JP2003173764A - Electric equipment with battery compartment - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To give a click feeling in an opening and closing operation of a lid body. <P>SOLUTION: With the electric equipment with the battery compartment 2 having a lid, a lid body 3 is provided with a leg part 4 which can slide along a wall face of the battery compartment and can rotate at a slide-open end, and concave parts 42, 43, 44 and a convex part 28 are formed each at the leg 4 side and the battery compartment 2 side which, engaging and disengaging each other, softly lock the leg part 4 at three positions of the lid body 3, of a fully closed position, the slide-open position, and a fully opened position after rotation from the slide-open position. The engaging and disengaging of the concave parts 42, 43, 44 with the convex part 28 gives a click feeling. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electric device such as a digital camera having a battery accommodating portion, and is particularly characterized by an opening / closing structure of a lid of the battery accommodating portion.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a lid of a battery accommodating portion of such a conventional electric device is slid open, and is rotated at an open position to be fully opened. However, in the lid mounting structure, there is no one that softly locks the lid at the fully closed position, the slide open position, and the fully open position rotated from the open position. Therefore, at these three positions, there is no feeling of stopping (clicking) of the lid, and there is no difference in opening / closing operation. In the fully closed position and the fully open position, the lid is prevented from further movement by some kind of stopper. However, since it freely moves from the fully closed position to the open direction or from the fully open position to the closed direction,
You cannot get a click feeling.

The present invention clarifies an electric device equipped with a battery accommodating portion in which a click feeling can be obtained at each of the fully closed position of the lid, the slide open position, and the fully open position rotated from the open position. To do.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a battery accommodating portion with a lid.
In the electric device including (2), the lid (3) is a battery accommodating portion.
(2) has a leg part (4) which is slidable along the wall surface and is rotatable at a slide open end, and the leg part (4) and the battery accommodating part
On the side of (2), there are recesses for engaging and disengaging the lid body (3) to softly lock the legs (4) at three positions: a fully closed position, a slide open position, and a fully open position rotated from the slide open position. The convex portion is formed.

[0005]

[Operations and effects] The protrusions and depressions of the main body (1) and the lid (3) are engaged at three positions: the fully closed position of the lid (3), the slide open position, and the fully open position rotated from the slide open position. Combined legs
Since (4) is softly locked, a click feeling can be obtained at the three positions in the opening / closing operation of the lid body (3), and the opening / closing operation is sharp and easy to use.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will be described below based on an embodiment of a digital camera. As shown in FIG. 1, a battery accommodating portion (2) with a lid is provided at one end of a main body (1) including a lens, a microcomputer, a CCD, a liquid crystal display device, various operation buttons and the like. FIG. 2A shows a battery housing part.
(2) The lid (3) is in a fully closed state, FIG. 2B is a state in which the lid (3) is slid outward, and FIG. 3C is a lid open state.
(3) shows a fully open state in which the slide open position is rotated by about 90 °. FIG. 3 shows a state in which the lid (3) is removed to expose the opening (25) side of the battery accommodating portion (2).

As shown in FIG. 4, the battery accommodating portion (2) has a main body.
Occupies about 1/2 of the length of (1), and the main cabinet
An outer wall (22) integrally formed with (10), an inner wall (21) separate from the main body cabinet, both side walls (23) (23) and a bottom wall shown in FIG. 9.
It is a flat body having (24) and having an open end on the slide opening side of the lid body (3), and is entirely made of synthetic resin.
Short shafts (26) project from the openings (25) of both side walls (23) (23). The shaft (26) is a round shaft and serves as a stopper (27) for preventing the lid body (3) described later from coming out of the slide open position.
And the central axis of rotation of the lid (3) in the fully open direction at the slide open position.

On both side walls (23) and (23) of the battery housing (2), the side walls (23) and (23) project outward from the side walls (23) and (23) at right angles below the shaft (26). Slide guide surface (23a) extending in the direction of
Is provided.

