JPH08255602A - Battery box - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To easily and accurately check the kind of battery and the housing direction, and to facilitate the assembly by providing a function for checking a housed battery, and providing a cover member, which can be freely opened and closed, at an opening part of a box main body. CONSTITUTION: A battery box 10 is formed of a cover member 12 and a rectangular box main body 11 at the predetermined height, of which top part is opened. The cover member 12 is fitted to the top part of one side wall of the main body adjacent to corner parts 13, 14 of the curved surface of the main body 11 through a hinge mechanism 15 freely to be opened and closed, and the top part of the other side wall is formed with a locking part 16 having a locking hole 16a. At the time of closing the cover member 12, a locking tongue piece 31, which is provided in a recessed part 30 inside thereof and appeared and disappeared with the manual operation, is fitted in a locking port 16a. On the other hand, regulating members 18, 19, which are vertically provided at a central part of the predetermined inner wall surface of the battery main body 11, and a regulating member 21, which is stood at a central part of the bottom surface 20 so as to correspond to a guide hole of the battery bottom surface, check the kind of a battery and the housing direction. An elastic member 24 is provided around the regulating member 21.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable device equipped with a battery such as a camera-integrated video tape recorder which can be driven by a battery power source, and to a battery box used by being incorporated in the device. It is a thing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A portable and compact camera-integrated tape recorder of this type is well known as a conventional example having the structure shown in FIG. In this conventional camera,
A battery 2 which is a power source for driving the camera body 1 is detachably attached to the back side of the camera body 1, and the attached battery 2 projects from the camera body 1 to the back side. .

Further, a battery storage space is provided in a part of the camera body, and a lid portion for covering the storage space is formed in a part of the camera body so as to be openable and closable and not to damage the shape of the camera body. I am trying.

[0004]

In the former structure in which the battery is directly attached to the camera body, the battery itself must be formed in such a shape as to form a part of the camera body in terms of design. Moreover, there is a problem that the battery used is limited in terms of shape and configuration and is not versatile.

In the latter camera body having a battery storage space, the battery to be used is specialized to a certain extent depending on the model and the like, and if the dedicated battery is used, there will be almost no problem. However, if the mechanical check whether the storage direction is proper or not is insufficient, and if other similar batteries with different capacities are forcibly installed, the internal electronic components and circuits will be destroyed. In spite of the inconvenience of being used, the fact is that it does not have a function to check whether the battery used is proper or not.

In order to provide these mechanical check mechanisms, it is necessary to add various constitutions to the inside of the camera body, and it is troublesome to add the constitutions, and the camera body itself has a battery storage space. The cover member must be attached, and when attaching this cover member, the design of the camera body should not be spoiled, the cover state should be stable with a predetermined strength, and the opening and closing operation of the cover member should not be performed. It is required to be easy to position, and there is a problem that the attachment of the lid member is very troublesome both structurally and operationally.

Therefore, in the prior art, the versatility of the used battery is taken into consideration, and moreover, it is possible to determine whether or not the battery to be used is proper and whether or not the storage direction is proper by a simple structure. And that you can check accurately, moreover,
There is a problem to be solved in that it can be easily incorporated and used as a power supply device for various kinds of equipment.

[0008]

As a concrete means for solving the above-mentioned problems, the present invention forms a box body having a box shape as a whole and having an opening on one surface, and is housed in the box body. The present invention provides a battery box characterized in that a battery check mechanism is provided, and a lid member that can be opened and closed is provided at the opening of the box body.

An opening for electrical connection is provided near the bottom of the box body, the checking mechanism is for checking the size and shape of the battery and the storing direction, and the checking mechanism is It also includes the configuration of either the shape of the box body, the projection provided on the inner side surface, or the rod-shaped member provided on the bottom surface, and the stored battery pops out by the biasing means. It has a characteristic configuration that it is biased in the direction and that the biasing means is a drum-shaped coil spring.

