US 2006/0068280 A1 · Battery device and electronic apparatus

Abstract

A battery apparatus and an electronic equipment are provided which permit the use of a plurality of types of battery apparatuses that differ in capacity, and are advantageous in improving ease of use. A case of a battery apparatus has a main body portion and a bottom portion disposed at one side in a thickness direction at the midpoint in a width direction of the main body portion. Portions on both sides in the width direction of the case are formed as flat side surfaces that are parallel to each other and extend in a length direction. A plane on one side in the thickness direction of the case is formed as a flat bottom surface. At portions of the case on both sides in the width direction, guide grooves are formed which extend in the length direction and engage projections disposed at a battery housing chamber thereby to position the position of the case in the thickness direction within the battery housing chamber.

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Dependent claims

A battery apparatus comprising:

a case having a width, thickness and length;
a battery cell housed in the inside of the case;
a battery-side terminal disposed at the surface of the case and electrically connected to the battery cell;
and
when the battery apparatus is inserted into a battery housing chamber of an electronic equipment in the direction of the length, the battery-side terminal makes connection with a housing chamber-side terminal of the battery housing chamber, wherein
guide grooves extending in the length direction are formed at portions of the case on both sides in the width direction for positioning the position of the case in the thickness direction within the battery housing chamber by engage with projections disposed at the battery housing chamber.

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An electronic equipment having a battery housing chamber in which a battery apparatus is housed, said battery apparatus comprising:

a case having a width, thickness and length;
a battery cell disposed at the inside of the case;
and
a battery-side terminal disposed at the surface of the case and electrically connected to the battery cell, wherein
the battery housing chamber has a width corresponding to the width of the case, a height corresponding to the thickness of the case, and a depth corresponding to the length of the case;
and
the battery housing chamber includes a housing chamber-side terminal that connects with the battery-side terminal in the state in which the battery apparatus is inserted by keeping the direction of the length parallel with the depth direction;
guide grooves extending in the direction of the length direction are disposed at portions on both sides in the width direction of the case of the battery apparatus;
and
the battery housing chamber further includes projections disposed at the battery housing chamber which engage the guide grooves for positioning the position in the thickness direction of the case in the height direction within the battery housing chamber.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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