Portable electrical power supply device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9923394-B2
Application number	US-201514931412-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 3, 2015
Priority date	Nov 3, 2014
Publication date	Mar 20, 2018
Grant date	Mar 20, 2018

Abstract

A portable electrical power supply device includes a battery, cables and a female connector to which is attached a cover aimed at attaching the connector to the battery. This cover notably attaches the female connector and the battery as such. This gives a compact, consistent and rigid assembly. No separate handling operations need to be planned to insert the female connector into the male connector and insert the battery into its housing. Besides, in at least certain embodiments, the rigid cover is shaped so that it does not take up a volume greater than that of the battery without a cover.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A portable electrical power supply device for electronic apparatus comprising:
a female connector comprising at least two electrical contacts situated in the connector;
at least two cables connected to the at least two electrical contacts situated in the female connector;
a battery connected to the at least two cables, said battery being a solid of revolution; and
a cover attached to the battery and rigidly binding said female connector to said battery;
said cables and said female connector being substantially tangential to a surface of said battery, and said female connector comprising holes that extend substantially perpendicularly to an axis of revolution of said battery.

2. The portable electrical power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein said cover comprises a first part having a shape that is substantially complementary to a shape of said battery and a second part having a shape that is substantially complementary to a shape of said female connector.

3. The portable electrical power supply device according to claim 2 , wherein the cover comprises a third part defining a reception housing for holding the at least two cables.

4. The portable electrical power supply device according to claim 2 , wherein said first part of said cover partially covers said battery.

5. The portable electrical power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein said at least two cables each comprise a first part that is connected to said battery and is oriented substantially in parallel to said axis of revolution of said battery, and a second part that is connected to said female connector and is oriented so as to be substantially perpendicular to said axis of revolution of said battery.

6. The portable electrical power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein said female connector is a locking connector.

7. A method comprising:
connecting a portable electrical power supply device to an electronic apparatus, the portable electrical power supply device comprising a cover attached to a battery and rigidly binding a female connector to said battery that is connected to at least two cables, themselves connected to at least two electrical contacts situated in the female connector, said electronic apparatus comprising a male power supply connector and a reception housing for the battery, wherein connecting comprises:
motion of translation of said battery so as to insert said battery into said reception housing for said battery; and
after the motion of translation, motion of rotation of said battery within said reception housing for said battery until connection of said female connector into said male power supply connector.

8. A method comprising:
disconnecting a portable electrical power supply device from an electronic apparatus, the portable electrical power supply device comprising a cover attached to a battery and rigidly binding a female connector to said battery that is connected to at least two cables, themselves connected to at least two electrical contacts situated in the female connector, and said electronic apparatus comprising a male power supply connector and a reception housing for the battery, wherein disconnecting comprises:
motion of rotation of said battery within said reception housing for said battery until disconnection of said female connector from said male power supply connector; and
after the motion of rotation, motion of translation of said battery so as to extract said battery from said reception housing for said battery.

Assignees

• Ingenico Group

Inventors

• Andre Jerome
• Demange Fabien
• Berthiaud Olivier

Classifications

• H02J7/751 Primary

  concerning the insertion or the connection of the batteries · CPC title

• H01M2/30

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01M2/06

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H02J7/0045 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title