[0010]

In the present invention, the battery box is formed separately from the equipment, and the battery box is provided with a check mechanism for the battery to be housed, so that only the proper battery can be used. Can be accommodated, and the inconvenience caused by accidentally accommodating batteries of different capacities can be eliminated, and by incorporating this battery box into an appropriate device, electrical connection can be easily performed through the open part near the bottom surface, You will be able to select and use a battery with a capacity that matches the equipment, and since the battery box has a lid member that is suitable for the box body, you do not need to install a troublesome lid member. The appearance of the device will be good.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawings. First, referring to FIG. 1, a battery box 1
0 is composed of a box body 11 and a lid member 12,
The box body 11 has an overall shape of a rectangular tube having a predetermined height with an open top, and two adjacent corner portions 13 and 14 are formed with a predetermined curved surface.

In the box body 11, a lid member 12 is openably and closably attached via a hinge mechanism 15 to the top of one of the side walls adjacent to the curved corners 13 and 14, respectively, and faces the side walls. An engaging portion 16 having an engaging opening 16a is formed at the top of the other side wall so as to project. Then, a mounting portion 17 having a screw hole 17a for mounting to a device is integrally formed near each corner around the opening.

The box body 11 is provided with a check mechanism for checking the type and storage direction of the stored battery. As shown in FIG. 2, the check mechanism includes the restricting members 18 and 19 provided on the inner wall surface and the bottom wall 20 including the curved corner portions 13 and 14.
And a restricting member 21 provided upright in the central portion of the restricting member 18, and the restricting member 18 includes the lid member 12 and the locking portion 1.
6 is formed vertically in the center of the inside of the side wall on which the side wall 6 is provided, and the regulating member 19 includes curved surface corner portions 13, 1
It is formed vertically at the center of the side wall located between the four and downward from approximately the middle.

The bottom wall 20 has curved corner portions 13, 14
A part of the open portion 22 is formed together with the lower portion of the side wall on the side wall side facing the side wall located between them. The open portion 22 is for electrical connection with a device to which the battery box is attached, and may be provided at a position where a connection terminal for a power source arranged in the device protrudes into the box body 11. For example, its size or positional relationship is not restricted. In particular, the open portion 22 may be formed in various shapes in relation to the electronic component mounted circuit board disposed in the device.

As described above, the regulating member 21 is formed in the central portion of the bottom wall 20, and the regulating member 21 has a columnar shape or a rod shape and is vertically formed at a predetermined height. Then, a substantially chamfered seating portion 23 for seating a biasing means made of an elastic member such as a spring is formed around the restriction member 21 by recessing the seating portion 23.
An elastic member 24, which is a biasing means, is attached to the.

The elastic member 24 which is the urging means is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 4 to 4, it is a coil spring having a so-called central shape with a reduced diameter in its overall shape when viewed from the side. This elastic member 24, when taking out the battery,
The upper part of the battery is protruded from the box body 11 by a predetermined length to facilitate removal, and in particular, it has a function of preventing falling even if a biased compression force is applied, and when the whole is compressed, the middle part Since the wire rod is housed in a spiral shape inside, it is functionally advantageous in that it can be compressed to the thickness of two wire rods located on the upper and lower outer sides, as shown in FIG.

The hinge mechanism 15 comprises a pair of bearing portions 25 provided on the box body 11 side, a pair of bearing portions 26 provided on the lid member 12 side, a shaft 27 and a coil spring 28. . The lid member 12 is always biased by the coil spring 28 in the opening direction.

The lid member 12 is provided with a knob portion 29 slightly protruding at an end edge at a position corresponding to the locking portion 16 on the free end side, and a concave portion 30 is provided inside the lid member. The locking tongue piece 3 that appears and disappears in the recess 30 by a manual operation.
1 is provided.

The lid member 12 on which the locking tongue piece 31 is disposed
As shown in FIG. 5, the position of is formed as a raised portion 12a that is slightly protruded upward,
A locking tongue piece 31 is slidably arranged inside thereof by a manual operation.

