This application claims priority to China Patent Application No. 201911084635.3 filed on Nov. 7, 2019. The entire contents of the above-mentioned patent application are incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.
The present disclosure relates to a battery case structure, and more particularly to a battery case structure capable of withdrawing a battery therefrom easily and conveniently.
Nowadays, battery has been widely employed in variety electronic devices. For accommodating the battery in the electronic device conveniently, the electronic device includes a battery case for accommodating the battery therein. The battery is maintained and replaced frequently. For allowing the battery to be withdrawn from the battery case, the conventional battery case includes two elongated openings located on the two opposite sides of the housing of the battery case, respectively. While the battery is withdrawn from the battery case, the user needs to touch the battery in the battery case through the two elongated openings and push the battery to move so as to withdraw the battery form the battery case through an opening on the top of the battery case. However, the user needs to apply force at least equal to the weight of the battery on the battery so as to withdraw the battery from the battery case. Consequently, the operation of withdrawing the battery from the battery case is laborious. Moreover, the user must touch the battery in the battery case through the elongated openings of the battery case so as to withdraw the battery from the battery case. Consequently, the position and the angle of the force applied on the battery are limited, and the battery is not easy to be withdrawn from the battery case.
Therefore, there is a need of providing a battery case structure so as to address the issues encountered by the prior arts.
An object of the present disclosure provides a battery case structure having advantages of withdrawing a battery therefrom easily and conveniently.
In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, a battery case structure is provided. The battery case structure accommodates at least one battery therein. The battery case structure comprises a housing, a shaft, a fixing part and at least one lever part. The housing comprises a plurality of side walls and a bottom plate. The plurality of side walls are connected with each other and connected with the bottom plate respectively. The plurality of side walls and the bottom plate define an accommodation space disposed in the housing and comprising a first opening. The battery is disposed in the accommodation space through the first opening. One of the plurality of side walls comprises at least one second opening in fluid communication with the accommodation space. The fixing part is disposed in and connecting with the housing. The shaft is fixed to the housing through the fixing part. The at least one lever part comprises at least one first through hole, a first arm and a second arm. The first arm comprises a main body and at least one extension portion. The main body is connected with the second arm. The extension portion is connected with the main body and extended from the main body toward the accommodation space. The second arm is in contact with the battery while the battery is disposed in the accommodation space. The first through hole is disposed on the extension portion. The shaft is penetrated through the first through hole, so that the lever part is rotated around the shaft. In response to a force applied on the main body of the first arm. The main body of the first arm is rotated around the shaft along a direction from the second opening and away from the battery. The main body of the first arm drives the second arm to rotate around the shaft toward the first opening, so that the second arm drives the battery to be withdrawn from the housing through the first opening.
The above contents of the present disclosure will become more readily apparent to those ordinarily skilled in the art after reviewing the following detailed description and accompanying drawings, in which:
The present disclosure will now be described more specifically with reference to the following embodiments. It is to be noted that the following descriptions of preferred embodiments of this disclosure are presented herein for purpose of illustration and description only. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to be limited to the precise form disclosed.
The housing 3 includes a plurality of side walls 31 and a bottom plate 32. The plurality of side walls 31 are connected with each other and form a cuboid structure. The plurality of side walls 31 are connected with the bottom plate 32, respectively, and disposed around the edge of the bottom plate 32. The plurality of side walls 31 and the bottom plate 32 collaboratively define an accommodation space 34 disposed in the housing 3 and including a first opening 33. The battery 2 is disposed in the accommodation space 34 through the first opening 33. The first opening 33 is corresponding in position to the bottom plate 32, and the first opening 33 and the bottom plate 32 are located in two opposite sides of the housing 3. In this embodiment, the plurality of side walls 31 include a first side wall 31a, a second side wall 31b, a third side wall 31c and a fourth side wall 31d. The first side wall 31a and the second side wall 31b are located in two opposite sides of the housing 3. The third side wall 31c and the fourth side wall 31d are located in two opposite sides of the housing 3. The third side wall 31c and the fourth side wall 31d are located between the first side wall 31a and the second side wall 31b. Moreover, the first side wall 31a further includes at least one second opening 35 in fluid communication with the accommodation space 34. For example, the at least one second opening 35 includes two second openings 35, as shown in
The fixing part 5 is disposed in the housing 3, and two ends of the fixing part 5 are connected with the third side wall 31c and the fourth side wall 31d, respectively. The shaft 4 is disposed on the fixing part 5, and the shaft 4 is disposed in and fixed to the housing 3 through the fixing part 5.
In this embodiment, the at least one lever part 6 is disposed in the housing 3. Preferably but not exclusively, the battery case structure 1 includes two lever parts 6. Each lever part 6 includes at least one first through hole 61, a first arm 62 and a second arm 63. The first arm 62 includes a main body 621 and two extension portions 622. The main body 621 of the first arm 62 is connected with the second arm 63 and vertical to the second arm 63. The main body 621 includes a first surface 621a and a second surface 62 lb. The first surface 621a of the main body 621 of the first arm 62 faces to the accommodation space 34. The second surface 621b of the main body 621 of the first arm 62 faces the exterior of the housing 3. The two extension portions 622 are connected with two opposite sides of the main body 621, respectively. The two extension portions 622 are extended toward the accommodation space 34 of the housing 3.
