BATTERY PACK WITH OUTPUT CONNECTORS

• US 20120262109A1
• Filed: 04/10/2012
• Published: 10/18/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: TOYA, Shoichi, Nakasho, Toshiki
• Application Number:
  US13/443,203
• Publication Number:
  US 20120262109A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/108
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/44 Methods for charging or discharging circuits for charging H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2200/00 Safety devices for primary or secondary batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2220/20 Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

The casing 2 has a planar bottom plate 22, a top plate 21 disposed opposite and separated from the bottom plate 22, and perimeter walls 23 that establish an enclosed storage space 25. The internal battery 1, the receiving coil 5, and the circuit board 4 are disposed in the storage space 25. The internal battery 1 is circular cylindrical batteries 1A disposed parallel to the bottom plate 22 along the inside surfaces of perimeter side-walls 23A. The receiving coil 5 is a planar coil disposed on the inside surface of the bottom plate 22 at the bottom of the storage space 25. The circuit board 4 is disposed inside the top plate 21 separated from the receiving coil 5, and a heat dissipating region 26 is established in the space surrounded by the circuit board 4, the receiving coil 5, and the internal battery 1.

Claims

1. A battery pack with output connectors that can be placed on a charging pad having a transmitting coil, which transmits charging power via magnetic induction, comprising:

a receiving coil that receives power from the transmitting coil when the battery pack is in place on the charging pad;

internal battery that is charged by power induced in the receiving coil;

output connectors for use of the battery pack as a power source to output internal battery power to the outside;

a circuit board carrying a charging circuit to charge the internal battery with power induced in the receiving coil; and

a casing to house the circuit board, the receiving coil, and the internal battery,

wherein the casing has a planar bottom plate for placement on the charging pad, a top plate disposed opposite and separated from the bottom plate, and perimeter walls made up of side-walls and end-panels along the sides and ends of the bottom plate and top plate;

storage space is established in the region enclosed by the bottom plate, the top plate, and the perimeter walls;

the internal battery, the receiving coil, and the circuit board are disposed in the storage space,

wherein the internal battery is circular cylindrical batteries disposed inside the storage space lying parallel to the bottom plate along the inside surfaces of the side-walls,

wherein the receiving coil is a planar coil disposed on the inside surface of the bottom plate, which is the bottom of the storage space, and

wherein the circuit board is disposed inside the top plate separated from the receiving coil, and a heat dissipating region is established inside the battery pack surrounded by the circuit board, the receiving coil, and the internal battery.

2. The battery pack with output connectors as cited in claim 1 wherein cushion material is disposed between the receiving coil and the circular cylindrical batteries.

3. The battery pack with output connectors as cited in claim 1 wherein the circuit board is disposed below the top of the internal battery, which is below the level of a line tangent to the tops of the circular cylindrical batteries.

4. The battery pack with output connectors as cited in claim 1 wherein the planar receiving coil is disposed outside the bottom of the internal battery, which is below the level of a line tangent to the bottoms of the circular cylindrical batteries.

5. The battery pack with output connectors as cited in claim 1 wherein a pair of internal battery is disposed in the storage space of the casing, and each battery is disposed in a side of the storage space to establish the heat dissipating region between the pair of internal battery.

6. The battery pack with output connectors as cited in claim 1 wherein a pair of internal battery is disposed in the sides of the casing storage space, and the receiving coil is disposed between peaks at the bottom of the internal battery.

7. The battery pack with output connectors as cited in claim 1 wherein a single internal battery is disposed in one side of the casing storage space, and the heat dissipating region is established on the other side of the internal battery.

8. The battery pack with output connectors as cited in claim 1 wherein a push-button switch is mounted on the upper surface of the circuit board, and an operating section to turn the push-button switch ON and OFF is provided in the top plate of the casing above the push-button switch.