Waterproof accommodating structure for battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9871237-B2
Application number	US-201615011744-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 1, 2016
Priority date	Sep 18, 2015
Publication date	Jan 16, 2018
Grant date	Jan 16, 2018

Abstract

A battery-accommodating waterproof container includes a housing, a transmission base, a battery-holding seat and a locking cover module. The housing has a first opening, a second opening and a plurality of wedging holes. The transmission base is fixed on the first opening, and has a bottom board, an electricity transferring seat and a bottom-sealing element disposed between the bottom board and the housing. The battery-holding seat is received in the housing for receiving a battery therein. The electricity transferring seat transfers electricity of the battery outside the transmission base. The locking cover module is disposed on the second opening of the housing, and has a covering lid, a plurality of locking tabs and a pushing unit. The pushing unit drives the locking tabs to respectively wedge in the wedging holes of the housing, so as to retain the battery-holding seat in the housing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A waterproof accommodating structure for a battery, comprising:
a housing, being hollow, having a first opening, a second opening opposite to the first opening, and a plurality of wedging holes close to the second opening;
a transmission seat, fixed to the first opening of the housing, having a base board, an electricity transferring seat disposed on the base board, and a base-sealing element disposed between the base board and the housing;
a battery-holding seat, received in the housing, the battery-holding seat has a receiving portion for receiving at least one battery, a output terminal set is arranged at one end of the receiving portion, a water-proofing section arranged at the other end of the receiving portion, and a top-end portion connected to the water-proofing section; wherein the electricity transferring seat electrically connecting to the output terminal set and transmit electrical power out of the transmission seat; and
a locking cover module, disposed on the second opening of the housing and contacted with the top-end portion, the locking cover module having a covering lid, a plurality of latching bolts movably disposed under the covering lid, and a pressing unit passing through the covering lid, wherein the pressing unit drives the latching bolts to wedge into the wedging holes of the housing, so as to block the battery-holding seat in the housing.

2. The battery-accommodating waterproof container as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the output terminal set further includes at least one elastic transmit-element disposed at a bottom of the battery-holding seat and elastically against the electricity transferring seat; thereby when the locking cover module is unlocked relative to the housing, the at least one elastic transmit-element pushes the battery-holding seat away from the housing.

3. The battery-accommodating waterproof container as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the at least one elastic transmit-element is electrically connected to the electricity transferring seat and the output terminal set.

4. The battery-accommodating waterproof container as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the transmission seat has a plurality of terminals fixed in the electricity transferring seat, and a wire set arranged at an outside of the base board and electrically connected to the terminals, wherein the terminals are contacted with the at least one elastic transmit-element.

5. The battery-accommodating waterproof container as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the battery-holding seat further includes a transit-terminal set disposed at the other end of the receiving portion.

6. The battery-accommodating waterproof container as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the water-proofing section includes a first sealing groove, a first sealing-element disposed in the first sealing groove and tightly contacted with an inner surface of the housing, a plurality of partition portions close to the first sealing groove, and a pair of first absorbent elements oppositely surrounding the partition portions, each of the first absorbent elements has a plurality of extension portions, the extension portions correspondingly extended into the partition portions.

7. The battery-accommodating waterproof container as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the water-proofing section further includes a second sealing groove formed at one side of the partition portions and opposite to the first sealing groove, a second sealing-element disposed in the second sealing groove and tightly contacting with an inner surface of the housing, a water-storing room formed between the first sealing groove and the battery-holding seat, and a second absorbent element received in the water-storing room.

8. The battery-accommodating waterproof container as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pressing unit further includes a plurality of oblique rods movably arranged at an inner side of the covering lid along a direction perpendicular to the covering lid, wherein the covering lid has a plurality of guiding portions at a bottom surface thereof, the guiding portions respectively guides the latching bolts to move along a direction parallel to the covering lid, whereby the oblique rods push the latching bolts to wedge into the wedging holes of the housing.

9. The battery-accommodating waterproof container as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the pressing unit further has a button-module passing through the covering lid and an elastic element, wherein the oblique rods are fixedly arranged at a periphery of the button-module, the elastic element provides the button-module a restoring force.

10. The battery-accommodating waterproof container as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the button-module includes a button, and a guiding rod disposed under the button, wherein the pressing unit has an oblique-pushing element, the oblique-pushing element having a connecting board, the oblique rods are obliquely extended from an edge of the connecting board, wherein the connecting board is arranged between the button-module and the guiding rod.

11. The battery-accommodating waterproof container as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the guiding rod has a block ring formed at a periphery thereof, the connecting board has a through hole, a top end of the guiding rod passing through the through hole and engaged with the button, the block ring contacted with a bottom surface of the connecting board.

12. The battery-accommodating waterproof container as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the covering lid has a plurality of hooks formed at a bottom surface thereof, the top-end portion of the battery-holding seat is formed with a plurality of latch sockets.

13. The battery-accommodating waterproof container as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the housing further includes a testing hole, and a sealing pad covered on the testing hole.

Assignees

• Lite On Technology Corp

Inventors

• Lu shan-yu
• Wang Ke-Cheng

Classifications

• H01M2220/30

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

• H01M50/514

  Methods for interconnecting adjacent batteries or cells · CPC title

• H01M2/1027

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01M2/1055

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01M2/204

  Electricity · mapped topic