Patent ID: 6563713
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: A63F,G06F

Abstract:
A power supply unit for a portable game machine comprising:a cover insertable in a battery chamber of a portable game machine, said cover having an enclosed chamber formed therein; a DC socket extending into said chamber of said cover and having a positive terminal and a negative terminal; and, a constant voltage circuit mounted on a circuit board, said constant voltage circuit having an input coupled to said DC socket and an output respectively coupled to a positive conductor and a negative conductor, said constant voltage circuit including a diode having an anode electrically coupled to said positive terminal of said DC socket and to a first terminal of a first resistor, a power transistor having a collector terminal electrically coupled to a cathode of said diode and an emitter terminal electrically coupled to said positive conductor, a voltage-stabilizing integrated circuit having a first terminal electrically coupled to a base terminal of said power transistor and to a second terminal of said first resistor, and a second terminal electrically coupled to said negative terminal of said DC socket, and a second resistor coupled in series with a third resistor, said series second and third resistor being coupled between said positive conductor and said negative conductor, said negative conductor being electrically coupled to said negative terminal of said DC socket and having an inverted U-shaped contour, said negative terminal having a flap formed on one end thereof affixed to said circuit board and an opposing end defining a contact surface exposed external to said chamber of said cover, said voltage-stabilizing integrated circuit having a third terminal coupled to a node between said second and third resistors, said first, second and third resistors having respective predetermined values for adjusting said voltage-stabilizing integrated circuit to provide a voltage of 3 volts DC between said positive and negative conductors responsive to a voltage ranging between 3 and 12 volts DC applied to said DC socket, said positive conductor being biased and formed by a coil spring having a first end coupled to said circuit board and a conductive bar having one end inserted into a second end of said coil spring, an opposing end of said conductive bar having a pole contact formed thereon of a diameter larger than a diameter of the other end, a portion of said positive conductor being disposed in a slide groove formed in said cover with said pole contact projecting from a side of said cover and being linearly displaceable against a bias force of said coil spring.