JP2743312B2 - Battery holding device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for holding a battery used in a toy or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a toy or the like, a battery holding device is
The battery pack includes a battery holder holder frame formed entirely in an outer shape of the battery and having an entrance at one end for taking the battery in and out, and a lid as an opening / closing member for closing the entrance of the holder frame.

[0003]

However, according to this conventional example, since the lid separate from the holder frame is used to close the entrance of the holder frame, there is a problem that the lid may be lost. . In addition, there is a problem that it takes time to attach or remove the lid from the entrance.

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to provide a battery holding device capable of easily opening and closing a door, without the risk of losing a member for opening and closing the door of the battery.

[0005]

In order to achieve this object, a battery holding device according to the present invention is provided with an entrance for inserting a battery having a pair of positive and negative electrodes on one end surface, and the electrode side comes first from the entrance. A holder frame for holding the inserted battery, a pair of internal terminals provided on the side facing the entrance of the holder frame, and contacting the electrodes of the battery; and an outer surface of the holder frame so as to be conductive with the internal terminals. In a battery holding device provided with a pair of external terminals provided on an opening and closing member for opening and closing the entrance of the holder frame,
The opening and closing member opens an entrance of the holder frame in the holder frame.
2 parallel to each other rotatably supported to close
The entirety is formed in a substantially U-shape from a vertical axis portion of the book and a horizontal axis portion extending laterally between the tips of the two vertical axis portions.

[0006]

According to the holder holding device of the present invention, the holder frame accommodating the battery is opened / closed by rotating the opening / closing member so as to hang / remove the stopper provided on the end face of the battery.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the battery holding device of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIGS. 1 to 4 show one embodiment of the battery holding device of the present invention. The battery holding device includes a holder frame 1 provided with an entrance into which a battery 6 is inserted,
A pair of internal terminals 3 provided on the side of the holder frame 1 facing the entrance 2 to contact the positive and negative electrodes at the tip of the battery 6.
A, 3B, a pair of external terminals 4A, 4B provided on the outer surface of the holder frame 1 to be conductively connected to the internal terminals 3A, 3B and connected to a lead wire or the like; And an opening / closing member 5 for opening and closing.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1, 11 and 12, the battery 6 has a thin-film resin cover 7 covering the outer periphery of a plurality of cells (not shown), A first resin end plate 8 provided, positive and negative metal electrodes 9A and 9B exposed from a pair of large and small holes formed in the first end plate 8, A second end face plate 10 made of resin is provided, and stoppers 11 are formed integrally with the second end face plate 10 to hold an opening / closing member.

In this embodiment, the holder frame 1 is formed of a synthetic resin. As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the holder frame 1 according to the present embodiment includes a bottom portion 1 </ b> A formed in a shape adapted to the left and right side surfaces and the lower surface of the battery 6, and the bottom portion 1 </ b> A.
A port piece 1B that is provided at one end side of A in the direction of the two longitudinal axes 5A and forms the battery entrance 2 and closes the other end of the bottom surface section 1A. , A horizontal piece 1D extending from the upper end of the terminal mounting wall 1C for preventing the battery from falling off, and an upper and lower part protruding from the outer surface of the terminal mounting wall 1C to protect a connection portion with a lead wire. In this example, two mounting pieces 1E, 1E and two mounting holes 1 are formed on the lower surface of the bottom portion 1A.
F.

The upper and lower ends of the battery 6 are held down by the entrance and exit pieces 1B and the horizontal pieces 1D, and the battery 6
From the predetermined position. The upper surface of the holder frame 1 is an opening 12. Thus, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 14, the upper surface of the battery 6 is exposed, and the battery 6 can be pushed by hand to easily perform the extraction operation.

[0012] holder frame 1, the two of the doorway 2
Cut-out portions 13A and 13B of the battery 6 are formed by cutting out a portion facing the vertical axis portion 5A so that a finger can enter. That is, after the opening / closing member 5 is lifted to open the entrance 2, the left and right sides of the battery 6 can be gripped with the fingers from the left and right extracting portions 13 </ b> A and 13 </ b> B and pulled out of the holder frame 1.

The mounting hole 1F is for screwing a screw to mount the holder frame 1 at a predetermined position.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the opening and closing member 5 is formed in a substantially U-shape. That is, the opening / closing member 5 of this example is composed of two parallel longitudinal axis portions 5 rotatably supported on the left and right sides of the holder frame 1.
A, 5A, and a horizontal shaft portion 5B which is traversed between the front ends of the two vertical shaft portions 5A, 5A and crosses the front surface of the entrance 2.