That is, as shown in FIG. 6, an oval window hole 32 is formed in a part of the raised portion 12a.
2 is provided with a finger hook portion 33 that also functions as a stopper by protruding slightly, and the finger hook portion 33 is integrally attached to the locking tongue piece 31 disposed inside the raised portion 12a. By operating the finger-holding portion 33 with a finger, the finger-holding portion 33 slides into and out of the recess 30.

The locking tongue piece 31 has a substantially battledore shape in plan view, and a spring member 34 such as a coil spring is interposed in a rod-shaped portion 31a corresponding to a handle thereof. The locking tongue 31 is constantly urged toward the free end side of the lid member 12 by contacting the wall portion 35 that guides the rod-shaped portion 31a.

In this state, the finger hooking portion 33 hits one side of the window hole 32 so as to prevent the locking tongue piece 31 from popping out more than necessary, and plays a so-called stopper role. The front end side of the locking tongue piece 31 has the locking portion 16
It is formed on the tapered surface 31b in order to improve the engagement and disengagement with the. Further, the finger-holding portion 33 may be separately formed and integrally attached.

Regarding the opening and closing of the lid member 12 with respect to the box body 11, when the lid member 12 is closed, when the lid member 12 is rotated in the closing direction, the engaging tongue piece 31 and the locking portion 16 collide with each other, When pressed further, the taper surface 31
When b abuts on the top of the locking portion 16 and slides, the locking tongue 31 is retracted against the spring member 34, and the tip of the locking tongue 31 crosses the top and faces the locking opening 16a. Then, the spring member 34 moves forward, and the tip of the locking tongue piece 31 moves to the locking opening 16
It is fitted in a and the covered state is maintained.

When the lid member 12 is opened, as shown by the phantom line in FIG. 5, for example, the thumb is hooked on the picking portion 29 and the lid member 12 is pulled while the finger hook 33 is pushed down to the hinge mechanism 15 side by the index finger. Try to open it. By doing so, the locking tongue piece 31 retracts, the tip of the locking tongue piece 31 separates from the locking opening 16a, and the lid member 12 can be opened. Then, the opened lid member 12 has the hinge mechanism 15
Due to the action of the coil spring 28, the open state is maintained as shown in FIG.

As a battery used in the battery box 10 having the above structure, for example, one having the structure shown in FIGS. 7 to 8 is suitable. The preferable battery 40 has a substantially prismatic shape as a whole shape, and two adjacent corner portions 41, 42 are formed in a curved surface so as to substantially correspond to the shape of the box body 11.

The curved corner portion 4 of the battery 40
A pair of guide grooves 4 corresponding to the pair of restricting members 18 formed on the box body 11 are provided on the side surfaces adjacent to the first and the second sides.
3 is formed, and a guide groove 44 corresponding to the regulating member 19 is formed on the side surface between the curved corner portions 41 and 42. In this case, the guide grooves 43 and 44 correspond to the lengths of the restricting members 18 and 19, respectively.

A guide hole 45 corresponding to the rod-shaped regulating member 21 is provided at the bottom of the battery 40, and a pair of connector portions 46 for receiving terminal pins for electrical connection are provided. . In particular, the guide hole 45 does not need to have strict dimensional accuracy, and it is sufficient if the guide hole 45 has a predetermined depth and a predetermined shape.

Further, the battery 40 can be used as an external battery for the conventional example in order to have versatility. That is, although not shown, the side surface 4
On the 7 side, a structure having a connection structure similar to that of the above-mentioned conventional example is formed, and a locking means 48 for mounting is formed on a side surface adjacent to the side surface 47.

The battery 40 having such a structure is housed in the box body 11 with the lid member 12 of the battery box 10 opened, but can be housed only when the housing direction is proper. Is.

