Claims
- 1. An internal battery holding structure in mobile equipment comprising:a case having a battery housing portion; an internal battery to be accommodated in the battery housing portion; and a battery cover to be attached to cover the battery housing portion, wherein the internal battery is formed to have a shape of an almost rectangular parallelepiped, includes: an electrode terminal provided on one of ends in a vertical direction thereof; and an engagement projection provided on the other end in the vertical direction, wherein the battery housing portion is concaved to have the shape of the almost rectangular parallelepiped in the case, includes: a pressing connector provided on one of ends in a vertical direction thereof; and a battery hook for pressing the engagement projection interlockingly with a sliding operation from a release position to a lock position on the other end in the vertical direction, whereby the electrode terminal to abut on the pressing connector and fixing the internal battery to the battery housing portion by sliding the battery hook from the release position to the lock position to press the engagement projection.
- 2. An internal battery holding structure in mobile equipment according to claim 1,wherein the engagement projection has a taper face in the vertical direction, and the taper face is pressed by the sliding operation of the battery hook, whereby the internal battery is slid in the vertical direction.
- 3. An internal battery holding structure in mobile equipment according to claim 2, wherein a flat face is formed on a tip of the taper face and the battery hook abuts on the flat face in the lock position thereof.
- 4. An internal battery holding structure in mobile equipment according to claim 1,wherein the battery hook has a second taper face in the vertical direction, wherein the engagement projection is pressed by the second taper face during the sliding operation whereby the internal battery is slid in the vertical direction.
- 5. An internal battery holding structure in mobile equipment according to claim 4, wherein a second flat face is formed on the tip of the second taper face and abuts on the engagement projection with the battery hook set in the lock position.
- 6. An internal battery holding structure in mobile equipment according to claim 1, wherein the battery cover slides the battery hook and holds the battery hook in the lock position thereof by an attachment operation.
Priority Claims (1)
Number |
Date |
Country |
Kind |
2000-100875 |
Mar 2000 |
JP |
|
Parent Case Info
This application claims the benefit of International Application Number PCT/JP01/02892, which was published in English on Oct. 11, 2001.
PCT Information
Filing Document |
Filing Date |
Country |
Kind |
PCT/JP01/02892 |
|
WO |
00 |
Publishing Document |
Publishing Date |
Country |
Kind |
WO01/75988 |
10/11/2001 |
WO |
A |
US Referenced Citations (4)
Number |
Name |
Date |
Kind |
5457376 |
Chong et al. |
Oct 1995 |
A |
5825158 |
Wei |
Oct 1998 |
A |
5905632 |
Seto et al. |
May 1999 |
A |
5933330 |
Beutler et al. |
Aug 1999 |
A |
Foreign Referenced Citations (2)
Number |
Date |
Country |
0 712 226 |
May 1996 |
EP |
2 325 696 |
Dec 1998 |
GB |