JPH0688048U - Battery lid - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To provide a battery lid capable of downsizing the body by disposing a switch for resetting the power source inside the battery lid in order to protect the internal circuit of the body. [Structure] A switch and a battery lid locking member are arranged side by side in a storage space of the battery lid, and the battery lid is operated to open and close a battery storage chamber provided in the main body, thereby providing the main body with the switch. A switch in the storage space is turned on / off from the outside of the storage space by the switch pressing portion.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a battery lid, and more particularly, to a battery lid whose opening / closing operation is linked to a switch for resetting a power source for protecting a circuit provided in a main body.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, the battery lid that works with a switch that resets the power supply to protect the circuit inside the main body when opening and closing the battery storage chamber has one end that opens and closes the battery storage chamber provided in the main body, for example, the camera body. It is attached to the camera body with a butterfly part, etc. for flexibility, and the other end opposite to this one end is a battery lid engageer for detachably engaging the camera body to close the battery storage chamber. It is provided with a stop member and a switch pressing portion that presses a switch for switching on / off in conjunction with opening / closing of the battery storage chamber. When the battery compartment is closed by operating the battery lid, the battery contact piece that comes into contact with the electrode part of the battery housed in the battery compartment is placed in the approximate center of the battery compartment. There is. The battery contact piece sandwiches the electrode parts of the battery with another battery contact piece provided at the bottom of the battery storage chamber, and supplies voltage to the circuit inside the camera body through the lead wire connected to these. The above-mentioned switch for performing the on / off switching is provided outside the upper part of the battery storage chamber at a position pressed by the switch pressing portion when the battery storage chamber is closed. This switch is switched on / off by a switch pressing portion provided on the battery lid by operating the battery lid to open / close the battery storage chamber.

The operation of resetting the power supplied to the internal circuit of the camera body when opening and closing the battery compartment by operating the battery lid having the above-described structure will be described below. When the battery lid locking member of this battery lid engages with the camera body and the battery lid is locked with the camera body, and the battery storage chamber is closed, the switch pressing switch provided on the battery lid is pressed. The switch is pressed by the section to be in the off state. When the battery cover engagement member is disengaged from the camera body and the battery storage chamber is gradually opened from the state in which the battery storage chamber is closed, first the battery cover that presses the switch The pressure of the switch pressing part gradually decreases, and when it is further opened, this switch changes from the off state to the on state, and a signal is sent to the circuit inside the camera body to inform that the battery will be replaced. The circuit inside the camera body stops its operation. During this time, the battery contact provided on the battery cover remains in contact with the battery electrode, and the camera internal circuit is paired with another battery contact provided at the bottom of the battery storage chamber to connect the battery electrode. Entrapment, voltage is being supplied. After that, the battery contact piece is separated from the electrode part of the battery, and the battery storage chamber is completely opened.

Next, when a new battery is replaced and the battery storage chamber is gradually closed, first, the battery contact piece provided at the substantially center of the battery cover on the battery storage chamber side contacts the electrode portion of the battery. Then, the voltage is supplied to the circuit inside the camera body. Next, the switch pressing portion provided on the battery cover presses the switch to change the switch from the on state to the off state, and at this time, the power supply is reset to protect the internal circuit of the camera body. After that, when the battery storage chamber is further closed, the battery cover engaging member provided on the battery cover engages with the camera body, so that the battery cover is locked to the camera body and the battery storage chamber is closed. At this time, the switch remains in the off state, and the battery contact piece provided on the battery cover comes into contact with the electrode part of the battery, and the voltage is supplied to the circuit inside the camera body. Then, the above-described operation is repeated every time the battery storage chamber is repeatedly opened and closed.

[0005]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in the conventional battery lid described above, when the battery lid is operated to open / close the battery storage chamber, the reset operation of the power supplied to the camera body by the switch linked to the opening / closing is as follows. Operate. That is, the reset operation is performed in such a sequence that when the battery lid is operated and the storage chamber is closed, voltage is first supplied to the circuit inside the camera body and then reset. Therefore, in the conventional battery lid whose one end is attached to the camera by the butterfly portion, the arrangement of the switch pressing portion and the battery contact piece is inevitably determined, and the switch pressing portion faces the one end to which the butterfly portion is attached. The battery contact piece is disposed at one end and substantially in the middle between the one end and the other end facing the battery contact piece. The switch for performing the reset operation is installed in the camera body so that the switch can be switched by being pressed by the switch pressing portion when the battery cover is completely closed by operating the battery lid. It is turned on / off by the switch pressing part. The mounting position of this switch is substantially limited to the outside of the upper part of the battery storage chamber inside the camera. Therefore, it is necessary to secure a space for mounting the switch on the camera body side, which is an obstacle to miniaturization of the camera body. In addition, not only the functional aspects but also the design aspects are the criteria for consumers to select when purchasing cameras with battery lids. However, with the conventional battery lid, it is necessary to secure the space where the above-mentioned switch is placed on the main body side, and it is difficult to make the design intended by the camera body creator because the design change of that part is limited. There is also a problem.

