JPH03167768A - Rechargeable battery pack - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a rechargeable type battery pack which can be charged by simple operation by providing a charging means for charging the battery pack with electricity input from a charging input terminal means for inputting electricity from the external. CONSTITUTION:When a rechargeable type battery pack 1 is mounted to electronic equipment such as a handy terminal 20 and the like, power supply terminals 3 to 6 are made electrically contact the respective power source terminals of the electronic equipment and power can be supplied to the battery pack, and also charging terminals 8 to 10 can be made contact the respective power supply terminals of an external charging device while the battery pack is mounted to the electronic equipment. The electronic device main body to which the rechargeable battery pack 1 is mounted has input terminals 8 to 10 for charging the rechargeable type battery pack. By placing the battery pack on the placing portion of a charger the charging output terminals provided to the charger make contact with the respective charging input terminals 8 to 10 of the rechargeable battery pack 1 mounted to the electronic device main body. The rechargeable type battery pack 1 can thus be charged without detaching it from the electronic device main body.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to a rechargeable battery pack.

[Conventional technology]

In recent years, no-day terminals have been used for centralized management of data information.

A worker carries this type of handheld terminal in his or her hand, goes to a place where data is to be entered, and then inputs the data by hitting the keys on the handheld terminal. Therefore, handy terminals are powered by rechargeable batteries, and are usually equipped with a removable rechargeable battery bag. When the charge level of the rechargeable battery pack becomes low, remove the rechargeable battery pack from the handy terminal, connect it to the designated charger, and charge it.
I have installed it again and am using it.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the conventional rechargeable battery pack as described above, a charging terminal and a power supply terminal are commonly used. Therefore, it cannot be charged unless it is removed from the handy terminal. Therefore, the charging operation is troublesome, and the user often forgets to charge the rechargeable battery bag, erases input data, or becomes unable to use it when needed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and provide a rechargeable battery bag that can be charged with a simple operation and that can be easily replaced.

[Means to solve the problem]

In the rechargeable battery pack of the present invention, a power supply terminal means for supplying power to an external device and a power supply terminal means are provided separately from the supply terminal means, and are brought into contact with a terminal of an external charging device to input electricity from the outside. The present invention is characterized by comprising a charging input terminal means and a charging means for charging electricity input from the charging input terminal means.

[Effect]

When the rechargeable battery pack of the present invention is attached to an electronic device such as a handy terminal, the power supply terminal electrically contacts the power terminal of the electronic device and can supply power, and when the rechargeable battery pack is attached, the charging terminal can come into contact with the power supply terminal of an external charging device.

Furthermore, an input terminal for charging the rechargeable battery bag is disposed outside of the electronic device main body to which the rechargeable battery bag is attached. The electronic device is placed in a position where it can be charged by being attached to a charging battery bag or an external device, and placed on the charging section of the charger, the charging output terminal provided on the charger is activated. Contact the charging input terminal of the rechargeable battery pack attached to the main body of the electronic device. This makes it possible to charge the rechargeable battery pack without removing it from the main body of the electronic device.

〔Example〕

Embodiments according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Elements with the same reference numerals have the same functions, so duplicate explanations will be omitted.

FIG. 1 shows a perspective external appearance of a rechargeable battery pack 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the rechargeable battery bag 1 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and a first surface 2 thereof is provided with output terminals 3, 4, 5, and 6 for power supply. These power supply output terminals 3, 4, 5, and 6 are shaped like a flat plate.
The terminal of the rechargeable hunter pack 1 contacts the power input terminal provided on the main body side of the handy terminal and supplies the power stored in the rechargeable hunter bag 1 to the handy terminal via there. On the second surface 7, which is different from the first surface 2, there are provided a first charging input terminal group, which is a positive terminal 8 for charging 1, a negative terminal 9 for charging, and a control terminal 10 for charging 7'5+. Each of these screws has a flat plate shape, and is embedded in holes 11, 12, and 13 provided on the second piece 7, as shown in FIG. The positive charging terminal 8 and the negative charging terminal 9 are for receiving power from a charging device described later. On the other hand, the charging control terminal 10 is used to transmit the charging state of the rechargeable battery novac 1 to the charging device. The charging device controls the power for charging based on this charging state and supplies the power through the positive charging terminal 8 and the negative charging terminal 9.

In this way, the first charging input terminal group is provided inside the six parts 11, 12, and 13 on the second surface 7, so that the I-'4 child device to which this rechargeable battery bag 1 is attached is connected. The user does not touch the charging input terminal groups 8, 9, and 10. Therefore, the power stored in the rechargeable battery bag 1 may be discharged, or the power supply to electronic devices may be interrupted. ! The fear of causing this will be eliminated. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the holes 11, 12, and 13 become narrower toward the back. This is so that when placed in the charging device described later, the charging terminal ends of the charging device can be smoothly introduced into these holes and come into contact with the first group of charging terminals. .

Furthermore, this rechargeable battery pack 1 is provided with a second charging input terminal section 15 that receives power from an external charger (not shown) via a connection cable (not shown). This second charging input terminal section 15 is usually
It is covered with a cap 16 of an insulating material such as plastic. When charging the rechargeable battery bag 1 using the charging input terminal section 15 of the fS2, the cap 16 is removed and a connection cable extending from an external charger is connected.