Since the opening / closing member 5 is formed in a U-shape as described above, it is sufficient to simply rotate the opening / closing member 5 in the vertical direction. It's easy.

The opening / closing member 5 is easily detachable from the holder frame 1 as follows.

On the left and right sides of the holder frame 1, supporting shafts 14, 14 for supporting the base ends of the longitudinal axes 5A, 5A of the opening / closing member 5 are provided so as to protrude. The support shafts 14, 14 are shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, a shaft portion 14A protruding from the holder frame 1,
The shaft portion 14A has a retaining portion 14B having a larger diameter than the shaft portion 14A provided on the head of the shaft portion 14A.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG.
Support holes 15 are formed at the base ends of the left and right vertical axis portions 5A. The support hole 15 has a large-diameter portion 15A opened to a larger diameter than the retaining portion 14B of the support shaft 14 shown in FIG.
The small-diameter portion 15 opened to a smaller diameter than the large-diameter portion 15A
B, and a guide portion 15C opened between the large-diameter portion 15A and the small-diameter portion 15B.

In order to attach the opening / closing member 5 to the holder frame 1, first, as shown in FIG. 7A, the large diameter portion 15 A of the support hole 15 of the opening / closing member 5 The diameter portion 14B and the shaft portion 14A pass through. Next, when the vertical axis 5A of the opening / closing member 5 is pulled in the direction of arrow M, the support shaft 1
The fourth shaft portion 14A slides on the guide portion 15C of the support hole 15 and fits in the small diameter portion 15B of the support hole 15 (FIG. 7).
(B)). In this state, since the retaining portion 14B of the support shaft 14 has a larger diameter than the small diameter portion 15B of the support hole 15, the opening / closing member 5 does not come off the holder frame 1.

Therefore, the mounting of the opening / closing member 5 on the holder frame 1 is simplified, and the production and parts replacement can be easily performed with one touch.

As shown in FIG. 1, the battery 6 is provided with a pair of left and right stoppers 11 on its end surface, and is stopped by a horizontal shaft portion 5B of the opening / closing member 5. In the horizontal shaft portion 5B of the opening / closing member 5, a portion between the left and right stoppers 11 protrudes forward, and a knob 16 is formed. The knob 16 is opened and closed by hand.

As shown in FIG. 13, the stopper 11 is provided with a holding recess 11A for hooking and stopping the horizontal shaft 5B of the opening / closing member 5.
And a guide inclined portion 11B formed in an inclined shape between the holding concave portion 11A and the end face of the battery 6. When the opening / closing member 5 is closed by moving in the direction of arrow N, the horizontal shaft portion 5B of the opening / closing member 5 is
It slides along B and enters and is held in the holding recess 11A.

The terminal mounting wall 1C has a pair of internal terminals 3A and 3B on its inner surface. The internal terminals 3A and 3B are arranged as a pair at positions corresponding to the positive and negative electrodes 9A and 9B provided at one end of the battery 6.
Internal terminals 3A, 3 B of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10, a metallic truncated umbrella-like pair of contact portions 17, are formed on the terminal mounting wall 1C extends from the back of the contact portion 17 A metal connecting shaft 19 penetrating through the hole 18;
And an urging spring 20 mounted on the second spring. The contact portion 17 and the connecting shaft 19 are arranged so that the direction P on the entrance side and the direction Q
Are provided so as to be able to reciprocate. The biasing spring 20 is provided to apply a force to push the battery 6 back by the contact portion 17 in opposition to the force of the battery 6 inserted into the holder frame 1.

Therefore, after the battery 6 is inserted into the holder frame 1, the end of the battery 6 slightly projecting from the entrance 2 is pushed in by the opening / closing member 5 against the force of the biasing spring 20. Then, the opening / closing member 5 is stopped by the stopper 11 on the end face of the battery 6. As a result, the electrodes 9A, 9B of the battery 6 and the internal terminals 3A, 3B are brought into pressure contact with each other by the opening / closing member 5 and the urging spring 20, and the contact is good.

A pair of contact portions 17 of the internal terminals 3A and 3B,
As shown in FIG. 8, reference numeral 17 denotes a large diameter and a small diameter. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 11, a pair of positive and negative electrodes 9A and 9B provided on one end face of the battery 6 is provided.
Are also large and small. Thereby, when the battery 6 is inserted into the holder frame 1, the battery 6 can be correctly and positively set.

