Battery holder, battery unit, and battery component including battery holder and battery unit
AssigneesShimano Inc., Sony Corporation
InventorsMakoto SHIMODA, Yoshitaka NOSE, Yuya YONEDA, Taihei NISHIHARA, Koji WADA
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Abstract
A battery holder includes a first base, a first restriction portion and a holding portion. The first base is opposed to one end of a battery unit in a first direction in the state in which the battery unit is located at a holding position. The first restriction portion is configured to restrict relative movement of the battery unit and the first base in the first direction. The holding portion is movable to a first position, at which the battery unit contacts a held portion of the battery unit, and a second position, at which the holding portion is separated from the held portion.
Claims17
A battery holder for holding a battery unit at least in a state in which the battery unit is located at a holding position, the battery holder comprising:
- a first base that opposes one end of a battery unit in a first direction in the state in which the battery unit is located at the holding position;
- a first restriction portion arranged on the first base and configured to restrict relative movement of the battery unit with respect to the first base in the first direction;
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- a holding portion movably arranged on the first base between a first position, at which the holding portion contacts a held portion of the battery unit and holds the battery unit at the holding position, and a second position, at which the holding portion is separated from the held portion.
1 The battery holder according to claim 11, wherein
- the ribs are receivable in corresponding fifth recesses arranged in the battery unit.
A battery unit including an end in a first direction held by a battery holder in a state in which the battery unit is located at a holding position, the battery unit comprising:
- a housing configured to accommodate a battery cell;
- a held portion arranged on one end of the housing in the first direction to contact a holding portion of the battery holder that is movable relative to the housing, and arranged to hold the battery unit at the holding position when in contact with the holding portion;
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- a third restriction portion arranged on the one end of the housing in the first direction to restrict relative movement of the battery unit and the battery holder in the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.