Power supplying apparatus for a connecting apparatus and a video tape recorder having a built-in camera

• US 5,568,198 A
• Filed: 06/06/1995
• Issued: 10/22/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sakurai, Nobumasa, Okayasu, Yoshisada, Mitsui, Hidero
• Primary Examiner(s): Greening, Wendy
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ho, Tuan V.
• Application Number:
  US08/468,311
• Time in Patent Office: 504 Days
• Field of Search: 348/207, 348/372, 348/373, 348/374, 348/375, 348/376
• US Class Current: 348/372
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 31/006 with video camera or receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/51 Housings

Abstract

A built-in camera type video tape recorder can be loaded on a connecting apparatus for connecting the built-in camera type video tape recorder having video signal, audio signal, and control signal terminals and a power supply connecting terminal to other electrical machinery and apparatus. It comprises a supporting member formed at one side wall of the built-in camera type video tape recorder and having a shutter member, the shutter member being opened in a ganged relation with a shutter which is opened when the built-in camera type video tape recorder is loaded on the connecting apparatus, and a terminal portion facing an opening portion of the shutter member and the supporting member and being electrically connected to a signal input and output portion projected from the opening portion opened when a shutter of the connecting apparatus is opened. A connecting apparatus for connecting such a built-in camera type video tape recorder comprises an apparatus body being connected to the other electrical machinery and apparatus via a cable, an input and output terminal portion for connecting respective terminals of the built-in camera type video tape recorder to the apparatus body, the built-in camera type video tape recorder being loaded onto the apparatus body, a shutter mechanism for opening a shutter provided on the apparatus body by a slide operation, and a terminal portion for electrically connecting the signal input and output terminal portion.

Claims

1. A power supplying apparatus for a built-in camera video tape recorder for supplying power to a connecting apparatus connecting the built-in camera video tape recorder having a video signal terminal, an audio signal terminal, a control signal terminal, and a power supply connecting terminal to another electrical apparatus, said power supplying apparatus comprising:

a) a terminal portion for supplying power to said connecting apparatus upon which said built-in camera video tape recorder is mounted;

b) a guide portion for guiding said power supplying apparatus within said connecting apparatus so that said power supplying apparatus is accommodated into an accommodating compartment within said connecting apparatus; and

c) a battery connecting portion for receiving a battery pack and for recharging said battery pack.

2. The power supplying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said battery connecting portion includes a shutter member for protecting an electrode pin when said shutter member is closed and for exposing said electrode pin to connect said electrode pin to a battery terminal on said battery pack when said shutter member is opened.

3. The power supplying apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said battery connecting portion includes a battery connecting locking ratchet and a concave portion for detecting a kind and capacity of a battery.

4. The power supplying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said battery connecting portion includes a battery connecting locking ratchet and a concave portion for detecting a kind and capacity of a battery.

5. The power supplying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said power supplying apparatus is releasably retained within said connecting apparatus.

6. The power supplying apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a connection cord for connecting said built-in camera video tape recorder to said power supplying apparatus, said connection cord including a slide shutter member for opening and closing a tab member and a switch that is energized or disabled in a ganged relation with a slide operation of said shutter member.

7. The power supplying apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a connection cord for connecting said built-in camera video tape recorder to a DC output of said power supplying apparatus, said connection cord including a slide shutter member and a set of contacts at one end of said cord, said slide shutter exposing said set of contacts upon insertion of said one end of said cord into said built-in camera video tape recorder.

8. The power supplying apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said DC output from said power supplying apparatus recharges a battery pack which is attached to said built-in camera video tape recorder.

9. The power supplying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said power supplied to said connecting apparatus recharges a second battery pack which is attached to said built-in camera video tape recorder.

10. The power supplying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein power supplying apparatus receives receives AC power and said terminal portion supplies said connecting apparatus with DC power.

11. A power supplying apparatus for a built-in camera video tape recorder for supplying power to a connecting apparatus connecting the built-in camera video tape recorder having a video signal terminal, an audio signal terminal, a control signal terminal, and a power supply connecting terminal to another electrical apparatus, comprising:

a) a terminal portion for supplying power to said connecting apparatus upon which said built-in camera video tape recorder is mounted;

b) a guide portion for guiding said power supplying apparatus within said connecting apparatus so that said power supplying apparatus is accommodated into an accommodating compartment within said connecting apparatus;

(c) a battery connecting portion having a power charging function on said power supplying apparatus; and

(d) a connection cord for connecting said built-in camera video tape recorder to said power supplying apparatus, said connection cord including a slide shutter member for opening and closing a tab member and a switch that is energized or disabled in a ganged relation with a slide operation of said shutter member;

wherein said battery connecting portion includes a battery connecting locking ratchet and a concave portion for detecting a kind and capacity of a battery.