Portable telephone battery pack and portable telephone equipped with the battery pack

• US 20030181226A1
• Filed: 12/11/2002
• Published: 09/25/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kaoru Kawata, Kunio Nakaoka, Masashi Okabe, Yutaka Ishihara
• Original Assignee: Kaoru Kawata, Kunio Nakaoka, Masashi Okabe, Yutaka Ishihara
• Inventors: Kawata, Kaoru, Ishihara, Yutaka, Okabe, Masashi, Nakaoka, Kunio
• Application Number:
  US10/297,846
• Publication Number:
  US 20030181226A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/572
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0262 for a battery compartment
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files

Abstract

The present invention relates to a battery pack for a personal digital assistance such as a mobile telephone, and to a personal digital assistance such as a mobile telephone on which the battery pack is mounted. The present invention incorporates non-telephone functions, for instance, data storing, and audio information reproduction, makes available at least of which even with the battery pack is not connected to the personal digital assistance body, and forms a simple pack by wrapping a storage cell and the protection circuit for the storage cell with an insulation material to form the battery pack by overlaying the simple pack with the upper lid.

Claims

1. In a battery pack for personal digital assistance which is connected to the personal digital assistance body as a main operation power supply, incorporating non-telephone functions together with a power supply.

2. The battery pack for mobile telephone according to claim 1, wherein said battery pack is formed by sandwiching and holding a board which is integrated with said upper lid and a non-telephone function circuit mounted thereon, and a storage cell between the upper lid and the lower lid.

3. The battery pack for personal digital assistance according to claim 1, wherein said battery pack is formed by overlaying a simple pack made by wrapping an insulator around a storage cell and the protection circuit of the storage cell, and the upper lid.

5. The battery pack for mobile telephone according to claim 1, wherein a memory built in the battery pack incorporates, as non-telephone functions, a function for storing data transferred from the mobile telephone body or another information terminal, or a function for transferring the data stored in said memory to the mobile telephone body or another information terminal.

6. The battery pack for personal digital assistance according to claim 5, wherein said battery pack has a board and a storage cell mounted between the upper lid and the lower lid, and a guide for memory card provided in said board, and wherein the memory is formed of a memory card.

7. The battery pack for mobile telephone according to claim 1, wherein said battery pack incorporates, as non-telephone functions, an audio information reproducing function for converting digitized audio information into analog data, and for outputting it to the outside.

8. A mobile telephone on which the battery pack for mobile telephone of claim 1 is mounted.

4. A battery pack for mobile telephone which is connected to the mobile telephone body as a main operation power supply, comprising a power supply, and incorporating non-telephone functions at least part of which is executable, even if the battery pack is removed from the mobile telephone body.