ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND BATTERY PACK

• US 20110189519A1
• Filed: 10/05/2010
• Published: 08/04/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Kohmoto, Yoshinori, Iwata, Takeshi
• Application Number:
  US12/898,348
• Publication Number:
  US 20110189519A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 429/100
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/02 Details of electrodes H01M4/00; of non-active parts H01M50/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/204 Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes: an electronic component; a battery pack configured to supply power to the electronic component; and a battery holder configured to receive the battery pack, wherein a first face of the battery holder opposing to a second face of an outside wall of the battery pack is formed to comprise a beam, and wherein the second face of the battery pack is formed to include a slit that is fitted with the beam.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

an electronic component;

a battery pack configured to supply power to the electronic component; and

a battery holder configured to receive the battery pack,

wherein a first face of the battery holder opposing to a second face of an outside wall of the battery pack is formed to comprise a beam, and

wherein the second face of the battery pack is formed to comprise a slit that is fitted with the beam.

2. The apparatus of claim 1,

wherein the battery pack comprises one or more battery cells, and

wherein the slit is formed so as to avoid interference with the battery cells.

3. The apparatus of claim 2,

wherein the battery pack comprises first and second battery cells that are arranged in a first direction, and

wherein the slit is formed on a line that is obtained in the second face when a boundary between the first and second battery cells is projected onto the second face in a second direction that intersects the first direction and is directed to the second face.

4. The apparatus of claim 2,

wherein the slit is formed so as to extend across a region that is obtained in the second face when a positive pole terminal of one of the battery cells is projected onto the second face in the second direction.

5. The apparatus of claim 2,

wherein the battery cells are formed in cylindrical shape.

6. A battery pack configured to be received in a battery holder of an electronic apparatus, the battery pack comprising:

a slit configured to be fitted with a beam that is formed in the battery holder.

7. The battery pack of claim 6 further comprising:

one or more battery cells,

wherein the slit is formed so as to avoid interference with the battery cells.

8. The battery pack of claim 7,

wherein the battery cells are formed in cylindrical shape.