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Adaptor for mounting portable radio apparatus to moving body and charger for portable radio apparatus

  • US 5,189,358 A
  • Filed: 09/24/1991
  • Issued: 02/23/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/07/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An adaptor for a portable radio apparatus adapted to mount the portable radio apparatus to a moving body, the portable radio apparatus having a battery pack attached thereto, said battery pack being either a large-capacity battery pack or a small-capacity battery pack adapted to be mounted selectively, said large-capacity battery pack having a swelled bottom, a retaining slot formed in the bottom of both the large-capacity battery pack and that of the small-capacity battery pack, and a retaining slot formed in one end of the portable radio apparatus, said adaptor for the portable radio apparatus comprising:

  • a case for mounting the portable radio apparatus thereto, said case having a recess formed in a top thereof for receiving the swelled bottom of said large-capacity battery pack, said case further having a pair of guides for guiding both sides of the portable radio apparatus, a first projection adapted for engagement with the retaining slot of the portable radio apparatus, and a second projection adapted for engagement with the retaining slot of the battery pack, with openings being formed opposedly to each other in inner surfaces of said paired guides;

    a printed circuit board accommodated within said case, said printed circuit board having a charging circuit formed thereon;

    a pair of ratchets adapted to enter and have the openings formed in said guides, said ratchets each having a tapered portion whose thickness in the vertical direction is smaller at a first end thereof;

    urging means for urging said paired ratchets toward each other; and

    a pair of charging terminals connected electrically to the charging circuit on said printed circuit board and projecting from the top of said case.

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