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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2005
Takayoshi Yamasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiaki Ueda, Saitama, JP;
Tomonori Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Miyajima, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Ishii, Fukushima, JP;
Shoichi Shintani, Saitama, JP;
Yoshihiro Sato, Fukushima, JP;
Takayoshi Yamasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiaki Ueda, Saitama, JP;
Tomonori Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Miyajima, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Ishii, Fukushima, JP;
Shoichi Shintani, Saitama, JP;
Yoshihiro Sato, Fukushima, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a battery () including a battery cell formed in a flattened substantially parallelepiped shape and a terminal contacting section () electrically connected to the battery cell, at one end in the longitudinal direction of a face of the battery opposing to the face on which the terminal contacting section () is provided, a projecting portion () which projects in the longitudinal direction of the face is provided. Meanwhile, another projecting portion () which projects in the longitudinal direction of the face is provided at the other end. The projecting portions () may have projecting lengths different from each other or may have projecting lengths and projecting thicknesses different from each other. A charging apparatus into which the battery () is to be installed includes an accommodating section () for the battery () which in turn includes projection accommodating portions (and) configured to individually accommodate the projecting portions (and). The accommodating section () includes a space for accommodating a battery (D,E) wherein the battery cell has a rectangular principal face and another space for accommodating another battery () wherein the battery cell has a substantially square principal face, and charging terminals serve as charging terminals not only for the battery () but also for the battery (D,E).