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US 5,672,441 AGranted
Battery device and driving device for battery device
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsHisashi Aoki, Hidero Mitsui, Yasushi Noda
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Abstract
A battery device that prevents mistaken connection to a main apparatus includes a casing which houses a battery. The casing has a loading surface section on a lateral surface of its outer periphery. The loading surface section corresponds to a setting surface section of a main apparatus. The loading surface section of the casing has a discrimination groove having an opening end opened on an abutment surface and extending from the opening end parallel to the loading direction on the main apparatus. The abutment surface is formed on the loading surface of the casing for extending in a direction at right angles to the loading surface section.
Claims10
A battery device comprising:
- a casing having;
- a battery housing unit disposed therein,
- a loading surface on a lateral surface of an outer periphery of said casing, and
- an abutment surface on a lateral surface of the outer periphery of said casing which faces a loading direction of said battery device;
- and
- at least one battery housed within said battery housing unit in said casing;
- wherein said loading surface of the casing has a groove for discriminating whether the battery device is compatible with electronic equipment to which it may be connected;
- said groove having a first end open on said abutment surface and extending from said first end in a direction parallel to said loading direction;
- wherein said groove is located at a position offset relative to a centerline of the loading surface.
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A battery device comprising:
- a casing having;
- a battery housing unit disposed therein,
- a loading surface on a lateral surface of an outer periphery of said casing,
- an abutment surface on a lateral surface of the outer periphery of said casing which faces a loading direction of said battery device;
- and
- at least one battery housed within said battery housing unit in said casing;
- wherein said loading surface of the casing has a groove for discriminating whether the battery device is compatible with electronic equipment to which it may be connected;
- wherein said groove has a first end open on said abutment surface and extends from said first end in a direction parallel to said loading direction;
- wherein said loading surface of said casing has at least a pair of guide recesses which are formed therein;
- and
- wherein said groove has a second end opposite said first end and at least a portion of each of said guide recesses is closer to said abutment surface than said second end of said groove.
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A battery mounting system for a battery device comprising:
- a battery device having;
- a battery device casing,
- a battery housing unit in said battery device casing,
- a loading surface on a lateral surface of an outer periphery of said battery device casing,
- an abutment surface on a lateral surface of the outer periphery of said battery device casing which faces a loading direction of said battery device, and
- a battery housed within said battery housing unit,
- wherein said loading surface has a groove having an end opened on said abutment surface and extending from said opened end parallel to the loading direction on the main apparatus, and
- a main apparatus having;
- an apparatus casing,
- a setting surface on a lateral side of an outer periphery of said apparatus casing for loading the loading surface of said battery device thereon,
- an abutment surface adjacent to said setting surface,
- a discriminating protrusion secured at a first end thereof to said abutment surface and formed on the setting surface,
- wherein if said discriminating protrusion and said groove mate, the battery device is determined to be compatible with the main apparatus.
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A battery device comprising:
- a casing having;
- a battery housing unit disposed therein,
- a loading surface on a lateral surface of an outer periphery of said casing, and
- an abutment surface on a lateral surface of the outer periphery of said casing which faces a loading direction of said battery device;
- at least one battery housed within said battery housing unit in said casing;
- and
- a charge discrimination member which is movably mounted on said loading surface for indicating that the battery is charged or not charged;
- wherein said loading surface of the casing has a groove for discriminating whether the battery device is compatible with electronic equipment to which it may be connected;
- said groove having a first end open on said abutment surface and extending from said first end in a direction parallel to said loading direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.