The external terminals 4A and 4B are, as shown in FIG. 10, a male screw 19A protruding from the connecting shaft 19 to the outer surface side of the terminal mounting wall 1C, and are screwed into the male screw 19A. A first nut 21 made of metal and a crimp terminal 2 fitted to the connection shaft 19 adjacent to the first nut 21
2 and a second nut 23 which is screwed into the connecting shaft 19 while sandwiching the crimp terminal 22 together with the first nut 21. The crimp terminal 22 is fixed between the first nut 21 and the second nut 23.

The crimp terminal 22 includes a mounting ring (part shown in FIG. 10) fitted to the connecting shaft 19 and a crimping cylinder 22A (see FIG. 9) extending from the mounting ring. The crimping tube portion 22A is made of a soft conductive material which is crushed by pressure and integrated with the metal wire after inserting the metal wire exposed from the tip of the lead wire. The crimp terminal 22 is provided to be conductive with the contact portion 17 via the first nut 21 and the connection shaft 19. Note that the reference numerals in FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 9, the protection piece 1E
It protrudes from the terminal mounting wall 1C to a length that hides the external terminals 4A, 4B above and below the external terminals 4A, 4B, and is formed integrally with the terminal mounting wall 1C. As shown in FIG. 14, the protective piece 1E covers a connection portion between the external terminals 4A and 4B and the lead wire, thereby preventing disconnection or failure.

In order to mount the holder frame 1 on an object to be mounted, such as a toy, as shown in FIG. 14, after attaching the bottom surface of the holder frame 1 to, for example, a mounting plate 25 of a toy, a screw 26 is inserted from the opposite side of the mounting plate 25. , Mounting hole 1F for holder frame 1
And screw it in.

According to the battery holding device constructed as described above, the battery is mounted and removed as follows.

[0031] To insert the battery 6 to the mounting holder frame 1 of the battery, inserted from the entrance 2 of the holder frame 1 is lifted-off member 5, electrode 9A and the battery 6, and the 9B previously in the holder frame 1 . However, the internal terminals 3 </ b> A and 3 </ b> B push the battery 6 back by the force of the biasing spring 20, so that the end of the battery 6 protrudes outside from the entrance 2 of the holder frame 1.

Next, while pushing the protruding end face of the battery 6 into the holder frame 1 with a finger, the knob 16 is pinched with a finger to rotate the opening / closing member 5 toward the entrance 2, and the horizontal shaft portion 5 B of the opening / closing member 5 is rotated. On the stopper 11 on the end face of the battery 6. With this, the mounting of the battery 6 is completed. In this mounting state, the internal terminals 3A and 3B are securely pressed against the electrodes 9A and 9B of the battery 6 by the force of the urging spring 20.

[0033] from the take-out holder frame 1 of the battery to take out the battery 6, the opening and closing member 5
Then, the knob 16 is pinched with a finger, detached from the stopper 11, and lifted to open the entrance 2. Then, the end of the battery 6 jumps out of the entrance 2 by the force of the biasing spring 20. Next, the left and right extracting portions 13A, 13A of the holder frame 1
From B, the left and right sides of the battery 6 are picked with fingers and pulled out of the holder frame 1. At this time, the upper surface of the battery 6 may be pushed out with a finger.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made.

[0035]

According to the battery holding device of the present invention described above, the following effects can be obtained.

(1) The opening / closing member is substantially U-shaped from two vertical shaft portions rotatably supported by the holder frame and a horizontal shaft portion provided at the tip of the two vertical shaft portions. The holder frame that houses the battery can be opened and closed simply by rotating this opening / closing member and hanging it on or off the stopper provided on the end face of the battery. The opening and closing operation of the device can be performed very easily. Further, there is no risk of the opening / closing member being lost.

(2) The support shaft provided on the holder frame for mounting the opening / closing member includes a shaft portion and a retaining portion having a diameter larger than that of the shaft portion. On the other hand, a support hole formed in the opening / closing member has a support hole. The shaft is composed of a large-diameter portion opened to a larger diameter than the retaining portion of the shaft, a small-diameter portion opened to a smaller diameter than the large-diameter portion, and a guide portion opened by connecting between the large-diameter portion and the small-diameter portion. Then, in order to attach the opening / closing member to the holder frame, the retaining portion and the shaft portion of the support shaft of the holder frame are passed through the large diameter portion of the support hole of the opening / closing member, and then the support shaft is reduced in diameter through the guide portion of the support hole. When moved to the portion, the diameter of the retaining portion of the support shaft is larger than that of the small-diameter portion, so that the opening / closing member is attached in a state of being prevented from falling off from the support shaft. Therefore, the opening / closing member can be easily attached to the holder frame without using an attaching member such as a screw, and the production of the device and the replacement of the opening / closing member can be easily performed.

