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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masahiko Chaya, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/10 ;
Abstract
In an electronic apparatus in which a battery or a battery pack having a battery cell and a protection circuit packed therein is loaded, as a driving electric power source, in a battery chamber of the body of the electronic apparatus, a DC coupler having the shape similar to the battery or the battery pack is loaded into the battery chamber, and the plug connection through a plug-inserting hole provided on an arbitrary position of the electronic apparatus is performed for supplying external electric power.