| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 439500000 | ENERGY CELL SUBSTITUTION DEVICE INCLUDING PLURAL CONTACTS (E.G., JUMPER) OR WITH SUPPORT MEANS FOR ENERGY CELL | 20 |
| 20080268700 | Electronic device connector system - An electronic device connector system, comprising a connector member having a plurality of spaced-apart conductive inserts, at least one of the plurality of spaced-apart inserts comprising a plurality of separate conductor portions. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080268701 | Battery connector - A battery connector comprises a terminal block and a first and second terminal received in the terminal block. The terminal block comprises a base, a first protecting wall and a second protecting wall. The base, the first and second protecting wall together defines a receiving chamber. The first protecting wall defines at least a flange; the second protecting wall defines at least a resilient retaining arm relative to the flange. Under the cooperation of the flange and the resilient retaining arm, a reliable electrical connection is established between the first terminal, the second terminal and a coin battery. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080280484 | Power Converter for Battery Powered Devices - A device is disclosed herein for converting a battery powered device to electrical power without modifying the original device. The device is self-contained having the approximate shape and size of one of the batteries normally used The device comprises a DC power jack enclosed in the housing which connects two conductive terminals configured to match the shape and size of the battery's terminals. When two or more batteries are needed to power the device, dummy cells can be used to fill the battery compartment. A standard AC to DC converter can be plugged directly into the device without the need of additional equipment. Because the device accepts power from a standard AC to DC converter, it can be used to provide any output in voltage equal to that supplied by the plurality of batteries being replaced. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080280485 | Battery connector - A battery connector comprises a terminal block and a first and second terminal received in the terminal block. The terminal block comprises a mounting face, a mating face opposite to the mounting face and a receiving cavity locating between the mounting face and the mating face. The first terminal comprises a plate-shaped base, a tail portion extending downwardly from the base, a retaining portion extending upwardly from the base and a resilient arm extending outwardly from the plane in which the base locates. The retaining portion comprises a narrowed elastic arm and a locking portion extending from the elastic arm. By this mean, the battery connector is capable of securely engaging with a coin battery. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090017673 | BATTERY CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED CONTACT - A battery connector ( | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090017674 | Battery connector with reinforcing members - A battery connector ( | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090023331 | BATTERY CONNECTOR - A battery connector has an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals and a holding bracket. The terminals are mounted in the insulative housing and each terminal has a contacting portion extending out of the insulative housing. The holding bracket covers the insulative housing and has a top portion, two side portions and two protective portions. The protective portions are formed on and protrudes forwards respectively from the side portions and extend forwards relative to the front of the insulative housing. The terminals are protected by the protective portions and would not permanently deformed by a battery pressing against the terminals. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090068880 | STRUCTURES OF TERMINALS AND COMPONENT-TO-BE-LOADED - Terminal structures for electric connection between a battery pack and a video camera. The video camera has a main body side terminal and the battery pack has a battery side terminal for joining with the main body side terminal. Terminal pieces of the main body side terminal are insert-molded on an upper frame body having integrally molded guide pieces to sandwich the terminal pieces. Terminal members are insert-molded on a terminal case having guide grooves that correspond to the guide pieces. By engaging the guide pieces with the guide grooves, the main body side terminal and the battery side terminal are properly positioned. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090124118 | BATTERY TERMINAL CONNECTOR - A cable connector having a one-piece body with a termination end for terminating an electrical cable and a clamping end for clamping to a terminal post is provided. The cable connector's clamping end may include a pair of spaced apart deformably movable clamping arms for supporting the terminal post therebetween. A lever attached to the movable arms may also be provided where the lever may be actuable between a first position urging the arms towards one another to clamp the clamping end to the terminal post and a second position urging the arms apart so as to unclamp the arms from the terminal post to permit removal of the connector body from the terminal post. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090156052 | Battery connector with contact terminal having improved retaining force - A battery connector adapted to hold a battery, comprises an insulative housing, a first conductive contact and a second conductive contact. The insulative housing defines a receiving chamber which having a horizontal bottom. The first conductive contact comprises a retention portion retained in the periphery of the receiving chamber, a resilient portion extending in a horizontal direction from the retention portion and pivotal about an axis of the retention portion along a vertical direction, a hook portion extending from a distal end of the resilient portion, and a spring arm extending from a location adjacent the distal end of the resilient portion. The second conductive contact is disposed in the bottom and having a resilient contacting portion for electrically engaging with the battery. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090247004 | BATTERY CONNECTOR - A battery connector includes an insulating body and a conductive terminal. The conductive terminal is disposed within a receiving space of the insulating body, and includes a fixing portion, a U-shape contacting portion, an elastic portion, and a leaning portion. The fixing portion is fixed within the receiving space. The U-shape contacting portion has a slot defining two U-shape elastic arms. The U-shape elastic arms protrude from an opening of a sidewall of the insulating body. The elastic portion connects between one end of the U-shape contacting portion and the fixing portion. The leaning portion connects with the other end of the U-shape contacting portion. A width of the leaning portion is larger than that of the opening, and the leaning portion leans against the sidewall near the opening. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100087088 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack for an electric appliance has a base body, a locking device for locking the base body to the electric appliance, at least one contact element for producing an electrical contact with the electric appliance, and a contact holding unit for holding the contact element. The locking device and the contact holding unit are fastened to the base body by a shared fastening module. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100173519 | Battery-Operated Appliances - Battery operated appliances are provided. Some appliances include a housing defining a chamber having an interior wall, electronics within the chamber, a battery cover, and a closing system including (a) a first electrically conductive member secured to the battery cover, and (b) a second electrically conductive member secured to the interior wall of the housing and configured to engage the first electrically conductive member and thereby mechanically secure the battery cover to the housing while also establishing electrical contact between the first and second electrically conductive members. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20110014812 | THERMAL IMAGING DEVICE WITH A BATTERY PACK WITH A SHOCK ABSORBER - A thermal imaging device includes a replaceable battery pack, which may include a shock absorbing and/or seal member. A battery portion of the battery pack includes an electrical contact and a sidewall that contains at least one battery cell, which is electrically coupled to the contact. An attachment mechanism of the battery pack is configured to engage a portion of a housing of the device, such that a portion of the battery pack forms a terminal end of the device, the battery portion is held within the portion of the housing, and the electrical contact of the battery portion is operably connected to the imaging assembly of the device. The attachment mechanism is releasable from engagement with the housing, such that an entirety of the battery pack can be completely separated from the thermal imaging device. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110081801 | Power Supply Device - A power supply device includes at least one virtual battery connector installed at an end of the electric output line, an anode and a cathode, such that the power adapter can convert an AC power into a DC power, and transmit the DC power to an anode and a cathode of the virtual battery connector through the electric output line. If the virtual battery connector is installed into a battery compartment of an electric appliance, the virtual battery connector will be able to substitute a battery generally available in the market for supplying the DC power to the electric appliance. The way of using the virtual battery connector as a power supply interface of the electric appliance not just reduces the battery consumption substantially, but also achieves the environmental protection effect. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20120276773 | METHOD FOR CONNECTING CELL OUTGOING CONDUCTORS AND BATTERY ARRANGEMENT - A method for connecting cell outgoing conductors of a first and a second cell. Here, a connection between the first and second cell outgoing conductors is produced by means of a connecting apparatus, which includes a first and a second component. At the same time, however, the first and second components also have the function of pre-bending the cell outgoing conductor of the first and second cells, respectively, in order thus to enable a particularly low physical height of the cell outgoing conductor arrangement. A system according to the invention includes a first and a second cell, which have cell outgoing conductors that are connected and shaped in this way. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20130090006 | Compact adapter to be used as a battery substitute - A compact adapter for providing electrical power to a battery-operated device. The power is derived when the adapter is connected to a common and widely-used AC-DC transformer. The highly portable adapter universally replaces the need for batteries and can be quickly installed in the battery compartment where a battery would otherwise be placed. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20140004737 | BATTERY HOLDER | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140045367 | BATTERY SYSTEMS FOR PERSON SUPPORT APPARATUS - A system for removably mounting at least one battery on a person support apparatus is disclosed. Various latching mechanisms and locations for mounting are disclosed. A recharging station for recharging the battery is disclosed. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20160006147 | CABLE CONNECTING STRUCTURE OF BATTERY PACK - A cable connecting structure of a battery pack, the battery pack which is provided in a vehicle, the cable connecting structure includes: a plurality of cable side connectors which are provided at ends of a plurality of cables, respectively, and which are connected to the battery pack; and a plurality of battery pack side connectors to which the cable side connectors are detachably mounted, and which are arranged in parallel along a peripheral direction of a peripheral wall of the battery pack. In a state where the cable side connectors are mounted to the battery pack side connectors, portions of the cables which are respectively withdrawn from the cable side connectors are extended along the peripheral wall. | 01-07-2016 |
