Charger convenient for taking and placing battery

The charger with a U-shaped compartment and elastic lock buckle system addresses battery loosening and falling issues, ensuring secure charging and extended service life with a waterproof interface and display screen.

CN222215225UActive Publication Date: 2024-12-20CHINA STARWIN SCI & TECH CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202420546868.0
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-03-20
Publication Date
2024-12-20
Estimated Expiration
2034-03-20

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Technical Problem

Existing chargers face issues with batteries loosening or falling during charging due to loose or stuck locks, leading to charging interruptions and potential short circuits, especially for frequently used batteries.

Method used

A charger with a U-shaped battery compartment and an elastic lock buckle system that securely holds batteries of varying widths, featuring an automatically resetting mechanism to prevent loosening and falling, along with a waterproof charging interface and display screen for convenience.

Benefits of technology

The solution provides stable battery retention, reduces weight, and extends service life by preventing frequent opening and closing, while ensuring reliable charging connections and easy access.

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Abstract

The utility model provides a charger convenient for taking and placing a battery, and relates to the technical field of chargers, the charger comprises a box body, the box body comprises a battery compartment, and the battery compartment is provided with an accommodating cavity for accommodating the battery; the battery bin is a through U-shaped bin; the box body is not provided with an upper rear cover covering the battery compartment; an elastic lock catch capable of automatically resetting is arranged on one side wall of the accommodating cavity, and the elastic lock catch has two states of retreating from the lock hole of the battery and extending into the lock hole of the battery; at least one positioning piece for positioning a battery is arranged on the side wall of the U-shaped bin; the charging interface comprises a plurality of charging contacts used for being electrically connected with the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the battery; and the charging contact is arranged in the accommodating cavity. The charger capable of taking and placing the battery conveniently provided by the utility model has the advantages of stable battery state and long service life.
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Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of chargers, in particular to a charger with convenient battery access. Background Art

[0002] As battery-powered electrical devices become increasingly diverse, the market demand for chargers that are easy to take and put away batteries is also growing. In order to solve the portable charging of batteries, the prior art proposes a portable charging device that provides a charging interface, a power cord, and a container for accommodating / installing batteries. Among them, the containers for accommodating / installing batteries are currently common: a battery holder and a battery compartment similar to a storage box. Among them, when charging a battery holder charger, the battery is inserted into the battery holder, and the battery holder is connected to a power source to charge the battery. In this way, the battery is easy to loosen or fall off during the charging process, resulting in charging interruption and short circuit of the metal contacts of the battery. The charger using a battery compartment similar to a storage box usually forms a accommodating cavity inside through a box body and a box cover to accommodate the battery. The box cover can be opened and closed to open or close the accommodating cavity, which is convenient for taking and putting the battery, and can effectively prevent the battery from loosening or falling during the charging process. However, for some batteries that are used frequently, the storage box needs to be opened and closed frequently. Some storage boxes use a press-lock method to lock the lid, and the lid can be unlocked by pressing the lock. However, during actual use, the lock often gets stuck or loose, making it difficult to reset, which affects the closing and locking of the lid again. Utility Model Content

[0003] The utility model aims to provide a charger with convenient battery access, which adopts a latch to realize locking and unlocking of a rear cover and a battery compartment, has a long service life, and is easy to access the battery; the battery compartment adopted is a through U-shaped compartment, which is suitable for accommodating batteries of different widths, and prevents the battery from loosening and falling during the charging process.

[0004] In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model provides the following technical solutions:

[0005] The utility model provides a charger with convenient battery access, comprising:

[0006] A box body, the box body comprising a battery compartment, the battery compartment being provided with a receiving cavity for receiving a battery; the battery compartment being a through U-shaped compartment; an automatically reset elastic lock buckle being provided on a first side wall of the receiving cavity, the elastic lock buckle having two states of withdrawing from a lock hole of the battery and extending into a lock hole of the battery; at least one positioning member for positioning a battery being provided on a second side wall of the U-shaped compartment; the second side wall being arranged opposite to the first side wall;

[0007] A plurality of charging contacts for electrically connecting to the positive and negative electrodes of the battery; the charging contacts are arranged in the accommodating cavity.

[0008] Furthermore, in some embodiments of the utility model, a lock groove for accommodating the elastic lock is provided on one side wall of the accommodating cavity, the elastic lock includes a mounting plate, a lock tongue and an elastic member, one end of the elastic member is connected to the mounting plate, and the other end is connected to the side wall of the lock groove, and the lock tongue is provided on a side of the mounting plate away from the elastic member; the elastic member is compressed until the lock tongue withdraws from the accommodating cavity, which is an unlocked state, and the state in which the lock tongue extends into the accommodating cavity when the elastic member is not subjected to external force is a locked state.

