Battery package

• US 6,427,841 B2
• Filed: 03/22/2000
• Issued: 08/06/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Shiota, Masatsugu, Ichikawa, Toru, Wani, Yoshiaki
• Primary Examiner(s): BUI, LUAN KIM
• Application Number:
  US09/532,783
• Publication Number:
  US 20010040115A1
• Time in Patent Office: 867 Days
• Field of Search: 206/703, 206/705, 206/461, 206/462, 206/467, 206/471, 206/486, 206/487, 206/476, 206/490, 206/806, 206/532
• US Class Current: 206/705
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2209/00 Provisions for used articles
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 75/36 one sheet or blank being recessed and the other formed of relatively stiff flat sheet material, e.g. blister packages , the recess or recesses being preformed B65D73/0057, B65D73/0092 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 206/806 Suspension

Abstract

A battery package is disclosed which permits only required batteries of a plurality of accommodated batteries to be removed and which can be used as a container after the battery package has been opened. The battery package incorporates a cover having a plurality of battery accommodating portions which are opened in either principal plane of the cover, each of which accommodates each battery and which are integrally formed with the cover such that the battery accommodating portions project inwards; and a mount bonded to the principal plane of the cover to seal openings of the battery accommodating portions, wherein each battery accommodating portion has a battery holding portion formed at a position more adjacent to the opening as compared with the center of the accommodated battery and structured to reduce the inner diameter of the battery accommodating portion as compared with the outer diameter of the battery.

Claims

1. A battery package comprising:

a cover having a plurality of battery accommodating portions for accommodating a corresponding plurality of batteries, each battery having an outer diameter, wherein each of said battery accommodating portions has an inner diameter and an opening in a principal plane of said cover, and wherein said battery accommodating portions are integrally formed with said cover such that said battery accommodating portions project inwards; and

a mount bonded to said cover at the principal plane of said cover to seal said openings of said battery accommodating portions, said mount comprising an unexposed non-fusible portion corresponding to each of said battery accommodating portions, for assisting in separation of said mount from said battery accommodating portions, wherein said non-fusible portion is located adjacent to said opening,

wherein each battery accommodating portion has one or more battery holding portions formed at a position substantially adjacent to said openings and structured to reduce the inner diameter of said battery accommodating portions as compared with the outer diameter of said batteries, and

said mount and said cover have holes having substantially the same shapes.

2. A battery package according to claim 1, wherein said battery holding portions are projections each of which is formed substantially adjacent to said openings of said battery accommodating portions, and which project inwards.

3. A battery package according to claim 1, wherein said mount has perforations formed at least among said plural battery accommodating portions.

4. A battery package comprising:

a cover having a plurality of battery accommodating portions for accommodating a corresponding plurality of batteries, each battery having an outer diameter, wherein each of said battery accommodating portions has an inner diameter and an opening in a principal plane of said cover, and wherein said battery accommodating portions are integrally formed with said cover such that said battery accommodating portions project inwards; and

a mount bonded to said cover at the principal plane of said cover to seal said openings of said battery accommodating portions, said mount comprising an unexposed non-fusible portion corresponding to each of said battery accommodating portions, for assisting in separation of said mount from said battery accommodating portions, wherein said non-fusible portion is located adjacent to said opening and along an outside edge of the package,

wherein each battery accommodating portion is formed to create a fixed space between said mount and said corresponding battery when said corresponding battery has been accommodated, such that said fixed space spans a distance which does not vary and said mount and said cover have holes having substantially the same shape.

5. A battery package according to claim 4, wherein each battery accommodating portion has one or more battery holding portions formed at a position substantially adjacent to said openings and structured to reduce the inner diameter of said battery accommodating portions as compared with the outer diameter of said batteries.

6. A battery package according to claim 4, wherein said mount has perforations formed at least among said plural battery accommodating portions.