As shown in FIG. 4, the battery accommodating portion (2) has a side wall.
(23) At (23), the inner wall (21) side and the outer wall (22) are divided into two and joined by screws or the like, and the shaft (26) is attached to the side walls (23) and (23) on the outer wall (22) side. An opening (23b) is provided between the slide guide surface (23a) and the slide guide surface (23a). A convex portion (28) is formed outward on the side walls (23c) (23c) on the inner wall (21) side, and the side walls (23c) (23c) are fitted to the side walls (23) (23) on the outer wall (22) side. Insert the protrusion (28) into the opening (23
It is exposed to the outside from b). The convex portion (28) is formed long in the direction orthogonal to the sliding direction of the lid body (3).

As shown in FIG. 8, the slide guide surface (23
In a), an arcuate recess (29) is opened in the vicinity of the shaft (26), and the slide opening side end of the lid (3) of the recess (29) also comes out of the lid (3). It is a stopper (27) that serves as a stop.

The lid (3) which covers the battery housing (2) is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the main body cabinet (10) has a continuous shell on the front surface, both side surfaces and the end surface. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the opening (2) of the battery accommodating portion (2) of the lid (3) is
The mounting plate (5) is screwed and fixed to the inner surface of the wall plate (31) facing the (5), and both ends of the mounting plate (5) are mounted on both slide guide surfaces (23a) of the battery housing part (2). Two legs (4) and (4) are projected in parallel. The mounting plate (5) and the legs (4) and (4) are integrally formed of synthetic resin. The lid (3) has legs (4) (4)
Guide pieces (32) (32) to prevent elastic deformation of the outside of the
Is projected.

The leg portion (4) is slidably fitted between the shaft (26) of the battery accommodating portion (2) and the slide guide surface (23a). leg
The tip of (4) is formed with a curved portion (41) curved in a quarter arc so that the leg (4) can be caught by the shaft (26) when the slide portion is pulled out. The tip end of (41) is provided with protrusion-like stoppers (45) (45) that can be caught by the shaft (26) and the stopper (27) of the battery accommodating portion (2). The curved portion (41) at the tip of the leg portion (4) is not limited to a 1/4 circular arc, and can be a lid body.
When (3) is slid in the opening direction, it can be caught by the shaft (26), and it can be 1/4 or more or 1/4 or less. However, if the shaft (26) is bent to make a half turn, a slide space must be secured as much as it extends above the shaft (26) of the bending portion, which is disadvantageous for downsizing the digital camera. On the other hand, if the curvature is too small, the shaft (26) is not easily caught, and the leg (4) may be inadvertently disengaged from the battery housing (2) when the lid (3) is opened. There is Legs (4)
It is desirable that the tip has a curved portion (41) in an approximately 1/4 circular arc.

Three concave portions, that is, a first concave portion (42), a second concave portion (43) and a third concave portion (44) are formed on the surfaces of the leg portions (4) (4) facing each other. The recesses (42), (43) and (44) are to be engaged with and disengaged from the protrusions (28) on the battery accommodating portion (2).
(42) is a position corresponding to the convex portion (28) at the fully closed position of the lid body (3), and the second concave portion (43) is a convex portion at the slide open position of the lid body (3).
The third concave portion (44) is provided at a position corresponding to the convex portion (28) at a fully opened position where the lid body (3) is rotated by about 90 ° from the slide opened position. The recesses (42), (43) and (44) are formed in a round bottom groove shape so as to correspond to the protrusions (28).

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the lock means (6) for the lid body (3) is provided on the lid body (3). Locking means (6)
Is a finger hook piece (62) on the lid body (3), a slide plate (61) that can be hooked to the main body cabinet, and the mounting plate (5).
The slide plate (61) is provided on the upper side and is configured by a soft locking piece (52) that softly locks the slide plate (61) at two positions, a lock position and an unlock position.

The lid (3) is a wall plate to which the mounting plate (5) is attached.
The (31) has a horizontally long hole (33), and the boss (62a) protruding from the back of the finger-holding piece (62) fits into the hole (33) from the outside and can slide to the left and right. Have been deployed to. Boss (62a)
Is exposed to the inner surface of the wall plate (31), and the groove (6
A part of the slide plate (61) is fitted in 2b), and the finger hooking piece (62) and the slide plate (61) are fixed by screwing.

