Battery charger with USB connector and cable storage recess
AssigneeSanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorShoichi Toya
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Abstract
A battery charger has a housing with a battery containing portion in which a rechargeable battery is detachably contained, a connector attached to the end of a power cord led out from the housing, and a charging source that is installed in the housing and charges the rechargeable battery contained in the battery containing portion with power supplied through the connector, and the housing is provided in its outer circumferential wall with a gutter-like cord recess in which the power cord is stored along the outer circumferential wall, and also with a connector holder that detachably holds the connector.
Claims9
A battery charger, comprising:
- a housing having a battery containing portion in which a rechargeable battery is detachably holdable;
- a connector attached to an end of a power cord led out from the housing;
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- a charging source installed in the housing which charges the rechargeable battery detachably holdable in the battery containing portion with power supplied through the connector,
- wherein an outer circumferential wall of said housing is provided with a gutter-like cord recess in which the power cord is storable along the outer circumferential wall,
- wherein the housing is provided with a connector holder to which the connector is detachably holdable,
- wherein the connector is a USB connector, and
- wherein the connector holder is formed of a groove that holds an electrode portion of the USB connector by pinching the electrode portion at sides of the electrode portion.
A battery charger, comprising:
- a housing having a battery containing portion in a top portion thereof, said battery containing portion detachably containing a rechargeable battery;
- a connector attached to an end of a power cord led out from the housing;
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- a charging source installed in the housing which charges the rechargeable battery detachably holdable in the battery containing portion with power supplied through the connector,
- wherein an outer circumferential wall of said housing is provided with a gutter-like cord recess in which the power cord is storable along the outer circumferential wall;
- wherein the housing is provided with a connector holder to which the connector is detachably holdable;
- wherein the connector is a USB connector having a rectangular cross section and including a grip portion;
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- wherein when the connector is held by the connector holder, the grip portion is positioned in a cutout formed in the outer circumferential wall of the housing and a longer side of the cross section of the USB connector extends in upwards-and-downwards with respect to said housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.