) Third Embodiment FIG. 5 shows a VTR body 1 with a built-in video camera from a commercial power source.
A third embodiment will be described in which the present invention is applied to a power supply device that includes a power adapter 60 that does not include a battery and that is configured to supply power to the power supply.

The commercial power source is received by the constant voltage unit 62 via the outlet 61 and converted into a DC power source of a predetermined voltage, and then the metal piece 2 of the power source case 67 is passed through the power cord 63.
Video camera integrated type V by connecting to 1 and 22
Supply power to the TR body 1. Further, in the upper case 65, a recess 64 is provided, and a flat portion 66 is provided so as to be flush with the surface of the upper case 65.

Thus, in the power supply device of the power adapter 60, the concave portion 64 and the convex portion 34 of the video camera integrated VTR body 1 are fitted to each other so that the power case 67 is attached to the video camera integrated VTR body 1. The L-shaped groove 7 is formed on the protrusions 8A, 8B, 8C and 8D simply by pressing and sliding.
A, 7B, 7C, 7D can be fitted. Therefore, the power supply device can be easily connected to the video camera integrated type VTR main body 1 to supply power by a simple mounting operation of pressing and sliding.

After further mounting, the recess 15
By fitting the protrusion 16 with the power supply case 3, it is possible to prevent the power supply case 3 from coming off and to stably supply power. In contrast, the charger 40 as shown in FIG.
7 is attached, the convex portion 45 of the charger 40 hits the flat portion 66, and the protrusions 8A, 8 of the charger 40 are attached.
B, 8C, and 8D are L-shaped grooves 7A and 7 of the power supply unit 60.
B, 7C and 7D cannot be fitted together. Therefore, the power adapter 60 can be effectively prevented from being accidentally attached to the charger 40.

According to the structure shown in FIG. 5, the protrusions 8A, 8B, 8C and 8D, which come into contact with the flat portion 66 of the power supply case 67, cannot fit into the L-shaped grooves 7A, 7B, 7C and 7D. It is possible to effectively prevent the power adapter 60 from being mistakenly attached to the charger 40. Further, with respect to the video camera integrated VTR main body 1 which does not have the convex portion 45 that abuts against the flat portion 66, it is possible to simply attach the power source case 67 of the power adapter 60 and slide it. A power supply device can be attached to supply power stably.

(4) Other Embodiments In the above-mentioned embodiments, the case where the type of power source is represented by the difference between battery, dry battery, and power adapter has been described, but the type of power source represented is not limited to this, for example, the power source unit. The power supply voltage, capacity, etc. may be represented to prevent the power supply unit from being erroneously attached.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the concave and convex portions are used to simply prevent the power supply unit from being mistakenly attached has been described. Is installed to electrically detect the type of power source and to integrate the VTR with a video camera.
The operating voltage of the main body or the like may be switched or displayed in the view finder. In addition to this, the shape of the uneven portion may allow the user to visually confirm the voltage, the capacity, etc. of the power supply unit.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where the concave and convex portions on the side of the power source case are made to be the concave portion and the flat portion to indicate the kind of the power source has been described. The concavo-convex portion may be a combination of a convex portion and a flat portion, a combination of convex portions, a convex portion and a concave portion, and the combination of the concavo-convex portion on the video camera integrated VTR main body or the charger side may be correspondingly changed.

In the above-mentioned embodiments, the case where the convex portion and the concave portion are formed in a quadrangular shape has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and, for example, a circular shape, a triangular shape or the like can be widely applied. You may make it combine and use a shape.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where the convex portion fits into the concave portion has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this.
By changing the height of the convex portion, it is possible to prevent the power supply unit from being accidentally connected by the tip of the protruding portion hitting the bottom surface of the concave portion.

In the above embodiment, the projections 8A, 8B, 8C, 8 provided on the video camera integrated type VTR body.
D and L-shaped grooves 7A, 7B, 7 provided in the power supply case
Although the case where the power supply unit is attached has been described using C and 7D, the method for attaching the power supply unit is not limited to this and can be widely applied.

In the above-mentioned embodiments, the case where the present invention is applied to the power source case of the power source unit of the video camera integrated type VTR main body is described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and is widely used in the power source unit of electronic equipment. Can be applied to the case.

[0041]

As described above, according to the present invention, by providing the concave portion indicating the type of the power source on the mounting surface of the case, when the power source case which cannot be mounted is pressed against the electronic device, The determination can be easily made before the sliding of the power supply case.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a power supply unit and a video camera integrated VTR main body according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a partially attached cross section.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a power source unit of a charger and a battery.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a power source unit of a dry battery and a VTR main body integrated with a video camera.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a power supply device of a power adapter and a video camera integrated VTR main body.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... VTR main body with integrated video camera, 3 ... power supply case, 30, 31, 34, 35 ... uneven portion, 36, 45 ...
... Convex parts, 54,66 ... Flat parts, 40, 50 ... Power supply unit.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A mounting surface is provided with a recess for indicating the type of power source.
The mounting surface of the power supply case can be attached to the mounting surface.
Make an electrical connection between the convex part that indicates the type of source and the power supply case.
Press against the mounting surface of the electronic device that has the terminal to perform
Then, by the plurality of engaging projections provided on the electronic device,
In the power supply case that is to be mounted , each of the engaging protrusions is attached to each of both end edges of the power supply case.
The L-shaped start end is opened on the mounting surface so that it can be engaged
And the entire L-shape is formed on the first side surface orthogonal to the mounting surface.
The first L-shaped groove opened and the L-shaped start on the mounting surface
The first side surface whose end is open and which is orthogonal to the mounting surface
The entire L-shape is opened by the second
The first side that has the above L-shaped start end on the side
2 L-shaped grooves are provided, and the mounting surface is pressed against the mounting surface and slid.
Therefore, attach the power supply case to the mounting surface of the electronic device.
None to be worn, the longitudinal of the mounting surface corresponding to the position of the convex portion of the attached surface
The type of power supply is indicated in the middle part of the
Electropneumatic and providing a formed long recess obtain
Source case.