Electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10797278-B2
Application number	US-201615549947-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 8, 2016
Priority date	Feb 10, 2015
Publication date	Oct 6, 2020
Grant date	Oct 6, 2020

Abstract

In a tape printing device including a battery housing portion, the battery housing portion includes a housing portion main body and a battery lid-which cover an opening portion of the housing portion main body, and the opening portion includes a top surface opening portion facing the bottom surface of the housing portion main body, a front surface opening portion which is formed on one peripheral wall of four peripheral walls of the housing portion main body and continues to the top surface opening portion, and reaches the bottom surface or the vicinity of the bottom surface.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a battery housing portion, wherein the battery housing portion includes
a housing portion main body and
a lid body which covers an opening portion of the housing portion main body,

wherein the opening portion includes
a top surface opening portion which faces a bottom surface of the housing portion main body, and
a peripheral surface opening portion which is formed on one peripheral wall of four peripheral walls intersecting the bottom surface of the housing portion main body, continues to the top surface opening portion, and reaches the bottom surface or the vicinity of the bottom surface,

wherein the battery housing portion is configured to mount a secondary battery,
wherein the housing portion main body includes
a secondary battery terminal which is positioned on a terminal surface of the housing portion main body and is configured to extract electric power from the secondary battery that is mounted through the peripheral surface opening portion,
a pair of guide portions which are configured to engage with guide grooves of the secondary battery and are configured to receive an urging force from the secondary battery terminal, and
a terminal protection portion that faces the secondary battery terminal and is at least partially aligned with and spaced apart from the terminal surface such that the terminal protection portion and the terminal surface are configured to extend along opposite sides of the secondary battery, wherein the terminal protection portion is configured to prevent the secondary battery from being mounted through the top surface opening portion.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the lid body includes a top surface covering portion which covers the top surface opening portion and a peripheral surface covering portion which covers the peripheral surface opening portion, and
wherein the lid body opens and closes the opening portion in a snap-in manner.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the housing portion main body includes a pedestal portion that provides the terminal surface and the secondary battery terminal and a pair of battery support portions that extends in the mounting direction of the secondary battery and along the peripheral surface opening portion, and the pedestal portion and the pair of battery support portions configure a gap between the secondary battery and the bottom surface of the housing portion main body, wherein the gap extends along the peripheral surface opening portion.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a handle portion which includes a finger insertion space facing the peripheral surface opening portion and supports the electronic device, and
wherein a length of the finger insertion space is shorter than a length of the secondary battery in the mounting direction of the secondary battery.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the battery housing portion is configured to mount a primary battery in a posture orthogonal to the mounting direction of the secondary battery in place of the secondary battery, and
wherein the housing portion main body includes a primary battery terminal that is configured to extract electric power from the primary battery that is mounted through the top surface opening portion.

6. The electronic device according to claim 5 ,
wherein the length of the secondary battery in the direction intersecting the mounting direction is formed to be shorter than the length in the mounting direction of the primary battery,
wherein the primary battery terminal is provided on the other two peripheral walls intersecting one peripheral wall, and
wherein a protective partition wall which protects the primary battery terminal protrudes from the other two peripheral walls spaced by the width of the secondary battery.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6 ,
wherein a positive side terminal of the primary battery terminal is provided in a shallow groove recessed in the other peripheral walls.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a printing portion which prints on a printing tape,
wherein the printing portion is held and operated.

9. The electronic device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a printing portion which prints on a printing tape,
wherein the printing portion is held and operated.

10. The electronic device according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a printing portion which prints on a printing tape,
wherein the printing portion is held and operated.

11. The electronic device according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a printing portion which prints on a printing tape,
wherein the printing portion is held and operated.

12. The electronic device according to claim 5 , further comprising:
a printing portion which prints on a printing tape,
wherein the printing portion is held and operated.

13. The electronic device according to claim 6 , further comprising:
a printing portion which prints on a printing tape,
wherein the printing portion is held and operated.

14. The electronic device according to claim 7 , further comprising:
a printing portion which prints on a printing tape,
wherein the printing portion is held and operated.

15. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the battery housing portion is configured to mount a primary battery through the top surface opening portion and the secondary battery through the peripheral surface opening portion in place of the primary battery, wherein the housing portion main body includes a primary battery terminal for the primary battery, wherein the primary battery terminal is positioned on the other two peripheral walls intersecting one peripheral wall.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Shintani Akihiro

Classifications

• H01M50/267

  having means for adapting to batteries or cells of different types or different sizes · CPC title

• H01M50/213

  adapted for cells having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic (H01M50/209, H01M50/216 take precedence) · CPC title

• H01M50/256 Primary

  Carrying devices, e.g. belts · CPC title

• B41J3/4075 Primary

  Tape printers; Label printers · CPC title

• H01M2220/30

  Batteries in portable systems, e.g. mobile phone, laptop · CPC title