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Patent application title:

Battery-securing structure with setting-cleared elements

Publication number:

US20070173109A1

Publication date:
Application number:

11/307,069

Filed date:

2006-01-23

✅ Patent granted

Patent number:

US 7,238,045 B1

Grant date:

2007-07-03

PCT filing:

-

PCT publication:

-

Examiner:

Chandrika Prasad

Adjusted expiration:

2026-01-23

Abstract:

A battery securing structure with setting-cleared elements for being integrally assembled and welded onto a main board is provided. The battery securing structure comprises an insulation body, a first elastic structure, a second elastic structure, and a plurality of setting-cleared elements. The insulation body has a battery engagement portion and a securing portion. The first elastic structure is disposed on the bottom of the battery engagement portion for being electrically connected to one electrode of the battery. In addition, the second elastic structure is disposed on lateral side of the battery engagement portion for being electrically connected to another electrode of the battery. Moreover, a plurality of the setting-cleared elements is disposed on the securing portion.

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Classification:

  1. Electricity
  2. Basic electric elements

H01M50/216 »  CPC main

Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the non-active parts of electrochemical cells other than fuel cells, e.g. hybrid cells; Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders; Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells characterised by their shape adapted for button or coin cells

H01M10/425 »  CPC further

Secondary cells; Manufacture thereof; Methods or arrangements for servicing or maintenance of secondary cells or secondary half-cells Structural combination with electronic components, e.g. electronic circuits integrated to the outside of the casing

H01R12/57 »  CPC further

Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCBs], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures characterised by the terminals surface mounting terminals

H01R13/2442 »  CPC further

Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups or -; Contact members; Contacts for co-operating by abutting resilient; resiliently-mounted with a single cantilevered beam

H01R13/7032 »  CPC further

Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups or -; Structural association with built-in electrical component with built-in switch operated by engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. dual-continuity coupling part; Shorting, shunting or bussing of different terminals interrupted or effected on engagement of coupling part, e.g. for ESD protection, line continuity making use of a separate bridging element directly cooperating with the terminals

H01R12/716 »  CPC further

Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCBs], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures co-operating with the surface of the printed circuit or with a coupling device exclusively provided on the surface of the printed circuit Coupling device provided on the PCB

H01R13/24 »  CPC further

Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups or -; Contact members; Contacts for co-operating by abutting resilient; resiliently-mounted

H05K3/301 »  CPC further

Apparatus or processes for manufacturing printed circuits; Assembling printed circuits with electric components, e.g. with resistor by means of a mounting structure

H05K3/301 »  CPC further

Apparatus or processes for manufacturing printed circuits; Assembling printed circuits with electric components, e.g. with resistor by means of a mounting structure

Y02E60/10 »  CPC further

Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation Energy storage using batteries

Y02E60/10 »  CPC further

Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation Energy storage using batteries

H01R3/00 IPC

Electrically-conductive connections not otherwise provided for

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of Invention

The present invention relates to a battery-secured structure and particularly to a battery-secured structure with a jumper.

3. Description of Related Art

In most main boards, a jumper for clearing the CMOS setting values is popularly disposed in order to facilitate a reset operation for users. Generally, the jumper attached with an operation instruction, is a 3-pin or 2-pin jumper and adjacent to the CMOS battery-secured structure of the main board. When the users connect the jumper cap to 2-pins labeled “CLR_CMOS,” various manual set parameters stored in the BIOS is restored to values preset prior to the delivery of the main board from a factory.

Moreover, pins of the CMOS battery-secured structure on the main board and pins of the jumper are all in DIP pins that can be plugged into a main board and welded thereon. As the length of the pins is too long, the assemblers may contact the two “CLR_CMOS” pins by a mistake, thereby causing a short circuit and further degrading performance of the assembly. Meanwhile, the jumper is adjacent to the battery-secured structure, but they are two separately-assembled independent structures and cannot be assembled integrally, thus causing inconvenience to the assemblers and increasing the assembly time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a battery-secured structure with a jumper, which can be integrally assembled and welded on a main board.

The present invention provides a battery-secured structure with a jumper, which comprises an insulation body, a first elastic structure, a second elastic structure, and a plurality of setting clear elements. The insulation body is provided with a battery engagement portion and a securing portion. The first elastic structure is disposed on the bottom of the battery engagement portion for being electrically connected to lateral electrode of a battery. Moreover, the second elastic structure is disposed on lateral side of the battery engagement portion for being electrically connected to another electrode of the battery. In addition, a plurality of setting-cleared elements is disposed on the securing portion.