[0009] Furthermore, in some embodiments of the present invention, the mounting plate is an L-shaped plate including a first section and a second section, and the locking tongue is arranged in the first section; the second section is provided with a pull head perpendicular to the second section.

[0010] Furthermore, in some embodiments of the present invention, the connection between the first section and the second section is smoothly transitioned; and / or

[0011] The side wall of the accommodating cavity where the locking groove is arranged has a smooth transition with the surface of the battery compartment.

[0012] Furthermore, in some embodiments of the present invention, the battery compartment is also provided with a clearance groove connected to the accommodating cavity; the clearance groove is arranged on the side wall of the accommodating cavity where the elastic lock buckle is arranged.

[0013] Furthermore, in some embodiments of the present invention, the charging contacts are located on the bottom surface of the U-shaped compartment.

[0014] Furthermore, in some embodiments of the present invention, a storage groove for storing battery cables is also provided on the bottom surface of the U-shaped bin.

[0015] Furthermore, in some embodiments of the present invention, a charging interface is also provided on one side of the battery compartment, and the charging interface is a waterproof plug provided in a sunken manner.

[0016] Furthermore, in some embodiments of the present invention, the waterproof plug is provided with a waterproof cap.

[0017] Furthermore, in some embodiments of the utility model, a display screen is also provided on the surface of the charger for convenient battery access, and the display screen is electrically connected to the charging interface and the charging contacts.

[0018] The utility model provides a charger with convenient battery access. The battery compartment is a through U-shaped compartment, and a rear cover is not provided. Instead, the side walls of the U-shaped compartment and positioning pieces and elastic lock buckles provided on the side walls of the U-shaped compartment are used, so that the battery can be stably fixed in the battery compartment, and it is not easy for the battery compartment to loosen and fall off like a battery holder during charging. The battery compartment can accommodate batteries of different widths, making it more adaptable and better. Moreover, since the battery compartment reduces the provision of the side walls and the rear cover, the weight can be reduced, making it easy to carry. Moreover, the problem of reduced service life due to frequent opening and closing of the rear cover can be avoided, thereby increasing the service life of the battery and making the battery easier to access. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0019] Figure 1~Figure 4 A schematic diagram of the structure of a charger with convenient battery access provided by some embodiments of the utility model;

[0020] Figure 5 A schematic diagram of the structure of a charger with convenient battery access provided by some embodiments of the utility model when assembling batteries;

[0021] Figure 6 A schematic diagram of the structure of a battery applicable to a charger with convenient battery access provided in some embodiments of the utility model;

[0022] Among them, 10-battery compartment, 11-positioning groove, 12-elastic lock buckle, 121-mounting plate, 1211-first section, 1212-second section, 122-lock tongue, 123-pull head, 13-accommodating cavity, 131-charging contact, 132-storage slot, 133-yield slot, 14-charging interface, 15-display screen, 20-battery, 21-locking groove, 22-positioning protrusion, 23-metal electrode. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0023] The technical solution of the utility model will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the embodiments. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the utility model, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the utility model.

[0024] The utility model provides a charger with convenient battery access. Figures 1 to 4 ,include:

[0025] The box body includes a battery compartment 10, and the battery compartment 10 is provided with a receiving cavity 13 for receiving a battery 20; the battery compartment 10 is a through U-shaped compartment; an automatically reset elastic lock buckle 12 is provided on the first side wall of the receiving cavity 13, and the elastic lock buckle 12 has two states of withdrawing from the lock hole of the battery 20 and extending into the lock hole of the battery 20; at least one positioning member for positioning the battery 20 is provided on the second side wall of the U-shaped compartment; the second side wall is arranged opposite to the first side wall;

[0026] A plurality of charging contacts 131 for electrically connecting to the positive and negative electrodes of the battery 20 ; the charging contacts 131 are disposed in the accommodating cavity 13 .

[0027] In the present invention, the battery compartment 10 is a through U-shaped compartment, which should be understood as follows: the U-shaped compartment includes a bottom surface and two opposite side surfaces, and the other two opposite side surfaces are not provided with side walls, so that batteries 20 of different widths can be accommodated in the U-shaped compartment.

