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US 9,853,260 B2Granted
Method for preventing erroneous loading of component-to-be-loaded on main body side apparatus, component-to-be-loaded and battery pack
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsToshio Takeshita, Nobuhito Ebine, Yoshiyuki Katsuno, Kei Tashiro
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Abstract
A battery of the type having a length, a width, a thickness, a top and bottom and sides. Three electric terminals are separated by ribs, with a third rib spaced from the other two, and with the first rib being wider than the third rib. The top has concave portions separated from each other, disposed at respective sides of the battery and each opening to outside the battery.
Claims8
A battery of the type having a length, a width, a thickness, a top, a bottom, and first and second sides separated from each other in the width direction, said battery having a housing and comprising:
- plural electric terminals disposed in a terminal case, the terminal case located on the housing;
- a plurality of ribs separating successive electric terminals, one of said terminals being a positive terminal and another of said terminals being a negative terminal, said terminals and said ribs being disposed in the width direction of said battery;
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- said top having a concave portion disposed at said first side opening to outside the battery, said concave portion receiving said terminal case.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.