FIG. 2 shows a method of attaching the rechargeable battery pack 1 of the above embodiment to the handy terminal 20. This second
As shown in the figure, the rechargeable battery pack 1 is attached to the recess 21 provided on the back side of the handy terminal 20 in the direction of the arrow, and the engaging part 1 of the rechargeable battery bag 1
4 into the receiving part (not shown) of the handy terminal 1. As a result, the power supply output terminals 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the rechargeable battery bag 1 come into contact with the power input terminals of the handy terminal 20, and power is supplied to the handy terminal 20.
can be supplied to This handy terminal 20
On the front side are keys for inputting data (not shown) and a control unit (not shown) for calculating and outputting the input data.
is provided. These keys and control units are conventionally known and will not be described here.

FIG. 3 shows the state in which the rechargeable battery bag 1 of the above embodiment is attached to the handy terminal 20. As shown in FIG. 3, the first charging input terminal group of the rechargeable battery bag 1 is located on the back side of the digital terminal 20. As shown in FIG. That is, this first charging input terminal group is exposed to the lower side of the handy terminal 20 when the rechargeable battery bag 1 is attached.

Next, a method of charging an electronic device equipped with the rechargeable battery bag 1 will be described.

A charging device 30 as shown in FIG. 4 is used.

The handy terminal 20 is placed on the charging device 30 with the back side of the handy terminal 20 facing down. The charging device 30 includes a positioning block 31 for positioning the handy terminal 20 and a power supply terminal section 32, as shown in FIG. When the handy terminal 20 is placed on the power supply terminal section 32,
It is provided at a position so as to just come into contact with the first charging input terminal group.

FIG. 5 shows a detailed cross section of the power supply terminal section 32. As shown in FIG. 5, the power supply terminal section 32 includes a base section 33, a rod-shaped contact terminal 34, and a rod-shaped contact terminal 34.
The base portion 33 is fixed to the main body portion 30a of the charging device 30. On the other hand, the cover part 35 has a fifth position relative to the base part 33.
In the figure, the spring 35 is slidable in the vertical direction.
It is elastically supported by a. Furthermore, this cover part 3
A through hole 35a is provided in the upper part of the cover 5 to expose the tip of the contact terminal 34 to the outside when the cover part 35 is pushed down. The contact terminal 34 is supported by the base portion 33 via a spring 36, and has one end connected to a wire for power supply.

When the handy terminal 20 with the rechargeable battery pack 1 attached is placed on the charging device 30 configured as described above with its back side facing down, the cover portion 35 first comes into contact with the bottom surface of the rechargeable battery bag 1. The handheld terminal 20 is pressed down by its own weight. By pressing down, the tip of the contact terminal 34 passes through the through hole 35a of the cover part 35 and passes through the hole 11 of the rechargeable battery bag 1.
, 12, 13 and comes into contact with the first charging input terminal group. Here, due to the weight of the handy terminal 20, the handy terminal 20 descends until the bottom surface of the handy terminal 20 comes into contact with the top surface of the charging device 30. As a result, the tip of the contact terminal 34 is pushed down,
Due to the repulsive force of the spring 36, it is pressed against the first charging input terminal with a predetermined force to maintain good contact. On the other hand, when the charging device 30 is not in use, the tip of the contact terminal 34 is covered with a cover part 35, which prevents a person from accidentally touching the contact terminal 34.

By using the charging device 30 configured as described above, the rechargeable battery pack 1 can be charged by simply placing the handy terminal 20 on the charging device 30. In other words, it is possible to charge the battery without having to take the trouble of removing the charging battery bag or connecting the connection cord of the charger as in the conventional case. Further, when the handy terminal 20 is not in use, it is normally placed on the charging device 30 and is constantly charged, so that it is possible to prevent the handy terminal 20 from running out of electricity and becoming unusable while in use.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications may be made.

Specifically, in the above embodiment, the first charging input terminal group is provided on the surface opposite to the surface on which the power supply output terminal is provided, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the first charging input terminal group may be provided on the adjacent surface. Alternatively, they may be provided on the same surface.

Further, in the above embodiment, the first charging input terminal is formed into a flat shape and embedded in the hole, but it may not be formed into a flat shape, but may be formed into a shape that can receive a contact terminal of a charging device.

Furthermore, although the above embodiments have been described using a handy terminal as an example, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to various electronic devices that use a rechargeable battery bag.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, the rechargeable battery bag of the present invention can be charged by simply placing it on a charging device while being attached to an electronic device, making the charging process easier.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is an external perspective view of a rechargeable battery bag according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a diagram showing how to attach the rechargeable battery bag shown in Figure 1 to a handy terminal, and Figure 3 is a diagram showing how to attach the rechargeable battery bag shown in Figure 1 to a handy terminal. Fig. 1 is a diagram showing the state in which the rechargeable battery pack shown in Fig. 4 is attached to the handy terminal, Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the charging device for charging the handy terminal shown in Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is the diagram shown in Fig. 4. It is a figure showing the structure of the power supply terminal part of a charging device. 1... Rechargeable battery bag, 8, 9, 10... First charging terminal group, 3, 4, 5, 6... Power supply terminal, 20... Handy terminal terminal.

Claims (1)

[Claims] Power supply terminal means for supplying power to an external device; and charging that is provided separately from the power supply terminal means and comes into contact with a terminal of an external charging device to input electricity from the outside. A rechargeable battery pack comprising: an input terminal means; and a charging means for charging electricity input from the charging input terminal means.