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Granted Patent B2
US 10,923,870 · App. 16/737,736 · Granted Feb 16, 2021

Care unit

Inventor: Junichi Hoshino (Shiga, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
H01R33/06H01R13/26H01R13/405H01R13/631H02J7/0045A61C17/0202A61C17/22A61C2204/002
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Patent No.
US 10,923,870
App. No.
16/737,736
Granted
Feb 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The care unit according the present disclosure includes a care apparatus that includes a storage battery and a charging stand that is electrically connected to the care apparatus, and the care unit includes a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, a fourth terminal, a first cover, a second cover, a third cover, and a fourth cover. When the care apparatus is held in a predetermined position of the charging stand, the third cover is not in contact with the first cover in a radial direction orthogonal to an insertion direction of the first cover, and the fourth cover is not in contact with the second cover in a radial direction orthogonal to an insertion direction of the second cover.

Claims (17)

1. A care unit that includes a care apparatus and a charging stand, the care apparatus including a storage battery, the charging stand being electrically connected to the care apparatus, the care unit comprising:

a first terminal;

a second terminal;

a third terminal that is detachably connected to the first terminal;

a fourth terminal that is detachably connected to the second terminal;

a first cover having a cylindrical shape, the first cover including a first opening that allows insertion of the third terminal, and storing at least a part of the first terminal;

a second cover having a cylindrical shape, the second cover including a second opening that allows insertion of the fourth terminal, and storing at least a part of the second terminal;

a third cover having a cylindrical shape, the third cover including a third opening that allows insertion of the first cover, and storing at least a part of the third terminal; and

a fourth cover having a cylindrical shape, the fourth cover including a fourth opening that allows insertion of the second cover, and storing at least a part of the fourth terminal,

wherein when the care apparatus is held in a predetermined position of the charging stand, the third cover is not in contact with the first cover in a radial direction orthogonal to an insertion direction of the first cover, and the fourth cover is not in contact with the second cover in a radial direction orthogonal to an insertion direction of the second cover.

2. The care unit according to claim 1 , wherein

the first terminal is connected to the third terminal with a unidirectional biasing force only, and

the second terminal is connected to the fourth terminal with a unidirectional biasing force only.

3. The care unit according to claim 2 wherein an axis of a biasing direction of the first terminal is parallel to an axis of a biasing direction of the second terminal.

4. The care unit according to claim 1 , wherein two adjacent sides of each of a bounding rectangle of the first opening and a bounding rectangle of the second opening are different in length.

5. The care unit according to claim 1 , wherein the charging stand includes a guide that holds the care apparatus in a predetermined position.

6. The care unit according to claim 5 , wherein the guide includes a rotation regulating portion that regulates displacement of the care apparatus with respect to the charging stand in a rotation direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2020
From: HOSHINO, JUNICHI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052200/0134 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-014582 · Jan 30, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200244023A1 · Jul 30, 2020
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