For example, in the curved corner portions 13 and 14 of the box body 11, the curved corner portion 4 of the battery 40 is provided.
If they do not correspond to each other, they cannot be inserted, and even if they are turned upside down, the restricting member 18 prevents the insertion.

In any case, the battery to be stored cannot be inserted unless the battery having the proper structure is in the proper condition. This means that the battery that is inevitably used is selected according to the electrical capacity of the device in which the battery box is incorporated, and various batteries with different capacities, especially voltages, are inserted by mistake. In this way, inconvenience such as destruction of electronic parts or malfunction of the electronic parts caused thereby is prevented in advance.

Then, the elastic member 24 which is a biasing means.
Is in contact with a substantially central portion of the bottom surface of the battery 40 inserted into the box body 11, and acts in a direction to push out the battery 40. Therefore, it is easy to take out the battery from the box body 11 when replacing the battery. I have to.

Further, the battery 50 shown in FIG. 9 is about half the size of the battery 40, and is well-known and commercially available. However, if the voltage of this battery is the same as that of the battery 40, it can be used, and also in this battery 50,
Having the curved corner portions 51, 52, the guide groove 5
Four.

Further, the bottom side has a connector portion similar to that of the battery 40, and the side surface 57 side has a connection structure for side surface mounting, which is a locking means for mounting. I also have 58.

Therefore, even in the battery having such a structure, as shown in FIG. 10, with the central portion of the box main body 11 as a sakai, the curved corner portions 13 and 14 side and the non-curved side portion are respectively formed. Can be stored. In any case, the presence of the restricting members 18, 19, and 21 does not cause rattling and allows stable storage.

In this storage, for example, when one battery 50 is used, the curved corner portions 13 and 14 are
When stored on the side, the connection terminals for the power supply are connected to the box body 11
Since there is no opening 22 to face the inside, it cannot be practically connected as a power source, and therefore can only be stored as a spare.

Therefore, when one battery 50 is used, it is housed on the side where the opening 22 is present. On the open portion 22 side, the connection terminal 60 for the power source is projected, so that the connection with the connector portion is performed only by housing the battery 50, and the device is activated.

Even in this case, the stored battery 50
The curved corner portions 51 and 52 are positioned or supported by the regulating member 18, and the guide groove 54 is supported by the regulating member 21 provided in the central portion.

The bottom surface of the battery 50 is supported by the elastic member 24 in a state of being lifted, and the elastic member 24 has a drum shape.
Even if half of the bottom part of the battery is hung, it does not fall and acts in the direction of pushing up the battery 50. Therefore, even if one half-size battery is used, by using such an elastic member 24, the battery can be taken out easily by continuing to operate in a substantially normal state.

If two half-size batteries 50 are stored, one can act as a power source and the other can be prepared as a spare. When one battery is exhausted, the other It can be easily and quickly replaced with another battery.

The battery box 10 of the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, as shown in FIG.
For example, an example of being incorporated in a camera-integrated video tape recorder and used will be described.

The camera body 61 in this type of camera-integrated video tape recorder is provided with a viewfinder 62.
In order to utilize the lower part of the viewfinder, the back side of the camera body 61 is extended correspondingly, and the box storage portion 63 is integrally formed in a natural state.

Then, the battery box 10 of the present invention is mounted and fixed in the box accommodating portion 63 so that the lid member 12 is exposed on the upper surface. By mounting in this way, the battery box is located at a position hidden by the viewfinder 62, and the appearance of the camera body 61 is not impaired.

Regarding replacement of the battery in the battery box 10, when the viewfinder 62 is raised up to a substantially upright state, the lid member 12 is opened. In this state, when the finger hook 33 is operated to open the lid member 12 up to a substantially upright position, the elastic member 24 by the urging means causes the upper portion of the battery to pop out and be positioned upward, so that the battery can be easily picked up and replaced. it can.

On one side surface of the camera body 61,
An openable / closable tape storage portion 64 for storing a cassette tape for shooting, recording / playing back an object, a switch 65 for starting shooting, a zoom operation button 66, and a camera body 61 for supporting the camera body 61 with one hand. A band 67 is provided, and a liquid crystal display means 68 is provided on the other side surface so as to be openable and closable.