[0006]

[The purpose of the device]

 The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to reduce the size of the main body by eliminating the mounting space of the switch for resetting the power supply of the internal circuit of the main body, and to reduce the size. It is an object of the present invention to provide a battery lid that can increase the degree of freedom in changing the design of its mounting space even if it is not realized.

[0007]

[Means for solving the problem]

 In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and to achieve the object, a battery lid according to the present invention is provided with a battery storage chamber, and the battery storage chamber is opened and closed by a main body provided with a switch-on / off protrusion. A battery lid to be attached in a suitable manner, which has a predetermined storage space, and a first battery cover member having at least one notch part in a part, and a first battery lid member which is housed in the storage space and through the notch part. A battery lid locking member, a part of which protrudes from the storage space and is removably engaged with the main body, and the battery lid locking member, which is housed in the storage space side by side, A switch that is pressed by the protrusion provided on the main body in accordance with the closing operation of the battery, and a second battery cover member that is attached to the first battery cover member so as to close the storage space thereof. , The battery compartment side of the first and second battery lid members And a battery contact piece disposed on the battery lid member on the side where the opening is formed, the opening being formed on the side where the opening is formed and allowing the protruding portion to protrude into the storage space. I am trying.

[0008]

【Example】

 The configuration of an embodiment of the battery lid according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a main configuration of a battery lid according to this embodiment. FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

A battery storage chamber 14 for storing a battery that drives a circuit (not shown) provided in the camera body 12 is a chamber having a predetermined diameter and depth. Near the upper opening of the battery storage chamber 14, the battery cover 10 described later is operated so that the battery cover 10 can be fitted into the camera body 12 when the battery storage chamber 14 is closed. Is formed into a concave shape having substantially the same shape. A battery that contacts the electrode portion of the battery housed in the battery housing chamber 14 at the bottom of the battery housing chamber 14 and supplies a voltage to a circuit (not shown) provided in the camera body 12 via the lead wire R. A contact piece 26a is provided. When the battery cover 10 described later is operated to close the battery storage chamber 14, the switch pressing part 28 presses a switch part 20a of a switch 20 described later arranged in the battery cover 10 to switch between on / off. In order to do so, it is provided so as to project into a concave portion into which the battery lid 10 provided near the upper opening of the battery storage chamber 14 is fitted.

The switch 20 has two elastic conductive members having substantially the same width and different lengths, and normally, these two members are in contact with each other and are in an ON state. The switch 20 is switched from the on state to the off state by pressing the switch portion 20a provided at the tip of the one longer elastic conductive member, and is turned on again when the pressing is released. A lead wire R is joined to the switch 20, and an on / off signal is sent to a circuit in the camera body 12 via the lead wire R. The battery lid locking member 16 engages the battery lid locking hole (not shown) provided in the camera body 12 with its tip end to lock the battery lid 10 to the camera body 12. In addition, a protrusion 16 a having a predetermined length is provided on the lower surface of the battery lid locking member 16.

The first battery cover member 10 a has a substantially square shape so as to close the battery storage chamber 14 provided in the camera body 12, and the peripheral edge portion 22 thereof extends upward by a predetermined amount. The first battery lid member 10a is continuous with the peripheral edge portion 22 approximately at the center of one side thereof and extends a predetermined amount from the left right to the outside, respectively, and is connected to the switch 20 and a battery contact piece 26b to be described later in the meantime. It has a battery lid mounting portion 24 having a notch 22a through which the lead wire R is inserted. On the outer side surface of the battery lid mounting portion 24, a cylindrical fitting portion 24a which is swingably fitted into a battery lid mounting hole (not shown) provided in the camera body 12 is provided so as to project by a predetermined amount. In FIG. 1, a notch 22b projecting the switch part 20a of the switch 20 is provided at the peripheral part 22 of the side opposite to the peripheral part having the notch part 22a, and a tip end of the battery lid locking member 16 is protruded to the front. The cutout portion 22c is provided.

