JP2571701Y2 - Battery holding structure - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a battery holding structure having a battery holding member and a flexible pattern connected to the battery holding member.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, a camera body contains batteries for driving various driving mechanisms such as a film winding mechanism, a shutter mechanism, and an autofocus mechanism. FIG. 5 shows an example of a conventional battery holding mechanism. Both electrode portions of the battery are held in a state of being pressed against conductive contact pieces 51 and 52. Both conductive portions 50a and 50b of the flexible pattern 50 are connected to the conductive contacts 51 and 52 by soldering or the like.
Is fixed at a predetermined position on the camera body by screws 53 and 54.

However, in the configuration shown in FIG. 5, since the conductive contact pieces 51 and 52 for holding the battery are separately formed, there is a problem that the number of parts increases and the cost increases. In addition, the connection to the flexible pattern 50 and the fixing to the camera body are performed separately for each conductive contact piece, so that the work is troublesome.
1, 52, so as to make reliable contact with them.
There is also a problem that the fixed position of 52 requires accuracy.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention aims to reduce the manufacturing cost by integrating a holding member for holding a battery, and to connect a flexible pattern and fix the battery to a camera body. Its purpose is to simplify it.

[0005]

Means adopted by the present invention for solving the above problems is to hold both electrode portions of the battery.
A battery holding member, connected to the battery holding member, and
Flexure with contacts formed to conduct to both electrodes of the battery
Burupata - A battery holding structure and a down, the electrostatic
The pond holding member is composed of one member of a conductive material,
The contact pieces that hold the electrode parts face each other and are integrally molded.
And one electrode contact of the flexible pattern.
Part is held on one contact piece of the battery holding member,
Connect the other electrode contact of the flexible pattern to the battery
Into conduction to connect to an arbitrary position of the support member, the battery holding
Flexible pattern held on one contact part of the member
Between the electrode contact portion and the other contact piece of the battery holding member.
For holding both electrode portions of the battery .

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below, taking as an example a case where the present invention is applied to a battery holder of a camera body. FIG.
FIG. 3 is a front view of the camera body with a battery cover removed. A photographing lens 2 (a lens barrier is closed in the drawing) is provided at the center of the camera body 1,
A finder window 3, a distance-measuring beam light-emitting part 4, a distance-measuring beam light-receiving part 5, a strobe light-emitting part 6, and the like are provided at the upper part.

In one side of the camera body 1, a battery storage room 7 is provided.
A battery holding member 8 is provided in the battery storage chamber 7, and a battery 9 is held in the battery holding member 8. As shown in FIG. 1, the battery holding member 8 is formed by forming a conductive metal plate into a U-shape, and has an anode contact piece 11 and a cathode contact piece 12 on a bottom surface 10 and a longitudinal side surface thereof. Is formed. A flexible pattern engaging projection 13 is formed on the upper part of the anode contact piece 11, and a flexible pattern engaging hole 14 is formed on the end of the bottom part 10 on the anode contact piece 11 side. ing. Further, a terminal piece 15 is protruded from one side in the width direction of the bottom part 10.

The flexible pattern 16 is a wiring circuit for supplying power to various drive units inside the camera.
At the end of the flexible pattern 16, an extension 17 of one electrode and a connecting piece 22 of the other electrode are formed. A conductive round portion 21 is provided at the tip of the electrode extension portion 17, and a locking hole 19 to be engaged with the flexible pattern locking projection 13 of the battery holder 8 is opened in the side extension portion 18. ing. On the side opposite to the side extension portion 18, there is formed a locking piece 20 to be engaged in the flexible pattern engagement hole 14.

In the above-mentioned flexible pattern 16, the electrode extension portion 17 is erected at the bent portion 23 and the locking hole 1 is formed.
9 is engaged with the locking projection 13 of the anode contact piece 11 of the battery holding bracket 8. Further, the lateral extension 18 is bent downward, and the locking piece 20 is engaged in the engagement hole 14 of the battery holder 8.
The flexible pattern electrode connection piece 22 is connected to the terminal piece 15 of the battery holding metal bottom part 10 by soldering or the like.

In this state, the conductive round portion 21 provided at the distal end of the electrode extension 17 is connected to the cathode contact piece 1 of the battery holder 8.
When the battery 9 is mounted on the battery holding bracket 8, the battery anode portion comes into contact with the conductive round portion 21. Further, the battery cathode portion comes into contact with the cathode contact piece portion 12 and conducts with the flexible pattern via the terminal piece 15.

The battery holder 8 to which the flexible pattern 16 is connected is fixed to a predetermined position of the battery chamber 7 of the camera body 1 by screws 24,24. A known battery lid is mounted in the battery storage chamber 7.

FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the present invention, in which the date display module 3 mounted on the back cover 31 of the camera body 1 is shown.
This is an example in which the present invention is applied to the battery holder of No. 0 (FIG. 3 shows a state where the back cover is viewed from the inside of the camera). The date display module 30 has a flexible pattern 32 at the contact portion 3.
3, a holding member 35 for a battery 34 is provided at the tip of the flexible pattern 32. The flexible pattern 32 has a trigger contact 4
When a release signal from the camera body is input to the trigger contact section 42, an LED is emitted from the data printing section 43 and the date is printed on the film. I have.

The battery 34 is a button battery or a coin battery. The battery holding bracket 35 is formed by processing a single conductive metal plate. As shown in FIG. 4, the anode contact piece 36 and the cathode contact piece 37 sandwich the battery 34 from both sides.
Placed 3 coin cell (embodiment but is formed
The front is the anode and the back is the cathode). A cathode conductive portion 38 of the flexible pattern 32 is adhered to the inner surface of the cathode contact piece portion 37 with a double-sided tape or the like.
Contact the cathode of the battery 34. Also, as shown in FIG. 3, the intermediate contact portion 39 of the flexible pattern 32 is connected to the battery holding bracket 35 which is in contact with the anode of the battery 34 at the anode contact portion 36 by soldering or the like. In addition, in FIG.
Reference numeral 41 denotes a patrone viewing window, and the storage chambers for the date display module 30 and the battery holder 35 are covered with a known opening / closing lid.

The above-described embodiment is an example of the present invention, and includes the battery holding brackets 8, 35 and the flexible patterns 16, 32.
The shape and the like of the battery are not limited to those shown in the drawings, and can be arbitrarily changed according to the type of battery, the number of batteries to be loaded, the configuration of the battery housing, the method of connecting with other components, and the like. In addition, the present invention provides a battery holding mechanism for various camera accessories, such as a battery holding mechanism for a data bag, a battery holding mechanism for an external strobe, etc. Also, the present invention can be applied to a battery holding mechanism of a device using a battery as a power source, such as an acoustic device.

[0015]

According to the present invention, the battery holding member is provided.
Is one member of the conductive material integrally molded?
Therefore, the number of parts is reduced, and the manufacturing cost is reduced. Ma
The contact pieces of both electrode parts are opposed to each other on one battery holding member.
Because it is molded to face, for example, two members of an electrode plate and a substrate
As compared with the case where the battery holding member is configured by
Work is easy, and regardless of the skill level of the workers,
The interval between the contact pieces can be kept constant. further,
One of the electrode contacts of the flexible pattern is the battery
It simply holds on one contact piece of the holding member,
Only one electrode contact part is connected to any position of the battery holding member
Only to make it conductive.
Separately connect the two electrode contact parts to the contact pieces of both electrode parts
Connection work is simplified and work efficiency is improved compared to the method
You.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a battery holding structure showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the camera to which the battery holding structure of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 is a schematic front view of a battery holding structure showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a conventional battery holding structure.

[Description of sign]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Camera main body 7 Battery storage room 8 Battery holding metal 9 Battery 10 Battery holding metal bottom part 11 Battery holding metal anode contact part 12 Battery holding metal cathode contact part 13 Flexible pattern locking piece 14 Flexible pattern engagement Hole 15 Terminal strip 16 Flexible pattern 17 Flexible pattern electrode extension 18 Flexible pattern side extension 19 Locking hole 20 Locking piece 21 Conductive round part 22 Electrode connecting piece 23 Bend 24 Fixing screw 30 -Port display module 32 Flexible pattern 34 Battery 35 Battery holding bracket 36 Battery holding bracket anode contact piece 37 Battery holding bracket cathode contact piece 38 Flexible pattern conductive section 39 Contact section

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A battery holding member for holding both electrode portions of a battery.
And both electrodes of the battery connected to the battery holding member
Pattern with a contact part conducting to the part
A battery holding structure with bets, the battery holding member, constituted by one member of a conductive material, electrostatic
The contact pieces that hold both electrode parts of the pond face each other and are integrated
And forming one electrode contact portion of the flexible pattern with the
The battery is held on one contact piece of the battery holding member, and the flexible
The other electrode contact portion of the pattern is replaced by the battery holding member.
The flexure held at one contact portion of the battery holding member is connected to a desired position to conduct electricity.
The electrode contact portion of the bull pattern and the other of the battery holding member
A battery holding structure for holding both electrode portions of the battery between the contact pieces of the battery.