[0028] The two states of the elastic lock buckle 12 are an unlocked state and a locked state, namely: when the elastic lock buckle 12 is in the unlocked state, the elastic lock buckle 12 withdraws from the lock hole of the battery 20, and the battery 20 can be easily put into / taken out of the battery compartment 10; when the elastic lock buckle 12 is in the locked state, the elastic lock buckle 12 extends into the lock hole of the battery 20, and the battery 20 cannot be easily put into / taken out of the battery compartment 10. The elastic lock buckle 12 realizes the change between the unlocked state and the locked state by the elasticity of the elastic lock buckle 12 or the deformation of the deformable elastic member provided in the elastic lock buckle 12.

[0029] It should be noted that, see Figure 6 The charger used in the utility model is suitable for a battery 20 with a positioning block on one side of the surface of the battery 20, and the positioning block matches the positioning member in number and structure. That is, when the positioning block is two positioning protrusions 22, the positioning member also corresponds to two positioning grooves 11; when the positioning block is two positioning grooves 11, the positioning member corresponds to two positioning protrusions 22. Preferably, the positioning block is a positioning protrusion 22, and the positioning member is a positioning groove 11.

[0030] In some embodiments, a lock slot for accommodating the elastic lock 12 is provided on one side wall of the accommodating cavity 13, and the elastic lock 12 includes a mounting plate 121, a lock tongue 122 and an elastic member, one end of the elastic member is connected to the mounting plate 121, and the other end is connected to the side wall of the lock slot, and the lock tongue 122 is provided on a side of the mounting plate 121 away from the elastic member; when the elastic member is compressed until the lock tongue 122 withdraws from the accommodating cavity 13, it is in an unlocked state, and when the elastic member is not subjected to external force, the lock tongue 122 extends into the accommodating cavity 13, it is in a locked state. Figure 5 When the battery 20 is placed in the accommodating cavity 13, the elastic member extends into the accommodating cavity 13 to press the battery 20 or extends into the locking groove 21 correspondingly arranged on the battery 20 to clamp the battery 20 so that the battery 20 is fixed in the accommodating cavity 13; when the battery 20 is placed in or needs to be taken out, the elastic member is pressed and withdraws from the accommodating cavity 13, so that the battery 20 can be easily placed in or taken out of the accommodating cavity 13.

[0031] The positioning groove 11 can be used to align the battery 20 when the battery 20 is installed, and can cooperate with the locking tongue 122 to lock the battery 20 to prevent the battery 20 from detaching from the battery compartment 10 when it is shaken or dropped during charging.

[0032] The elastic member may be a common elastic member, such as a spring or a spring sheet.

[0033] The locking tongue 122 may be made of a rubber elastic material, which may be deformed under pressure and reset when the external force is removed, so that it can not only be used to compress the battery 20 but also prevent the locking tongue 122 from damaging the battery 20 .

[0034] In some embodiments, the mounting plate 121 is an L-shaped plate including a first section 1211 and a second section 1212, and the locking tongue 122 is disposed in the first section 1211; the second section 1212 is provided with a pull head 123 perpendicular to the second section 1212. The pull head 123 is located on the surface of the battery compartment 10, so as to facilitate manually pushing the first section 1211 of the mounting plate 121 away from the accommodating cavity 13, so as to realize that the locking tongue 122 withdraws from the accommodating cavity 13 and unlocks the locked state of the battery 20.

[0035] In some embodiments, the connection between the first section 1211 and the second section 1212 is smoothly transitioned; and / or

[0036] The side wall of the locking groove provided in the accommodating cavity 13 is smoothly transitioned with the surface of the battery compartment 10 , so as to facilitate the sliding of the mounting plate 121 and also facilitate the taking out and putting in of the battery 20 .

[0037] In some embodiments, the battery compartment 10 is further provided with a clearance groove 133 connected to the accommodating cavity 13; the clearance groove 133 is arranged on the side wall of the accommodating cavity 13 where the elastic lock buckle 12 is arranged, and is used to manually buckle the battery 20 when it is in the unlocked state, making it easy to take and put the battery 20.

[0038] In other embodiments, an elastic buffer block made of elastic material and not higher than the charging contact 131 is further provided on the bottom surface of the accommodating cavity 13. The size of the elastic buffer block is smaller than the bottom surface area of ​​the accommodating cavity 13, so that there is a certain gap between the battery 20 and the bottom surface of the accommodating cavity 13, which can not only provide expansion space for the charging of the battery 20, especially the volume change of the lithium-ion battery 20 during the charging process, but also have a heat dissipation effect; furthermore, the elastic buffer block can also push the battery 20 upward by a certain space after the elastic lock 12 is unlocked, which is more conducive to taking and placing the battery 20.