In the first battery lid member 10a, the switch portion 20a of the switch 20 projects from the cutout portion 22b and the tip of the battery lid locking member 16 projects from the cutout portion 22c. . Further, at the mounting position of the battery lid locking member 16 to the first battery lid member 10a, the battery lid locking member is provided from the outside of a chamber 18 which will be described later and which is formed with the first battery lid member 10a as one surface. By operating the projecting portion 16a of the member 16, a position where the battery lid locking member 16 is engaged with a battery lid locking hole (not shown) provided in the camera body 12 and a position where this engagement is released are set. In order to make it movable, a through hole 10c for projecting the projecting portion 16a to the outside of the chamber 18 is opened so as to have a predetermined width and a predetermined length.

The projecting portion 16a of the battery lid locking member 16 projects to the outside of the chamber 18 through a through hole 10c that opens in the first battery lid member 10a. A spring 16b is attached to the rear end of the battery lid locking member 16, and the other end of the spring 16b is joined to the inner side of the peripheral edge portion 22. Normally, the battery lid locking member 16 is pressed by the biasing force of the spring 16b so that the projecting portion 16a abuts the inside of the through hole 10c, that is, the battery lid locking member 16 is provided on the camera body 12. It is locked at a position where it engages with a battery lid locking hole (not shown).

The second battery lid member 10b has a substantially square shape along the substantially peripheral edge portion 22 so as to form the chamber 18 between the first battery lid member 10a and the peripheral edge portion 22 thereof. And is attached along the peripheral edge portion 22 by a bolt or the like. A cutout portion 22d from which the switch portion 20a of the switch 20 projects is provided at a portion of the second battery lid member 10b corresponding to the cutout portion 22b of the first battery lid member 10a. A battery contact piece 26b, which is made of a conductive material and is in contact with the electrode portion of the stored battery when the battery storage chamber 14 is closed, is provided substantially in the center of the outside of the second battery cover member 10b. . This battery contact piece 26b sandwiches the electrode portion of the battery housed in the battery storage room 14 with the other battery contact piece 26a provided at the bottom of the battery storage room 14, and leads connected to these battery contact pieces. A voltage is supplied to a circuit in the camera body 12 via a line R.

Next, when the battery lid 10 having the above-described configuration is operated to open / close the battery storage chamber 14, a reset operation of power supplied to the circuit in the camera body, which is performed in conjunction with the opening / closing, is performed. explain. The battery is stored in the battery storage chamber 14 of the camera body 12, and the tip of the battery lid locking member 16 disposed inside the chamber 18 of the battery lid 10 is provided on the camera body 12 to lock the battery lid (not shown). When the battery lid 10 is locked to the camera body by engaging with the hole, a voltage is supplied to the internal circuit of the camera body 12 through the lead wire R connected to the battery contact pieces 26a and 26b. At this time, the switch 20 is in the off state because its switch portion 20a is pushed by the switch pushing portion 28 provided so as to project from the camera body 12 through the notch portion 22d. To open the battery storage chamber 14, the spring 16b urges the protruding portion 16a of the battery lid locking member 16 protruding from the outside of the chamber 18 through the through hole 10c opening to the first battery lid member. By operating the battery lid engaging member 16 engaged with the battery lid locking hole from the battery lid locking hole, the battery lid 10 is locked to the camera body 12. Is canceled. Then, when the battery lid 10 is pulled up, the battery lid 10 swings around the fitting portion 24a to open the battery storage chamber 14.

When the battery storage chamber 14 is opened, the pressing of the switch portion 20a of the switch 20 by the switch pressing portion 28 provided so as to project on the camera body 12 is released, and the switch 20 is changed from the off state to the on state. A signal indicating that the battery will be replaced is sent to a circuit in the camera body 12. During this time, the voltage is continuously supplied to the circuit in the camera body 12. After that, the electrode portion of the battery and the battery contact piece 26b are separated from each other, and the battery storage chamber 14 is completely opened.

Next, when the battery lid 10 is closed by replacing the battery with a new one, the battery contact piece 26 b first contacts the electrode portion of the battery, and a voltage is applied to the circuit inside the camera body 12. To supply. After that, when the battery lid 10 is further closed, the switch pressing portion 28 presses the switch portion 20a to change from the on state to the off state. When the switch 20 is turned off, a reset signal for resetting the power source is sent to the circuit in the camera body 12. When the battery lid 10 is further closed, the battery lid 10 is fitted into a concave portion provided near the upper opening of the battery storage chamber 14, and a battery lid locking member 16 is further provided on the camera body 12, which is not shown. It engages with the lid locking hole and is locked to the camera body 12. As described above, by installing the switch that resets the power supply inside the battery cover to protect the internal circuit of the camera body, the space where the switch was placed until now was deleted and the camera was downsized. Even if it is not downsized, by arranging a device having another function in the space, it is possible to provide a camera having the same size as the conventional one, but having multiple functions.