(3) Since the internal terminals of the holder frame are pressed into contact with the electrodes of the battery, it is possible to always ensure good electrical contact.

(4) The holder frame comprises a bottom portion, an entrance / exit piece provided across one end of the bottom portion, a terminal mounting wall provided by closing the other end of the bottom portion, and a terminal mounting wall. A horizontal piece extending to the entrance / exit side is provided, the battery is prevented from being pulled out by the entrance / exit piece and the horizontal piece, and the other parts are widely opened and the upper surface of the battery is widely exposed. Can be easily pulled out by hand.

(5) Since the extraction portion large enough to allow a finger to enter is cut out near the left and right of the entrance of the holder frame, the battery can be easily extracted by grasping the left and right sides of the battery with the finger from the extraction portion.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of a battery holding device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state where a battery of the battery holding device of FIG. 1 is not accommodated.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the battery holding device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the battery holding device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view showing a spindle, (A) is a side view,
(B) is a plan view.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view showing a support hole portion of the opening / closing member.

FIGS. 7A and 7B are process diagrams showing attachment of the opening / closing member to the support shaft, wherein FIG. 7A shows a state of an initial step, and FIG.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view showing an inner surface of an end portion of the holder frame.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged view showing an outer surface of an end portion of the holder frame.

FIG. 10 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating the structure of internal / external terminals and a part of a battery.

FIG. 11 is an enlarged view showing an electrode-side end of the battery.

FIG. 12 is an enlarged view showing an end on the stopper side of the battery.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a state in which the opening / closing member is stopped by a stopper.

FIG. 14 is a side view showing an installed state of the battery holding device of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Holder frame 1A Bottom part 1B Door piece 1C Terminal mounting wall 1D Horizontal piece 1E Protective piece 1F Mounting hole 2 Door 3A, 3B Internal terminal 4A, 4B External terminal 5 Opening / closing member 5A Vertical axis part 5B Horizontal axis part 6 Battery 11 Stopper 13A, 13B Extraction portion 14 Support shaft 14A Shaft portion 14B Retaining portion 15 Support hole 15A Large diameter portion 15B Small diameter portion 15C Guide portion 20 Biasing spring

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] An inlet / outlet for inserting a battery having a pair of positive and negative electrodes on one end surface is provided, a holder frame for holding a battery inserted from the inlet / outlet with the electrode side first, and an entrance / exit of the holder frame. A pair of internal terminals provided on the side of the holder frame, which are in contact with the electrodes of the battery; a pair of external terminals provided on the outer surface of the holder frame so as to be conductive with the internal terminals; and an opening / closing opening / closing port of the holder frame. The opening and closing member opens an entrance of the holder frame in the holder frame.
2 parallel to each other rotatably supported to close
A battery holding device, which is formed in a substantially U-shape from a vertical axis portion of a book and a horizontal axis portion extending laterally between the tip portions of the two vertical axis portions. . 2. The holder frame is provided with a protruding support shaft for supporting the base ends of two longitudinal axes of the opening / closing member, the support shaft protruding from the holder frame. And a stopper portion having a larger diameter than the shaft portion provided at the head of the shaft portion, wherein the opening / closing member has a support hole formed at a base end portion of the two vertical axis portions, The support hole has a large-diameter portion larger in diameter than the retaining portion of the support shaft, a small-diameter portion opened to a smaller diameter than the retaining eye, and a guide opened by connecting between the large-diameter portion and the small-diameter portion. The battery holding device according to claim 1, comprising a portion. 3. The battery holding device according to claim 1, wherein the internal terminal of the holder frame is provided so as to be urged toward the battery. Wherein said holder frame has a bottom portion for receiving the lower surface of the battery, vertically on the end side of the bottom surface portion of the two
The battery is installed transversely in the direction of the position of the shaft.
A doorway member to form a doorway Komu to a terminal mounting wall where the said internal terminal and the external terminal provided closes the other end of the bottom portion is provided, on the entrance side from the upper end of the terminal mounting wall
2. The battery holding device according to claim 1, further comprising a horizontal piece extending substantially horizontally toward the battery. 5. The holder frame has two entrances and exits.
2. The battery holding device according to claim 1, wherein a portion facing the vertical axis portion is cut out to have a size in which a finger can be inserted to form a battery extraction portion.