# US 12,224,607 B2 · Containing device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,224,607 B2 - Document ID: US12224607B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/611,592 - Filed: 2020-05-21 - Published: 2022-05-12 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2019-05-21 - Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Naoki Fujihara; Noriyuki Ishida - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12224607B2 ## CPC - H02J 7/731: {specially adapted for holding portable devices containing batteries (H02J7/751 takes precedence)} - H02J 7/751: {concerning the insertion or the connection of the batteries} - H05K 5/0214: {with means preventing penetration of rain water or dust (semi-permeable membranes H05K5/0215, H05K5/0216)} - H05K 5/023: {Handles; Grips} - H01M 10/46: Accumulators structurally combined with charging apparatus (circuits for charging H02J7/00) - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY ## Abstract A containing device equipped with: a casing formed in a substantially polyhedral shape, the casing having six substantially quadrilateral faces facing mutually different directions; and a containing part formed in the casing, the containing part containing a contained object so as to be insertable/removable. An opening continuous with the containing part, or a peripheral edge part of an opening continuous with the containing part, is disposed at a position corresponding to a first side, which is one of a plurality of sides constituting a polyhedron that corresponds to the casing. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A containing device comprising: a casing that has a substantially polyhedral shape and includes six substantially quadrangular surfaces facing different directions from each other; and a containing portion that is formed in the casing and contains a contained item in an insertable and removable manner, wherein an opening continuous with the containing portion, or a peripheral edge portion of an opening continuous with the containing portion, is arranged at a position corresponding to a first edge, which is one of a plurality of edges forming a polyhedron corresponding to the casing, the containing device further comprising two outer marginal members at positions corresponding to two surfaces whose normal directions are a longitudinal direction of the first edge, among the six surfaces of the casing, the two outer marginal members respectively forming outer margins of the two surfaces, and configurational members at positions corresponding to four surfaces whose normal directions intersect with the longitudinal direction of the first edge, among the six surfaces of the casing, wherein outermost end portions of the configurational members, in the respective normal directions of the four surfaces, are arranged to be located more inwardly than outermost end portions of the outer marginal members in the respective normal directions of the four surfaces. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The containing device according to claim 1, wherein the polyhedron includes three edges that are parallel to the first edge, and the containing device further comprises a first handle portion and a second handle portion at positions corresponding to a second edge and a third edge, which are two edges among the three edges of the polyhedron. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The containing device according to claim 2, wherein the second edge and the third edge are arranged to be edges that are adjacent to each other. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The containing device according to claim 2, wherein the first edge is arranged at a position sandwiched between the second edge and the third edge. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The containing device according to claim 2, further comprising a third handle portion at a position corresponding to a fourth edge, which is a remaining edge among the three edges of the casing. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The containing device according to claim 2, comprising a handle portion that has a gripping portion whose cross section is formed with an annular shape, at a position corresponding to a fifth edge adjacent to the first edge, among the three edges of the polyhedron. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The containing device according to claim 6, further comprising: a recessed portion formed by depressing an outer surface of the casing, at a position on an inner side of the casing relative to the gripping portion; and a terminal providing a connection between inside and outside of the casing, in the recessed portion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The containing device according to claim 1, further comprising a cover portion configured to cover the opening and provided to be pivotable, centered on a pivoting shaft, relative to the casing, wherein the pivoting shaft is arranged at a position avoiding the first edge. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The containing device according to claim 8, wherein the pivoting shaft is arranged at a position avoiding all of the edges among the plurality of edges. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The containing device according to claim 1, comprising a connecting portion configured to connect the two outer marginal members to each other, at a position corresponding to an edge parallel to the first edge, among the plurality of edges. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The containing device according to claim 1, further comprising inner members, on inner sides of the outer marginal member, wherein the inner members are arranged in a manner that outermost end portions, which are outermost ends of the inner members in the longitudinal direction of the first edge, are located more inwardly than outermost end portions, which are outermost ends of the outer marginal members in the longitudinal direction of the first edge. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The containing device according to claim 11, wherein the outermost end portion of the outer marginal member is formed protruding with an annular shape. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The containing device according to claim 1, wherein the contained item is an electrical energy storage device. ### Claim 14 A containing device comprising: a casing that has a substantially polyhedral shape and includes six substantially quadrangular surfaces facing different directions from each other; a containing portion that is formed in the casing and contains a contained item in an insertable and removable manner; an opening continuous with the containing portion; two outer marginal members provided at positions corresponding to two surfaces that are parallel to each other among the six surfaces of the casing, the two outer marginal members forming outer margins of the two surfaces, respectively; a connecting portion configured to connect the two outer marginal members to each other, provided at a position corresponding to an edge parallel to a normal direction of the two surfaces, among a plurality of edges forming a polyhedron corresponding to the casing; and configurational members at positions corresponding to four surfaces except the two surfaces among the six surfaces of the casing, wherein outermost end portions of the configurational members, in the respective normal directions of the four surfaces, are arranged to be located more inwardly than outermost end portions of the outer marginal members in the respective normal directions of the four surfaces.