The slide plate (61) is formed by punching out a metal plate, and has a hooking piece (61c) at one end that can be hooked at a proper position in the main body cabinet. Also, at the side edge of the slide plate (61) along the sliding direction, the slide plate (61)
First notch for positioning two positions in the sliding direction
(61a) and the second notch (61b) are formed.

In the hole (51) of the lid body (3), a soft locking piece (52) is projected from the edge of the hole so as to partition the hole into upper and lower parts.
Two notches (61a) in the slide plate (61) at the free end of (52)
A hump portion (52a) that can be selectively engaged with the (61b) is formed. As shown in FIG. 10A, the bump (52a) is attached to the slide plate (61).
When it is fitted in the second notch (61b) of the hook, the hooking piece (61c)
Does not engage the main body cabinet and is in the unlocked state, and the hooking piece (61c) has the first notch as shown in FIG. 10B.
In the state of being fitted in (61a), the hooking piece (61c) is engaged with the main body cabinet, and the sliding of the lid body (3) in the opening direction is blocked, and the lock state is established.

In the hole (51) of the lid (3), as shown in FIG. 9, the battery (7) housed in the battery housing (2) is placed in the battery housing.
A cushion material (53) for pressing is fitted into the bottom wall (24) of (2) and is adhesively fixed to the wall plate (31) of the lid body (3).

In order to open the lid 3 in the locked state shown in FIGS. 2A and 10B, the finger hook 62 is slid to unlock the slide plate 61 as shown in FIG. 10A. Move to position. Slide plate with finger hooks (62)
The sliding operation of (61) is performed by elastically deforming the soft locking piece (52), and elastically returning the soft locking piece (52) to the notches in the notches (61a) (61b).
A click feeling can be obtained by the engagement of (52a). Even if the lid (3) is unlocked, the legs of the lid (3)
Since the convex portion (28) on the battery accommodating portion (2) is fitted and softly locked in the first concave portion (42) of (4), the lid body (3) slides carelessly and the main body ( It does not stick out from 1).

Next, as shown in FIG. 2B, the lid 3 in the softly locked state is slid and pulled out. It has a light resistance and can be pulled out stably. The convex portion (28) is the second concave portion of the leg portion (4).
While being fitted into (43), the curved portion (41) at the tip of the leg portion (4) hits the shaft (26) which is the stopper (27) on the battery accommodating portion (2),
Further sliding of the lid body (3) is blocked, and the lid body (3) stops at the slide open position.

Next, as shown in FIG. 2C and FIG.
(3) pop out and lift the tip, and center the shaft (26) on the legs.
The lid (3) including (4) is rotated 90 °. The leg portion (4) rotates while the circular arc surface (41a) is in sliding contact with the slide guide surface (23a) of the battery accommodating portion (2), and the two stoppers (45) at the tip of the leg portion (4) are rotated.
Of the (45), one stopper (45) is the slide guide surface (23
a) It penetrates into the upper recessed portion (29) and hits the stopper (27) which is the edge of the recessed portion (29) to stop. The other stopper (45)
Remains in sliding contact with the shaft (26). At the same time, the convex portion (28) on the battery accommodating portion (2) fits into the third concave portion (44) of the leg portion (4).

To close the lid body (3), contrary to the above, the lid body (3) is rotated in the original direction, then the lid body (3) is slid and pushed into the main body (1) side, Slide and lock the finger rest (62). Even in the closing operation of the lid body (3), the convex portion (28) separated from the third concave portion (44) of the leg portion (4) has the second concave portion (43) at the slide open position of the lid body (3). ), The lid
At the fully closed position of (3), they are fitted into the first recesses (42) and softly locked respectively.

As described above, the convex portion (28) on the battery accommodating portion (2)
And the recesses (42), (43) and (44) of the lid (3) are at the fully closed position of the lid (3),
Since the legs (4) are softly locked by engaging at the slide open position and the fully open position rotated from the slide open position, the click feeling is generated at the 3 position when the lid (3) is opened and closed. The opening and closing operations are sharp and easy to use.