In order to the make the aforementioned and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, a preferred embodiment accompanied with figures is described in detail as below.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 depicts a schematic stereogram of an electrode and a battery-secured structure with a jumper according to lateral preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 depicts a top view of the battery-secured structure with a jumper in FIG. 1; and

FIG. 3 depicts a bottom view of the battery-secured structure with a jumper in FIG. 1.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

FIG. 1 depicts a schematic stereogram of a battery and a battery-secured structure with a jumper according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 depicts a top view of the battery-secured structure with the jumper in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 depicts a bottom view of the battery-secured structure with the jumper in FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 1, the battery secured structure 100 with the jumper generally comprise an insulation body 110 made of plastics or insulating materials through injection molding for securing a button lithium battery 10 into a battery engagement portion 120 of the insulation body 110. The battery engagement portion 120 secures one end of the battery 10 by using a socket 122 and a pair of hooks 124 disposed above the socket. Then, the user pushes another end of the battery 10 downwardly into the battery engagement portion 120 to engage it under an embedment portion 132 of an elastic structure 130. When taking out the battery 10, the user only pulls the elastic structure 130 outwardly to allow the embedment portion 132 to be released from the battery 10.

Moreover, the above elastic structure 130 is a metal spring blade with the top thereof exposed at the lateral side of the battery engagement portion 120, such that during the engagement of the battery 10, the embedment portion 132 is electrically connected to the electrode 12 of the battery 10 and the lower end of the metal spring blade extends out of the bottom of the insulation body 110 after being bended (as shown in FIG. 3). Therefore, an end 134 of the metal spring blade can be welded on a circuit board (not shown) through Surface Mounting Technology (SMT) for conducting the electric power required by the CMOS of the circuit board.

As shown in FIG. 1, another elastic structure 140 is also a metal spring blade with the top thereof exposed at the bottom of the battery engagement portion 120, such that during the engagement of the battery 10, the another electrode 14 of the battery 10 can be electrically connected and the lower end of the metal spring blade also extends out of the bottom of the insulation body 110 after being bended. Therefore, an end 142 of the metal spring blade can also be flatly welded on a circuit board for conducting the electric power required by the CMOS of the circuit board.

It should be noted that the insulation body 110 of the present invention further comprises a securing portion 150 integrally formed with the battery engagement portion 120, for securing two or more setting-cleared elements 160. The setting-cleared elements 160 are metal pins with ends 162 flatly welded on the circuit board respectively after being bended (as shown in FIG. 3). When the two pins are conducted with the jumper cap or a metal piece (not shown) by the user, the operation of clearing the CMOS setting values is carried out, and thus various manual set parameters stored in the BIOS is restored to values preset prior to the delivery of the main board from a factory.

It can be known from the above illustration that two elastic structures 130, 140 and the a plurality of setting-cleared elements 160 can be flatly welded on the circuit board after being bended, thus avoiding the drawback of incorrectly connection of the conventional DIP pins due to their long length . Moreover, a single secured structure formed by attaching the setting-cleared elements 160 to the insulation body 110 of the battery-secured structure saves space and further eliminates the inconvenience of assembling the jumper and the battery-secured structure respectively, whereby the assembler can rapidly complete the assembly to save the considerable assembling time.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, the insulation body 110 can adopt an elevated structure with the plurality of fixing pin 112 such that the battery engagement portion 120 can be higher than the attached securing portion 150, facilitating the positioning and welding carried out by the assembler. However, the present invention is not limited to the shape and size of the insulation body 110.

Although the present invention is disclosed with preferred embodiments as above, it is not used to limit the present invention, and any one skilled in the art can make modifications and retouches without departing from the spirit and range of the present invention. Therefore, the contents of the present invention under protection depend on the following claims.

Claims

1. A battery securing structure with setting-cleared elements for mounting on a circuit board, comprising:

an insulation body, comprising a battery engagement portion and a securing portion connected thereto;

a first elastic structure, disposed on the bottom of the battery engagement portion for being electrically connected to one electrode of a battery;

a second elastic structure, disposed at the lateral side of the battery engagement portion for being electrically connected to another electrode of the battery; and

a plurality of setting-cleared elements, disposed on the securing portion.

2. The battery securing structure with setting-cleared elements as claimed in claim 1, wherein the setting-cleared elements are conducted to each other for clearing set values of a CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor).

3. The battery securing structure with setting-cleared elements as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first elastic structure is a metal spring blade and its end can be welded on the circuit board.

4. The battery securing structure with setting-cleared elements as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second elastic structure is a metal spring blade and its end can be welded on the circuit board.

5. The battery securing structure with setting-cleared elements as claimed in claim 1, wherein the setting clear elements are pins and their end can be welded on the circuit board.

6. The battery securing structure with setting-cleared elements as claimed in claim 1, wherein the insulation body further has a plurality of securing pins disposed under the battery engagement portion.

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