TWI467831B - Battery holder and electronic device having the same - Google Patents

Description

Battery case and electronic device using the same

The present invention relates to a battery case and an electronic device using the same.

The batteries of electronic devices such as flashlights, remote controls and remote control keyboards are generally fixed in the battery case to prevent the battery from loosening and to protect the battery from external damage.

A battery case for a flashlight, comprising a body, a front cover, a back cover, a lamp holder and a spring. The body of the battery case is a metal cylinder. The front cover and the rear cover respectively fix the two ends of the body, and the front cover, the rear cover and the body together form a battery chamber. The lamp holder is fixed to the front cover for accommodating the light bulb of the flashlight. The battery is placed in the battery chamber, and the spring is disposed on the back cover and abuts against the negative end of the battery, so that the positive end of the battery abuts the lamp holder, thereby fixing the battery in the battery chamber. A wire electrically connected to the negative end of the battery is connected between the spring and the lamp holder. The battery supplies power to the lamp when a lamp is placed in the lamp holder.

The battery chamber of the battery case is surrounded by a front cover and a rear cover at both ends of the main body, and the internal space of the battery case is almost completely occupied by the battery, and no unnecessary space is used for accommodating other components, thereby being disadvantageous to electrons such as a flashlight. Multi-functional design of the device.

In view of the above, it is necessary to provide a battery case that is advantageous for the multifunctional design of an electronic device.

At the same time, the present invention also provides an electronic device using the above battery case.

a battery case comprising a body having a cavity and a conductive sheet abutting against an electrode of the battery; the inner wall of the cavity of the body is provided with a card slot, and the conductive piece separates the cavity of the body into a battery chamber and an additional chamber The conductive sheet includes a resisting portion, and the edge of the conductive sheet is provided with a positioning portion that is engaged with the card slot and elastically deformable, and the resisting portion is abutted against the motor of the battery, and the conductive sheet is located on the conductive sheet. a circular hole at the center of the holding portion and a plurality of equally spaced fan-shaped annular holes at the edge of the abutting portion.

An electronic device comprising a battery case, a battery and a light source, the battery case comprising a body having a cavity, a light source fixing seat and a conductive piece resisting the electrode of the battery, the light source fixing seat is fixed at one end of the body, and the light source is disposed on the In the light source fixing seat, a card slot is formed in the inner wall of the body cavity, and the conductive sheet divides the cavity of the body into a battery chamber and an additional chamber, and the edge of the conductive sheet is clamped with the card slot and can be The positioning portion of the elastic deformation occurs, the battery chamber is adjacent to the light source fixing seat, and the battery is housed in the battery chamber and electrically connected to the conductive sheet and the light source fixing seat.

The conductive sheet of the electronic device divides the cavity of the body into a battery chamber for accommodating the battery and an additional chamber. The additional chamber can be used as a storage space for other components, which is advantageous for multifunctional design; or a spare component such as a spare bulb can be placed to serve as a storage space. Moreover, the conductive sheet is small in volume and can be fixed in the cavity of the body by the positioning portion being engaged with the card slot of the body, and no other fixed structure is needed, thereby saving the space of the cavity of the body, which is advantageous for miniaturization of the electronic device. .

100, 300‧‧‧ electronic devices

10, 40‧‧‧ battery case

11, 41‧‧‧ ontology

111, 411‧‧‧ cavity

113, 413‧‧‧ card slot

115, 415‧‧‧ battery chamber

117, 417‧‧‧ additional chamber

13, 43‧‧‧ front cover

131‧‧‧Fixed holes

14, 44, 431‧‧ ‧ light source mount

141‧‧‧ body

1411‧‧‧ internal thread

143‧‧‧Insulation board

145‧‧‧conductive column

17, 47‧‧‧ conductive sheet

171‧‧‧ round hole

172‧‧‧Resistance Department

173‧‧‧through hole

175‧‧‧ Positioning Department

20‧‧‧Battery

21‧‧‧ positive end

23‧‧‧Negative end

45‧‧‧Back cover

50‧‧‧ circuit module

51‧‧‧ stall switch

52‧‧‧Wire

1 is a partially exploded view of an electronic device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

2 is an exploded perspective view of the battery case of the electronic device shown in FIG. 1.

3 is an exploded perspective view of the battery case of the electronic device of FIG. 1 in another direction.

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the battery case shown in Figure 2 with a battery.

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view showing an electronic device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

The battery case of the present invention and the electronic device using the same will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

The battery case of the present invention can be applied to an electronic device such as a flashlight, a remote controller, a walkman, a remote control keyboard, etc. In the present embodiment, an example in which a battery case is applied to a flashlight will be described.