[0039] In some embodiments, a charging port 14 is provided on one side of the battery compartment 10 , and the charging port 14 is a waterproof plug provided in a sunken manner.

[0040] In some embodiments, the waterproof plug is provided with a waterproof cap.

[0041] In some embodiments, a display screen 15 is further provided on the surface of the charger for convenient battery access, and the display screen 15 is electrically connected to the charging interface 14 and the charging contacts 131 .

[0042] In some embodiments, see Figure 6 The charging contact 131 is located on the bottom surface of the U-shaped compartment, so that when the battery 20 is pressed and fixed in the battery compartment 10, the metal electrode 23 on the battery 20 is also pressed to contact with the charging contact 131 and maintain its contact state, thereby avoiding unsuccessful or intermittent charging due to loose contact between the battery 20 and the charging contact 131.

[0043] It should be noted that, at this time, the metal electrode 23 of the battery 20 used for charging also needs to be arranged at a corresponding position on the corresponding side surface.

[0044] In some embodiments, the charging interface 14 is a waterproof plug that is sunken and provided with a waterproof cap. When the charging interface 14 is not in use, the dust cap is covered to protect the interface and extend its service life. The charging interface 14 is also provided with an insertion direction mark to avoid damage to the charger due to incorrect insertion.

[0045] In some embodiments, a display screen 15 is also provided on the surface of the battery 20 charger, and the display screen 15 is electrically connected to the charging interface 14 and the charging contacts 131, and is used to display the charge level of the battery 20 and indicate whether the charging is successful or not, so as to facilitate user observation.

[0046] In some embodiments, a storage groove 132 for storing the battery 20 wire is also provided on the bottom surface of the U-shaped compartment, so as to facilitate the storage of the wires attached to the battery 20.

[0047] Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the utility model, rather than to limit it. Although the utility model has been described in detail with reference to the aforementioned embodiments, ordinary technicians in the field should understand that they can still modify the technical solutions recorded in the aforementioned embodiments, or replace some or all of the technical features therein with equivalents. However, these modifications or replacements do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the utility model.

Claims

1. A charger that allows easy access to batteries. It is characterized in that include: A box body, the box body comprising a battery compartment, the battery compartment being provided with a receiving cavity for accommodating a battery; the battery compartment being a through U-shaped compartment; an automatically reset elastic lock buckle being provided on a first side wall of the U-shaped compartment, the elastic lock buckle having two states of withdrawing from a lock hole of the battery and extending into a lock hole of the battery; at least one positioning member being provided on a second side wall of the U-shaped compartment; the second side wall being arranged opposite to the first side wall; A plurality of charging contacts for electrically connecting to the positive and negative electrodes of the battery; the charging contacts are arranged in the accommodating cavity.

2. The battery charger with convenient access according to claim 1, It is characterized in that A lock groove for accommodating the elastic lock is provided on one side wall of the accommodating cavity. The elastic lock includes a mounting plate, a lock tongue and an elastic member. One end of the elastic member is connected to the mounting plate and the other end is connected to the side wall of the lock groove. The lock tongue is provided on a side of the mounting plate away from the elastic member.

3. The battery charger with convenient access according to claim 2, It is characterized in that The mounting plate is an L-shaped plate including a first section and a second section, and the locking tongue is arranged on the first section; the second section is provided with a pull head perpendicular to the second section.

4. The battery charger with convenient access according to claim 3, It is characterized in that The connection between the first section and the second section is smoothly transitioned; and / or The side wall of the accommodating cavity where the locking groove is arranged has a smooth transition with the surface of the battery compartment.

5. The battery charger with convenient access according to claim 1, It is characterized in that The battery compartment is also provided with a clearance groove communicated with the accommodating cavity; the clearance groove is arranged on the side wall of the accommodating cavity where the elastic lock buckle is arranged.

6. The battery charger with convenient access according to claim 1, It is characterized in that The charging contacts are located on the bottom surface of the U-shaped compartment.

7. The battery charger with convenient access according to claim 6, It is characterized in that A storage groove for storing battery cables is also provided on the bottom surface of the U-shaped bin.

8. The battery charger with convenient access according to claim 1, It is characterized in that It also includes a charging interface arranged on one side of the battery compartment, and the charging interface is a waterproof plug arranged downward.

9. The battery charger with convenient access according to claim 8, It is characterized in that The waterproof plug is provided with a waterproof cap.

10. The battery charger with convenient access according to claim 8, It is characterized in that The surface of the charger with convenient battery access is also provided with a display screen, and the display screen is electrically connected to the charging interface and the charging contacts.

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