COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND BATTERY COVER

• US 20170070256A1
• Filed: 09/01/2016
• Published: 03/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: MARUYAMA, Kazuhiro, NAKAMURA, Kosuke, OKAMURA, Takanori, KUMAZAKI, Daisuke, FUJINO, Takaki
• Application Number:
  US15/254,348
• Publication Number:
  US 20170070256A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/212 using sensors worn by the player, e.g. for measuring heart beat or leg activity
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/285 Generating tactile feedback signals via the game input device, e.g. force feedback
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/98 Accessories, i.e. detachable arrangements optional for the use of the video game device, e.g. grip supports of game controllers
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 9/02 the power supply being a battery or accumulator
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/00 Aspects of power supply; Aspects of display protection and defect management
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/003 Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2220/30 Batteries in portable systems, e.g. mobile phone, laptop
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/216 adapted for button or coin cells
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3888 Arrangements for carrying or protecting transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0254 comprising one or a plurality of mechanically detachable modules
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0262 for a battery compartment
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/05 specially adapted for use on head, throat or breast
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/047 Vibrating means for incoming calls
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/048 Arrangements providing optical indication of the incoming call, e.g. flasher circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/20 Controlling the colour of the light
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 : Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

An exemplary configuration of a battery cover covers a battery accommodation portion in a main body of a communication apparatus to detach or attach a battery from or to the communication apparatus and includes a band threading portion through which a band member can pass, and an engagement portion detachably engaged with the main body of the communication apparatus.

Claims

1. A battery cover for covering a battery accommodation portion in a main body of a communication apparatus and to detach or attach a battery from or to the communication apparatus, the battery cover comprising:

a band threading portion through which a band member can pass; and

an engagement portion detachably engageable with the main body of the communication apparatus.

2. The battery cover according to claim 1, further comprising a part of at least one screwing mechanism configured to be screwed to the main body of the communication apparatus to fix the battery cover to the main body of the communication apparatus.

3. The battery cover according to claim 2, wherein

the part of the at least one screwing mechanism is a male screw thread that can be screwed to a female screw thread in the main body of the communication apparatus.

4. The battery cover according to claim 2, wherein

the part of the at least one screwing mechanism is a hole through which a male screw thread can be passed to be screwed to a female screw thread in the main body of the communication apparatus, and which has an inner diameter greater than a nominal diameter of the male screw thread.

5. The battery cover according to claim 2, wherein

the part of the at least one screwing mechanism is a female screw thread configured to be screwed to a male screw thread in the main body of the communication apparatus.

6. The battery cover according to claim 2, further comprising at least one latch portion configured to be latched with the main body of the communication apparatus when a positional relationship between the at least one latch portion and the main body of the communication apparatus satisfies a particular relationship, wherein

the battery cover is configured to be fixed to the main body of the communication apparatus by the at least one screwing mechanism and the at least one latch portion.

7. The battery cover according to claim 6, wherein

the part of one of the at least one screwing mechanism and one of the at least one latch portion are at positions on opposite sides via the battery accommodation portion when the one of the at least one screwing mechanism and the one of the at least one latch portion are attached to the main body of the communication apparatus.

8. The battery cover according to claim 7, wherein

a direction that connects a position of the part of the one of the at least one screwing mechanism and a position of the at least one latch portion is almost parallel with a passing-through direction of the band member when the band member is passed through the band threading portion.

9. The battery cover according to claim 2, wherein

a protruding piece is configured to be engaged with a protruding portion in the main body of the communication apparatus, and

the part of the at least one screwing mechanism is in the protruding piece.

10. The battery cover according to claim 1, further comprising

at least two threading holes in the band threading portion that are configured to pass the band member therethrough.

11. The battery cover according to claim 1, further comprising a band member passed through the band threading portion.

12. The battery cover according to claim 11, wherein

the band member is in a ring shape, and

the band member includes a size adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a size of the ring shape.

13. A communication apparatus capable of communicating with another apparatus, the communication apparatus comprising:

an engagement portion detachably engaged with one of a plurality of types of attachments in a selective manner;

a communicator configured to communicate with the other apparatus; and

a vibrator configured to vibrate in accordance with a signal received from the other apparatus.

14. The communication apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising:

a light-emitting diode; and

a light emission controller configured to control light emission of the light-emitting diode in accordance with the signal received from the other apparatus by the communicator.

15. The communication apparatus according to claim 14, wherein

the light-emitting diode is configured to emit light of a plurality of colors, and

the light emission controller is configured to control a light emission color of the light-emitting diode in accordance with the signal received from the other apparatus by the communicator.

16. The communication apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising an operation button on which a user can perform a pressing operation, wherein

the light-emitting diode is built into the operation button.

17. The communication apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising a single operation button on which a user can perform a pressing operation.

18. The communication apparatus according to claim 16, wherein

the communicator is configured to transmit a signal to the other apparatus indicating that the operation button is subjected to a pressing operation when the operation button is pressed.

19. The communication apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising a part of at least one screwing mechanism configured to be screwed to the attachment to fix the attachment to a main body of the communication apparatus.

20. The communication apparatus according to claim 19, further comprising at least one latch portion latched with the attachment by way of a positional relationship between the at least one latch portion and the attachment satisfying a particular relationship, wherein

the attachment is fixed to the main body of the communication apparatus by the at least one screwing mechanism and the at least one latch portion.

21. The communication apparatus according to claim 20, wherein

the part of one of the at least one screwing mechanism and one of the at least one latch portion are at positions on opposite sides of a battery accommodation portion of the main body of the communication apparatus covered by the attachment.

22. The communication apparatus according to claim 19, further comprising a protruding portion engaged with a protruding piece of the attachment, wherein

the part of the at least one screwing mechanism is in the protruding portion.

23. The communication apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising a battery accommodation portion configured to detach or attach a battery from or to the communication apparatus, wherein

the attachment is a battery cover configured to cover the battery accommodation portion, and

the engagement portion is detachably engaged with the battery cover.