Battery receiving mechanism
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorKazuhiko Ooyama
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Abstract
In a battery receiving mechanism in which one end of a casing for receiving a battery has an opening section for exposing an electrode of a battery and this opening section is opened and closed by a cover, the cover is divided to an outer section and an inner section sliding to each other and the outer section is connected to a casing by a hinge having a long hole. The inner section has a part engaged with the casing. When the cover is opened, the cover can be opened with a short stroke without rubbing the battery.
Claims7
A battery receiving mechanism in which one end of a casing having a battery receiving room has an opening section for exposing an electrode of a battery, the opening section is opened and closed by a cover, and the casing is connected to the cover via a hinge,
- wherein:
- the cover has an outer section and an inner section that are superposed to each other and that are slid,
- the inner section is abutted to the electrode of the battery,
- the outer section is connected to the hinge,
- the hinge has a shaft and a bearing and the bearing allows the shaft to be slid in a direction along which the cover is slid, and
- the battery receiving mechanism has an engagement section for engaging the inner section with the casing when the cover is closed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.