Referring to FIG. 1 , an electronic device 100 according to a first embodiment of the present invention includes a battery case 10 , a battery 20 housed in the battery case 10 , and a light source (not shown) disposed on the battery case 10 . The light source may be a light emitting element such as a bulb or a light emitting diode.

Referring to FIGS. 2 to 4 , the battery case 10 includes a body 11 , a front cover 13 , a light source fixing seat 14 , and a conductive sheet 17 . The body 11 is a hollow metal cylinder having a cavity 111. The front cover 13 is a metal cover, and a fixing hole 131 is formed in a middle portion thereof. In this embodiment, the front cover 13 is riveted and fixed to one end of the body 11. Of course, the front cover 13 can also be fixed to the body 11 by screwing or integral molding.

A card slot 113 is defined in the inner wall of the cavity 111 of the body 11. The card slot 113 is an annular groove extending in the radial direction of the cavity 111. The card slot 113 can be processed by a T-shaped milling cutter, which is convenient to process and has low cost. It can be understood that the card slot 113 is not limited to the annular groove, and may also be a groove of other shapes. For example, the card slot 113 may be a plurality of equally spaced grooves.

The light source fixing seat 14 is used for assembling the light source. In the embodiment, the light source fixing seat 14 is assembled. The light source is a light bulb. The light source fixing base 14 includes a cylindrical seat body 141, an insulating plate 143, and a conductive post 145. A through hole (not shown) is formed in the middle of the insulating plate 143. The conductive post 145 is fixed in the through hole, and both ends of the conductive post 145 are exposed outside the insulating plate 143. One end of the seat body 141 is fixed in the fixing hole 131 of the front cover 13. The insulating plate 143 is fixed in the seat body 141 and located at one end of the cavity 111 near the cavity 111. An inner thread 1411 is formed on the inner wall of the base 141, and the inner thread 1411 can cooperate with the thread of the bulb base to fix the bulb to the light source fixing seat 14.

The conductive sheet 17 is a substantially disk-shaped elastic piece having a resisting portion 172 located at the center thereof and protruding toward one side in the axial direction thereof. The conductive sheet 17 is provided with a circular hole 171 at the center of the abutting portion 172 and a fan-shaped annular through hole 173 at an equidistantly distributed edge of the abutting portion 172. The circular hole 171 and the through hole 173 allow the conductive sheet 17 to be elastically deformed more easily. The edge of the conductive sheet 17 is provided with a plurality of positioning portions 175 which are equally spaced. The battery 20 is housed in the cavity 111 of the body 11, and the positive end 21 of the battery 20 abuts against the light source holder 14. The positioning portion 175 is held in the card slot 113, and the abutting portion 172 is abutted against the negative end 23 of the battery 20 to fix the battery 20 in the cavity 111 of the body 11. If the bulb is screwed into the light source holder 14, one of the electrode ends of the bulb abuts the conductive post 145, and the other electrode end is connected to the negative end 23 of the battery 20 via the conductive sheet 17, the body 11 and the front cover 13, thereby forming a Close the loop. The conductive sheet 17 divides the cavity 111 of the body 11 into a battery chamber 115 for accommodating the battery 20 and an additional chamber 117. The additional chamber 117 can serve as a storage space for other components, or a spare component such as a spare bulb can be placed to serve as a storage space.

It can be understood that the conductive sheet 17 is not limited to a disc-shaped elastic piece, and may also be a spring piece of other shapes. For example, the conductive piece 17 may also be a wave-shaped elastic piece or a bow-shaped elastic piece.

When the conductive sheet 17 is fixed, first, the conductive sheet 17 is convexly placed toward the front cover 13 The cavity 111 of the body 11 is opposite to the front cover 13 such that the positioning portion 175 of the conductive sheet 17 abuts against the inner wall of the cavity 111 of the body 11 to be elastically deformed. Then, the conductive sheet 17 is held by a tool, such as a top holding rod, so that the conductive sheet 17 slides toward the front cover 13 with respect to the cavity 111 of the body 11 until the plurality of positioning portions 175 of the conductive sheet 17 slide to In the card slot 113 of the body 11, the positioning portion 175 is restored and deformed to be engaged with the card slot 113, thereby fixing the conductive sheet 117 in the cavity 111 of the body 11.

The conductive sheet 17 of the electronic device 100 divides the cavity 111 of the body 11 into a battery chamber 115 for accommodating the battery 20 and an additional chamber 117. The additional chamber 117 can serve as a receiving space for other components to facilitate a versatile design; or a spare component such as a spare bulb can be placed to serve as a storage space. Moreover, the conductive sheet 17 has a small volume and can be fixed in the cavity 111 of the body 11 by the positioning portion 175 being engaged with the slot 113 of the body 111. The cavity 111 of the body 11 is saved without other fixing structures. The space is advantageous for the electronic device 100 to be thin and light.