From the fully open position of the lid (3), the lid is forcibly
When (3) is pulled outward with a strong force, the stoppers (45) and (45) at the tips of the legs (4) are elastically deformed, and the legs (4) slide on the guide surface.
It can be removed from between (23a) and the shaft (26), and on the contrary, the leg (4) is moved between the slide guide surface (23a) and the shaft (26).
It is also possible to fit it by force.

As in the present embodiment, the curved portion (4
1/4 so that 1) does not protrude above the upper end of the shaft (26)
By curving it into an arc, it is possible to minimize the space required when the leg portion (4) slides on the slide guide surface (23a), which is advantageous for downsizing the digital camera.

In the embodiment, the leg portion (4) is provided with recesses (42) (43) (4).
4), the battery accommodating portion (2), that is, the main body (1) side, the recesses (42) (43) (4
Although the detachable protrusion (28) is provided in (4), the same effect can be obtained by replacing the recess of the leg (4) with the protrusion and the recess on the main body side with the protrusion.

The present invention is not limited to a digital camera, and can be carried out by any electric device provided with a battery accommodating portion with a lid, etc. within the scope of the claims. Deformation is possible.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a digital camera.

2A is a perspective view of the lid body in a fully closed state, FIG. 2B is a slide open state, and FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a digital camera with a lid omitted.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view showing that the battery housing has a two-part structure.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which the lid is turned upside down.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the above.

7A and 7B show movements of legs of the lid, FIG. A is a fully closed state of the lid, FIG. B is a slide open state, and C is a perspective view showing the position and posture of the legs in a fully open state.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing the posture of the legs in a fully opened state.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of a battery housing portion.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory view of a lock release position of a slide plate of a lock means, and FIG. 10 is an explanatory view of a lock position.

[Explanation of symbols]

(1) Main body (2) Battery compartment (28) Convex part (3) Lid (4) Leg (42) First recess (43) Second recess (44) Third recess (6) Locking means

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. An electric device comprising a battery accommodating part (2) with a lid, wherein a lid (3) is slidable along a wall surface of the battery accommodating part (2) and rotatable at a slide open end. Department
(4), the leg (4) and the battery accommodating portion (2) side are engaged with and disengaged from each other, and the lid (3) is in a fully closed position, a slide open position, and a full open position rotated from the slide open position. An electric device comprising a battery accommodating portion in which concave portions and convex portions for softly locking the legs (4) are formed at three positions. 2. A stopper (27) (4) for preventing the lid (3) from falling off from the main body (1) of the electric equipment main body (1) and the leg portion (4).
An electric device comprising the battery accommodating portion according to claim 1, which is provided with 5). 3. Stoppers on the body (1) side and on the legs (4) respectively
The battery housing according to claim 2, wherein at least one of (27) and (45) is made of synthetic resin, and the lid (3) can be removed by elastically deforming the stopper by applying a strong force. Electrical equipment with parts. 4. The two leg portions (4) (4) are provided in parallel along the sliding direction of the lid body (3), and a concave portion or a convex portion is formed on both leg portions. An electric device comprising the battery housing according to any one of 1. 5. The leg portion (4) is curved so that the tip end thereof forms a substantially quarter arc, and the curved portion (41) is attached to a shaft (26) provided on the main body side.
The slide opening position of the lid (3) is determined by hitting the
An electric device comprising a battery accommodating portion according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the lid body (3) rotates about the (26) and fully opens. 6. A common mounting plate for the outer ends of both legs (4) (4).
It is connected to (5) and the lid (3) is attached to the mounting plate (5) as a main body.
An electric device comprising a battery accommodating portion according to claim 4 or 5, to which lock means (6) for locking to (1) is attached. 7. A cushion material for pressing the battery (7) in the battery housing (2) from the opening side of the battery housing (2) on the lid (3).
The electric device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, to which (53) is attached.