An operation panel 69 is provided on the back side of the box housing portion 63, and the operation panel 69 is provided with a large number of button groups for performing various operations such as volume control and reproduction. Regarding the operation display during playback, in particular, keep the display invisible so as to save power, and for example, when a predetermined power switch is turned on the playback side, an appropriate light source installed inside will illuminate. Then, the corresponding portion is displayed, and even if the box storage portion 63 is provided, the back side thereof can be effectively used.

[0047]

As described above, in the battery box according to the present invention, a box body having a box shape as a whole and having an opening on one surface is formed, and a battery stored in the box body is checked. By providing a mechanism and a lid member that can be opened and closed freely at the opening of the box body, the shape of the battery to be stored,
The size, type, and directionality can be checked, and an excellent effect that a proper battery can be stored in a proper state is achieved.

Further, when the battery box is attached to a predetermined device by providing an opening portion near the bottom surface of the box body and a lid member which can be opened and closed at the upper opening portion, the device is attached. Since it is easy to electrically connect with the device and it is not necessary to attach an extra lid member to the device, it is possible to easily attach the device, and moreover, the appearance of the device is not spoiled.

Further, since the battery housed in the battery box is biased by the biasing means in the popping-out direction and the biasing means is a drum-shaped coil spring, It has an excellent effect that it can be taken out easily and can be stored while maintaining a proper direction and state even when using a half size battery of the same kind.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a battery box according to the present invention in an open state.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a state in which a lid member of the embodiment is removed.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the biasing means arranged inside the battery box in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a state in which the biasing means is compressed.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the battery box of the embodiment in a covered state.

6 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an example of a battery used in the same embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a bottom view of the battery.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a battery that is generally commercially available and that can be housed and used in the battery box of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the relationship between the battery and the battery box of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a rear perspective view showing an example of an apparatus to which the battery box of the present invention is attached.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the rear side of a camera-integrated video tape recorder equipped with a conventional power supply.

[Explanation of Codes] 10 Battery Box 11 Box Main Body 12 Lid Member 12a Raised Part 13,14 Curved Corner Part 15 Hinge Mechanism 16 Locking Part 16a Locking Port 17 Attachment Part 17a Screw Hole 18,19,21 Controlling Member 20 Bottom Wall 22 Opening portion 23 Seating portion 24 Elastic member 25, 26 Bearing portion 27 Shaft 28 Coil spring 29 Picking portion 30 Recess 31 Locking tongue 31a Rod portion 31b Tapered surface 32 Window hole 33 Finger hooking portion 34 Spring member 35 Wall portion 40, 50 Battery 41, 42, 51, 52 Curved Corner 43, 44, 54 Guide Groove 45 Guide Hole 46 Connector 47, 57 Side 48, 58 Locking Means 60 Connection Terminal 61 Camera Main Body 62 Viewfinder 63 Box Storage 64 Tape Storage 65 Switch 66 Zoom operation buttons 67 Band 68 Liquid crystal display means 69 Operation panel

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A box main body having a box shape as a whole and having an opening on one surface is formed, and a check mechanism for a battery to be housed is provided in the box main body and the box main body can be opened and closed freely. Battery box characterized by having a simple lid member. 2. The battery box according to claim 1, wherein an opening portion for electrical connection is provided near the bottom surface of the box body. 3. The battery box according to claim 1, wherein the check mechanism checks the size and shape of the battery and the storage direction. 4. The check mechanism includes a box body shape,
Alternatively, it is either a protrusion provided on the inner side surface or a rod-shaped member provided on the bottom surface.
Battery box described in. 5. The battery box according to claim 1, wherein the stored battery is biased in a pop-out direction by biasing means. 6. The battery box according to claim 5, wherein the urging means is an hourglass-shaped coil spring.