Referring to FIG. 5 , the electronic device 300 of the second embodiment of the present invention is similar to the electronic device 100 of the first embodiment. The battery case 40 includes a body 41 , a front cover 43 , a light source fixing base 44 , and a conductive sheet 47 . Located within the cavity 411 of the body 41 and separating the body 41 into a battery chamber 415 and an additional chamber 417. The difference is that the body 41 of the battery case 40 is made of a plastic material, and the front cover 43 is fixed to one end of the body 41 by screwing. The electronic device 300 further includes a circuit module 50 disposed in the additional chamber 417 of the battery case 40, and a gear position switch 51, a gear position switch 51 and a current adjustment module are disposed on the outer wall of the body 41 of the battery case 40. The circuit module 50 is connected to the light source fixing base 431 by the wire 52 via the wire 52. In the embodiment, the circuit module 50 is a current adjustment module. The user can adjust the current of the circuit by operating the gear position of the gear position switch 51, thereby changing the brightness of the flashlight bulb, and The conductive sheet 47 and the circuit module 50 are connected by the wire 52, and the conductive piece 47 is clamped in the card slot 413 of the body 41 without affecting the circuit module 50. The battery case 40 further includes a cover 45 disposed after the body 41 is away from one end of the front cover 43, and the rear cover 45 closes the additional chamber 417 to ensure that the components in the additional chamber 417 are not contaminated by the outside.

It can be understood that the circuit module 50 is not limited to the current adjustment module, and may be other functional modules required, and the additional chamber 417 can change its volume according to design requirements.

In summary, the present invention has indeed met the requirements of the invention patent, and has filed a patent application according to law. However, the above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it is not possible to limit the scope of the patent application of the present invention. Equivalent modifications or variations made by persons skilled in the art in light of the spirit of the invention are intended to be included within the scope of the following claims.

100‧‧‧Electronic devices

11‧‧‧Ontology

111‧‧‧ Cavity

13‧‧‧ front cover

17‧‧‧Conductor

171‧‧‧ round hole

172‧‧‧Resistance Department

173‧‧‧through hole

175‧‧‧ Positioning Department

Claims (15)

A battery case comprising a body having a cavity, wherein the inner wall of the cavity of the body is provided with a card slot, and the battery case further comprises a conductive sheet abutting against the electrode of the battery, the conductive piece is the body The cavity is divided into a battery chamber and an additional chamber, and the conductive sheet includes a resisting portion, and the edge of the conductive sheet is provided with a positioning portion that is engaged with the card slot and elastically deformable, and the resisting portion is The motor of the battery is abutted, and the conductive sheet is provided with a circular hole at the center of the abutting portion and a plurality of equally spaced fan-shaped through holes at the edge of the abutting portion. The battery case according to claim 1, wherein the body is a hollow cylinder, and the abutting portion protrudes toward one side in the axial direction thereof. The battery case according to claim 2, wherein the positioning portion is plural and equidistantly disposed. The battery case of claim 2, wherein the card slot is an annular groove extending in a radial direction of the cavity of the body. The battery case according to claim 2, wherein the battery case further comprises a front cover fixed to the end of the body and a light source fixing seat disposed on the front cover. The battery case of claim 5, wherein the battery case further comprises a cover disposed at an end of the body away from the front cover, the rear cover for closing the additional chamber. An electronic device includes a battery case, a battery, and a light source. The battery case includes a body having a cavity and a light source fixing base. The light source fixing base is fixed to one end of the body, and the light source is disposed in the light source fixing seat. The inner wall of the body cavity is provided with a card slot, and the battery case further comprises a conductive sheet abutting against the electrode of the battery, the conductive piece separating the cavity of the body into an additional chamber and the fixed seat of the light source a battery chamber adjacent to the battery, and the edge of the conductive sheet is provided with a positioning portion that is engaged with the card slot and elastically deformable, and the battery is housed in the battery chamber And electrically connected to the conductive sheet and the light source fixing seat. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the electronic device further comprises a circuit module fixedly disposed in the additional chamber and electrically connected to the battery and the light source fixing base. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the battery case further comprises a gear position switch disposed on the outer wall of the body and electrically connected to the circuit module. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the body is a hollow cylinder, and the conductive sheet has a resisting portion that protrudes toward one side along an axial direction thereof, and the resisting portion abuts against an electrode of the battery. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the positioning portion is plural and equally spaced. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the card slot is an annular groove extending in a radial direction of the cavity of the body. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the battery case further comprises a front cover fixed to the end of the body and a light source fixing seat disposed on the front cover. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the battery case further comprises a cover disposed at an end of the body away from the front cover, the back cover for closing the additional chamber. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the conductive sheet is provided with a circular hole at the center of the abutting portion and a plurality of equally spaced fan-shaped through holes at the edge of the abutting portion.