Sony Corporation

Yuho Ishikawa

Kouji Watanabe

Hidetoshi Akasawa

The battery apparatus according to the present invention has the structure in which a lid is engaged with a battery storage to cover a storage portion storing a battery unit via a first fixing means employing a simple structure. Further, the battery storage is formed of the frame and a closing unit engaged via a second fixing means only employing a simple structure. Furthermore, since the battery storage, or the lid, or the closing unit is formed of metal; and the thickness thereof is made thinner, the capacity of the storage portion can be increased to the extent of the reduction in the thickness, whereby the amount of electricity can be increased.

Battery device

A push button switch assembly includes a combining member comprising an inserting portion into which an operating rod of a push button switch, which is arranged in a cabinet for electronic apparatus, is inserted. An engaging portion of the push button assembly, with which a knob inserted through an opening of a panel is engaged, is also provided and includes elastic connecting portions to connect the inserting portion to the engaging portion. The combining member is formed of synthetic resin. The knob and the operating rod of the push button switch are assembled to each other through the combining member, and they are elastically movable relative to each other in directions normal to the pushing direction of the knob when the push button switch is operated.

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Ibaraki, Japan

Yuho Ishikawa