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US 2006/0232243 A1Published application
Electrical appliance for use with batteries
OwnerDavid Dabdoub, Kelvin Belle +2inventors
InventorsDavid Dabdoub, Kelvin Belle, Peter Hoffman, Anne Gierse
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Abstract
An electrical appliance such as a battery charger includes a main body portion and a movable body portion. The apparatus includes a first cavity for receiving batteries. The movable body portion opens to expose a second cavity for receiving batteries. Each of the cavities includes battery receiving regions or bays. Each bay selectively receives a first battery having a relatively larger radial dimension or a plurality of batteries having a relatively smaller radial dimension. The bays can receive various battery sizes, such as AAA, AA, C, and D size batteries. One or more of the bays can receive a generally rectangular 9 volt battery.
Claims57
An apparatus comprising:
- battery charging circuitry;
- a first region adapted to selectively receive one of
- a first generally cylindrical battery having a radial dimension;
- and
- a first plurality of generally cylindrical batteries having radial dimensions less than the radial dimension of the first battery, wherein the first plurality of batteries are received in positions which are radially offset from the position of the first battery;
- contacts in electrical communication with the battery charging circuitry and adapted to make electrical contact with the batteries selectively received in the first region;
- a second region adapted to selectively receive one of
- a second generally cylindrical battery having a radial dimension;
- and
- a second plurality of generally cylindrical batteries having radial dimensions less than the radial dimension of the second battery, wherein the second plurality of batteries are received in positions which are radially offset from the position of the second battery;
- contacts in electrical communication with the battery charging circuitry and adapted to make electrical contact with the batteries selectively received in the second region.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a first set of longitudinally spaced electrical contacts adapted to selectively make electrical contact with the positive and negative terminals of one of
- a first generally cylindrical battery having a radial dimension and a longitudinal dimension;
- and
- a first plurality of generally cylindrical batteries having radial dimensions less than the radial dimension of the first battery and longitudinal dimensions different from the longitudinal dimension of the first battery,
- wherein the first set of contacts receives the first plurality of batteries in positions which are radially offset from the position of the first battery, and wherein the longitudinal spacing of the first set of electrical contacts is adjustable.
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An apparatus comprising:
- at least a first electrical contact for selectively making electrical contact with a first terminal of one of
- a first battery having a radial dimension and a longitudinal dimension;
- each of a first plurality of batteries having a radial dimension less than the radial dimension of the first battery and a longitudinal dimension different from that of the first battery;
- at least a second electrical contact for selectively making electrical contact with the second terminal of one of the first battery and each of the first plurality of batteries, wherein the contacts receive the first plurality of batteries in positions which are generally radially offset from the position of the first battery;
- means for supporting the at least a second contact for longitudinal motion in relation to the at least a first contact, wherein the spacing of the contacts is adjustable between a first position for making electrical contact with the terminals of the first battery and a second position for making electrical contact with the terminals of the first plurality of batteries.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a structure which defines a battery receiving region, the battery receiving region adapted to selectively receive either:
- a plurality of AA size batteries;
- a plurality of AAA size batteries, or
- a first battery having a radial dimension larger than the radial dimension of the AA batteries, wherein the first battery is received in a position which is radially offset from a position of a AA battery received in the battery receiving region;
- contacts adapted to make electrical contact with the batteries selectively received in the battery receiving region.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a first body portion configured to receive a first generally cylindrical battery, the first body portion having a first wall;
- a first pair of longitudinally spaced contacts adapted to make electrical contact with the first battery;
- a movable body portion having a second wall, wherein the movable body portion is movable between a first position in which the first and second walls are adjacent to each other and a second position in which the first and second walls are spaced from one other, and wherein the moveable body portion is configured to receive a second generally cylindrical battery;
- a second pair of contacts adapted to make electrical contact with the second battery, the second pair of contacts including a first contact supported by the first wall and a second contact supported by the second wall.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a first housing portion, the first housing portion defining a first battery holding region adapted to hold a first battery;
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- a second housing portion, wherein the second housing portion is extendable in relation to the first housing portion so as to define a second battery holding region adapted to hold a second battery, and wherein the second housing portion is retractable in relation to the first housing portion so that the second battery holding region is substantially non-existent;
- a first contact adapted to make electrical contact with the first battery;
- a first contact adapted to make electrical contact with the second battery.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.