The second arm 63 is disposed in the accommodation space 34. While the batteries 2 are disposed in the accommodation space 34, each second arm 63 is in contact with the bottom of a corresponding battery 2 of the two batteries 2 so as to support the battery 2, but not limited thereto. In this embodiment, each lever part 6 includes two first through holes 61. Each first through hole 61 is disposed on the corresponding extension portion 622 of the first arm 62. One end of the shaft 4 is penetrated through the two first through holes 61. Therefore, the lever part 6 is rotated around the shaft 4. The main body 621 of the first arm 62 is served as a force-exerting portion for receiving a force thereon selectively. While no force is applied on the main body 621 of the first arm 62 (for example the main body 621 of the first arm 62 of the lever part 6 as shown in the right side of
From above, the battery case structure 1 of the present disclosure includes a housing 3, a shaft 4, a fixing part 5 and at least one lever part 6. While the force from the accommodation space 34 toward the exterior of the housing 3 is applied on the main body 621 of the first arm 62 of the lever part 6, the main body 621 of the first arm 62 drives the second arm 63 to rotate around the shaft 4, so that second arm 63 drives the battery 2 to be withdrawn from the housing 3 through the first opening 33. By using the conventional battery case structure, the user needs to touch the battery in the battery case through two elongated openings on two opposite sides of the battery case and push the battery simultaneously. Comparing the conventional battery case structure with the battery case structure of the present disclosure, the user can withdraw the battery 2 from the battery case structure 1 by applying force on the main body 621 of the first arm 62 of the lever part 6 merely. Consequently, the operation of withdrawing the battery 2 from the battery case structure 1 is labor-saving and convenient.
In this embodiment, for allowing the user to apply the force on the main body 621 of the first arm 62 of the lever part 6, the cross sectional area of the second opening 35 is greater than the cross sectional area of the main body 621 of the first arm 62. Namely, the profile of the second opening 35 covers the profile of the main body 621 of the first arm 62, so that the main body 621 of the first arm 62 fails to cover the second opening 35 completely. Therefore, a space is reserved in the second opening 35 for allowing the tool of the user (for example one finger of the user) to apply the force. Hence, the user can utilize the tool to apply the force on the first surface 621a of the main body 621 of the first arm 62 through the space reserved in the second opening 35.
While the battery 2 is disposed in the accommodation space 34 completely, a part of the bottom of the battery 2 is in contact with the second arm 63. In some embodiments, the bottom of the battery 2 has a specific length. The length of the section of the second arm 63 in contact with the bottom of the battery 2 is equal to half of the specific length of the battery 2. Therefore, an end of the second arm 63 keeping away from the first arm 62 is in contact with a midpoint of a surface of the bottom of the battery 2. While the second arm 63 drives the battery 2 to move, the second arm 63 applies force on the midpoint of the bottom of the battery 2. Consequently, the battery 2 is withdrawn from the housing 3 along the direction perpendicular to the bottom plate 32 of the housing 3 for avoiding the oblique of the battery 2, so that the battery 2 is withdrawn from the housing 3 easily. In some embodiments, the housing 3 includes a detachable cover 30. The cover 30 is detachably connected with the side walls 31 of the housing 3 and covers the first opening 33 to seal the accommodation space 34. While the battery 2 is disposed in the accommodation space 34 through the first opening 33 or the battery 2 is driven by the second arm 63 to be withdrawn from the housing 3, the cover 30 is detached from the housing 3. The accommodation space 34 is exposed to facilitate disposing the battery 2 in the accommodation space 34 through the first opening 33 or withdrawing the battery 2 from the accommodation space 34. In some embodiments, a side of the cover 30 is connected with one of the plurality of the side walls 31. The cover 30 is rotated around the side of the cover 30 connected with the side wall 31, so that the cover 30 is lifted off and the accommodation space 34 is exposed. While the battery 2 is disposed in the accommodation space 34 through the first opening 33 or the battery 2 is driven by the second arm 63 to be withdrawn from the housing 3, the user rotates the cover 30 and the accommodation space 34 is exposed to facilitate disposing the battery 2 in the accommodation space 34 through the first opening 33 or withdrawing the battery 2 from the accommodation space 34.
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Since the main body 621 of each first arm 62 is connected with the corresponding second arm 63, the main body 621 of each first arm 62 drives the corresponding second arm 63 to rotate around the shaft 4 toward the first opening 33, so that the two second arms 63 drive the two batteries 2 to be withdrawn from the housing 3 through the first opening 33, respectively. Since the two lever parts 6 drive the two batteries 2 to be withdrawn from the housing 3 simultaneously, the two batteries 2 are withdrawn simultaneously by one force exerted by the user. Consequently, the batteries 2 are withdrawn from the housing 3 conveniently. In some embodiments, the connection arm 7 and one of the two lever parts 6 are integrally formed into one piece. In other embodiment, the connection arm 7 and the two lever parts 6 are integrally formed into one piece.
From the above descriptions, the battery case structure of the present disclosure includes a housing, a shaft, a fixing part and at least one lever part. While the force from the accommodation space toward the exterior of the housing is applied on the main body of the first arm of the lever part, the main body of the first arm drives the second arm to rotate around the shaft, so that the second arm drives the battery to be withdrawn from the housing through the first opening. By using the conventional battery case structure, the user needs to touch the battery in the battery case structure through two elongated openings on two opposite sides of the battery case and push the battery simultaneously. Comparing with the conventional battery case structure with the battery case structure of the present disclosure, the user can withdraw the battery from the battery case structure by applying force on the main body of the first arm of the lever part merely. Consequently, the operation of withdrawing the battery from the battery case structure is labor-saving and convenient. Furthermore, the battery case structure of the present disclosure is locked and fixed on a din rail for providing electric power to an electric equipment disposed on the din rail. Preferably but not exclusively, the electric equipment is a power supply or a server.
While the disclosure has been described in terms of what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the disclosure needs not be limited to the disclosed embodiment. On the contrary, it is intended to cover various modifications and similar arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims which are to be accorded with the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and similar structures.
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201911084635.3 | Nov 2019 | CN | national |