The present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment, and can be variously modified without departing from the scope of the present invention.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the switch 20 is described as being arranged on the first battery cover member 10a, but the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. The switch 20 can also be attached to the second battery lid 10b.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the switch 20 is described as being composed of two elastic conductive members having substantially the same length, but the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. The switch 20 may be any switch that is configured so that it can be turned on / off by pressing the switch part and releasing the press, for example, a push button type switch can also be used. Is.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the battery lid 10 is attached to the camera body 12 so that the second battery lid member 10b is on the battery accommodating chamber 14 side when the battery accommodating chamber 14 is closed. Although it has been described that the battery contact piece 26b is attached, the battery contact piece 26b is inserted substantially in the center of the outside of the first battery cover member 10a, and the notch 22a into which the switch pressing portion 28 for switching the switch 20 on and off is inserted. , 22d are respectively provided in the second battery lid member 10b, the battery lid 10 is attached to the camera body so that the second battery lid member 10a is on the battery storage chamber 14 side. It is also possible.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the switch 20 is configured to be turned on / off by the switch pressing portion 28 through the opening formed by the notches 22a and 22d. Without being limited to such a configuration, the switch 20 arranged in the chamber 18 having no cutout portion 22b can be switched on / off from the outside of the chamber 18 to the second battery lid member 10b. It is also possible to provide an opening portion or a notch portion through which the switch pressing portion 28 is inserted.

When the switch 20 is arranged in the chamber 18 that does not have the cutout portion 22b, the battery lid 10 operates the battery lid 10 to close the battery storage chamber 14 as described above. At this time, the second battery cover member 10a is attached to the camera body 12 so as to be on the battery storage chamber 14 side, and the battery section 26b is provided substantially in the center outside the second battery cover member 10a. In this case, the opening for inserting the switch pressing portion 28 may be provided in the first battery lid member 10a.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the first battery lid member has been described as having a substantially square shape, but the present invention is not limited to such a configuration, and may have a rectangular shape. It may be circular or elliptical.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the battery lid 10 is attached to the camera body 12 by fitting the fitting portions 24 a provided on both side surfaces of the battery lid attaching portion 24 to the battery lid (not shown) of the camera body 12. Although it has been described that the device can be fitted into the mounting hole and mounted, the invention is not limited to such a configuration, and a hole through which a pin (not shown) is inserted is formed in the battery lid mounting portion 24. It is also possible to insert a pin into this hole and attach the battery lid 10 to the camera body 12.

[0026]

[Effect of device]

 As described in detail above, the battery lid according to the present invention is attached to a main body having a battery storage chamber and provided with a switch-on / off protrusion to open and close the battery storage chamber. And a first battery lid member having a predetermined storage space and having at least one notch in a part thereof, and a first battery lid member housed in the storage space, and a part of which is provided through the notch. A battery lid locking member that protrudes from the main body and is removably engaged with the main body, and is housed in the storage space side by side with the battery lid locking member. A switch that is pressed by the protrusion provided on the main body, a second battery cover member that is attached to the first battery cover member so as to close the storage space thereof, and first and second batteries. It is formed on one of the chamber members located on the battery storage chamber side, and By configuring the opening to allow the protruding portion to project into the storage space and the battery contact piece arranged on the battery lid member on the side where the opening is formed, it is possible to arrange the switch on the main body. It is not necessary to secure a space, so the main body can be downsized for this space, and even if it is not downsized, the space where the switch is excluded becomes deformable, and the freedom of design change of the main body It has also increased. Further, by arranging a device having another function in the space, it is possible to provide a main body having the same size as the conventional one but having more functions.

[0027]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of an embodiment of a battery lid according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Battery Lid 10a First Battery Lid Member 10b Second Battery Lid Member 12 Camera Body 14 Battery Storage Room 20 Switch 28 Switch Pressing Section

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A battery lid which is attached to a main body having a battery storage chamber and provided with a protrusion for switching on / off to open and close the battery storage chamber, and which has a predetermined storage space, A first battery cover member having at least one cutout part in a part; and a first battery cover member housed in the storage space, a part of which protrudes from the storage space through the cutout part, and is removably engaged with the main body. And a battery lid locking member that is housed side by side with the battery lid locking member in the storage space, and is pressed by the projecting portion provided on the main body when the battery lid is closed. A switch, a second battery lid member attached to the first battery lid member so as to close the storage space thereof, and a switch located on the battery storage chamber side of the first and second battery lid members. Is formed on the side where the Battery cover, wherein the opening for contents, that comprises a battery contact piece which this opening is arranged in the battery lid member formed side.