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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 08002683', 'Application No. 04808130', 'Application No. 11171626', 'Application No. 13185940', 'Application No. 13185959', 'Application No. 11171633', 'Application No. 11171633', 'Application No. 12173409', 'Application No. 15197996', 'Application No. 2003']

US Patent # 9,419,260. Battery device and electronic apparatus - Patents.com
United States Patent 9,419,260
Takeshita , et al. August 16, 2016
Takeshita; Toshio (Kanagawa, JP), Tashiro; Kei (Kanagawa, JP), Kondou; Takashi (Aichi, JP), Tamesue; Yoshihito (Aichi, JP)
Family ID: 1000002043426
14/641,017
US 20150179988 A1 Jun 25, 2015
14328969 Jul 11, 2014 9034515
14046453 Oct 4, 2013 8802280
13839580 Mar 15, 2013 8617741
13481359 May 25, 2012 8461799
13240973 Sep 22, 2011 8432127
12845437 Jul 28, 2010 8048553
11858654 Sep 20, 2007 7794867
10550535 7306878
PCT/JP2004/019780 Dec 24, 2004
Dec 26, 2003 [JP] 2003-433927
Current CPC Class: H01M 2/1055 (20130101); H01M 2/02 (20130101); H01M 2/0202 (20130101); H01M 2/0237 (20130101); H01M 2/1066 (20130101); H01M 2/30 (20130101); H01M 10/42 (20130101); H01M 10/46 (20130101); H01M 2220/30 (20130101)
Current International Class: H01M 2/02 (20060101); H02J 7/00 (20060101); H01M 2/10 (20060101); H01M 2/30 (20060101); H01M 10/42 (20060101); H01M 10/46 (20060101)
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This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 14/328,969, filed Jul. 11, 2014, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 14/046,453, filed Oct. 4, 2013, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/839,580, filed Mar. 15, 2013, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,617,741, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/481,359, filed May 25, 2012, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,461,799, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/240,973, filed Sep. 22, 2011, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,432,127, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/845,437, filed Jul. 28, 2010, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,048,553, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/858,654, filed Sep. 20, 2007, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,794,867, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/550,535, filed Sep. 20, 2006, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,306,878, the entire contents of each of which is incorporated herein by reference. U.S. application Ser. No. 10/550,535 is a National Stage of PCT/JP2004/019780, filed Dec. 24, 2004, which is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2003-433927, filed Dec. 26, 2003.
1. A battery, comprising: opposing front and rear sides provided in a length direction; opposing right and left sides provided between the front and rear sides in a width direction; opposing top and bottom sides provided between the front and rear sides, and between right and left sides in a thickness direction; contact pieces including a positive piece and a negative piece provided at the bottom side near the front side; front locking pieces provided at both sides of the contact pieces in the width direction and projected from both sides in the width direction; an angled surface provided between one of the front locking pieces and the contact pieces, the angled surface is angled such that the angled surface nears the contact pieces as the angled surface gets away from the bottom side; an end surface provided at the rear side to be engaged with a locking hook provided at a battery attachment section of an electronic equipment to regulate a movement of the battery in the length direction.
2. The battery according to claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of terminal ribs that separate each piece of the contact pieces.
3. The battery according to claim 1, further comprising: a projection provided at the front side and projected from the front side.
5. The battery according to claim 1, further comprising: a second rib provided between the contact pieces and the angled surface, the second rib having a surface extending in the length direction and the thickness direction.
7. The battery according to claim 1, further comprising: a cut portion provided at the rear side, the cut portion including the end surface.
8. The battery according to claim 1, further comprising: rear locking pieces provided at the rear side and projected from both sides in the width direction.
9. The battery according to claim 1, wherein the front locking pieces are projected from side surfaces of the right and left side.
10. The battery according to claim 5, wherein the contact pieces are arranged at the middle of the width direction of the battery, and the contact pieces, the second rib, the angled surface, and one of the front locking piece are arranged in order from the contact pieces to outside of the battery in the width direction.
11. The battery according to claim 1, wherein the front locking pieces extend in the length direction, and a corner of the front locking piece at the front side is chamfered.
12. The battery according to claim 1, wherein a movement of the battery in the width direction is regulated by the locking hook.
13. The battery according to claim 1, wherein the battery includes a body section and a bottom section.
15. The battery according to claim 1, wherein the battery is for supplying power to an imaging apparatus.
16. The battery according to claim 1, wherein the battery is for being received in a battery attachment section of an imaging apparatus.
As shown in FIG. 19, the battery apparatus 100 has the battery-side terminal 14, a rechargeable battery section 12, the control circuit board 16, the identification section 18. The battery charger 400 has the attachment section-side terminal 32, the detection means 40, a charging section 307, the control section 308.
If the determination result in step S14 is positive ("Y"), the control section 308 controls the charging section 306 so as to perform a charging operation based on quick charge (step S16). If the determination result in step S14 is negative ("N"), the control section 308 controls the charging section 306 so as to perform a charging operation based on normal charge (step S18).
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