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Granted Patent B2
US 11,215,316 · App. 16/860,355 · Granted Jan 4, 2022

Storage device

Inventors: Yuzuka Isobe (Osaka, JP); Yoshinari Matsuyama (Osaka, JP); Masaki Shikanai (Kanagawa, JP); Takeshi Kikuchi (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
F16M11/22B65D21/0204B65D21/0223H01M50/20
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Patent No.
US 11,215,316
App. No.
16/860,355
Granted
Jan 4, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A storage device includes a storage body, which includes a bottom surface, wall surfaces surrounding a storage space, a front opening portion and an upper opening portion such that a package body is enabled to be inserted into the storage space from a plurality of directions, a front guide, which is provided on the bottom surface in proximity to the front opening portion, and includes an inclined surface descending toward a surface on a back side of the storage space among the wall surfaces, and a rear guide, which is provided on the surface on the back side in proximity to the upper opening portion, and restricts upward movement of the package body stored in the storage space along the surface on the back side.

Claims (20)

1. A storage device comprising:

a storage body, which includes a bottom surface, wall surfaces surrounding a storage space, a front opening portion and an upper opening portion such that a package body is enabled to be inserted into the storage space from a plurality of directions;

a front guide, which is provided on the bottom surface in proximity to the front opening portion, and includes an inclined surface descending toward a surface on a back side of the storage space among the wall surfaces; and

a rear guide, which is provided on the surface on the back side in proximity to the upper opening portion, and restricts upward movement of the package body stored in the storage space along the surface on the back side,

wherein the bottom surface has provided thereon a coupling portion which is configured to fit in the package body, and

wherein the coupling portion is movably provided such that a coupling direction thereof is inclined forward in a direction toward the front opening portion before coupling with the package body, and the coupling direction is directed upward along the surface on the back side after coupling with the package body.

2. The storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the wall surfaces include a pair of parallel inner side surfaces and a back surface.

3. The storage device according to claim 2 , wherein the coupling portion which is configured to fit in the package body is provided closer to the back surface than the front guide.

4. The storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the front guide is a pair of front guides provided apart from each other in a direction along the surface on the back side.

5. The storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the coupling portion is arranged in a posture forwardly inclining toward the front opening portion by a spring member.

6. The storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the package body is a rechargeable battery.

7. The storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the coupling portion is a connector.

8. The storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the rear guide is a protruding portion.

9. A storage device comprising:

a storage body, which includes a bottom surface, wall surfaces surrounding a storage space, a front opening portion and an upper opening portion such that a package body is enabled to be inserted into the storage space from a plurality of directions;

a front guide, which is provided on the bottom surface in proximity to the front opening portion, and includes an inclined surface descending toward a surface on a back side of the storage space among the wall surfaces; and

a rear guide, which is provided on the surface on the back side in proximity to the upper opening portion, and restricts upward movement of the package body stored in the storage space along the surface on the back side,

wherein the front guide includes an upper step flat surface which is in proximity to the front opening portion and a lower step flat surface located behind the upper step flat surface when viewed in a front opening portion side, whose height from the bottom surface is lower than that of the upper step flat surface, and

wherein the inclined surface includes an upper step inclined surface which connects the upper step flat surface and the lower step flat surface.

10. The storage device according to claim 9 , wherein the inclined surface further includes a lower step inclined surface which connects the lower step flat surface and the bottom surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2020
From: ISOBE, YUZUKA; MATSUYAMA, YOSHINARI; SHIKANAI, MASAKI; KIKUCHI, TAKESHI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053065/0085 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-217687 · Nov 10, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2018041251 · Nov 6, 2018
Related Publication 20200256507A1 · Aug 13, 2020