1. A portable power source system comprising a battery pack for accommodating at least one secondary battery and a mounting part for mounting said battery pack,
said mounting part being disposed in power using equipment,
said battery pack comprising a charge circuit having a charge terminal and a discharge circuit having a discharge terminal, and said charge circuit comprising a control circuit for controlling a voltage and a current during charging,
said mounting part comprising a protruding external terminal for connecting with said discharge terminal, said battery pack comprising an inserting part for inserting said external terminal, and said discharge terminal being disposed in a concealed position inside said inserting part,
said battery pack being movable from an initial position to a fixing position while said external terminal has been inserted in said inserting part, and connection between said external terminal and said discharge terminal being achieved at said fixing position, and
said battery pack being movable from the initial position to the fixing position in a direction different from the inserting direction.
2. The portable power source system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said charge terminal and discharge terminal respectively comprise both a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal, and said negative electrode terminals are mutually electrically independent while said positive electrode terminals are united and have equivalent potential.
3. The portable power source system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said battery pack comprises a thermistor terminal for temperature measurement.
4. The portable power source system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said charge circuit further comprises a thermal protector.
5. The portable power source system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said discharge circuit does not comprise a current regulating device.
6. The portable power source system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said charge terminal is not concealed but exposed to the outside.
7. The portable power source system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said secondary battery is a lithium-ion secondary battery.
8. The portable power source system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said power using equipment is an electric tool, an electric vacuum cleaner, an electric bicycle or an electric motorbike.
9. A portable power source system comprising a battery pack for accommodating at least one secondary battery and a mounting part for mounting said battery pack,
said mounting part being disposed in power using equipment,
said battery pack comprising a charge circuit having a charge terminal and a discharge circuit having a discharge terminal, and said charge circuit comprising a control circuit for controlling a voltage and a current during charging,
said mounting part comprising a protruding external terminal for connecting with said discharge terminal, said battery pack comprising an inserting part for inserting said external terminal, and said discharge terminal being disposed in a concealed position inside said inserting part,
said battery pack being movable from an initial position to a fixing position while said external terminal has been inserted in said inserting part, and connection between said external terminal and said discharge terminal being achieved at said fixing position, and
said battery pack being rotatable from the initial position to the fixing position.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A device for testing a sample solution comprising a test chamber comprising a test component enclosed by an air impermeable casing, a sample inlet distal from the test component capable of being connected to a sample solution and, in a test position, maintaining a higher altitude than the liquid level within the test chamber, a sealable air vent distal from the sample inlet capable of permitting air to exit the test chamber when a sample solution flows into the test chamber through the sample inlet and being closed by a sealing means and stopping sample inflow through the sample inlet when sufficient sample solution flows into the test chamber and before the liquid level within the test chamber reaches the level of the sample inlet.
2. The device of claim 1, wherein the sample solution is a sample from a group of solutions including, but not limited, to bodily fluid, environmental water, and liquid extraction of a dry material.
3. The device of claim 1, wherein the test component is a lateral flow test strip for testing substances including, but not limited to, drugs, infectious pathogens, chemicals, antigens, antibodies, and enzymes.
4. The device of claim 1, wherein the test component is a lateral flow test strip.
5. The device of claim 1, wherein the sealing means is a capillary porous plug permeable to air in dry condition and becomes non permeable when moisturized by a sample solution.
6. A test device for collecting and testing a sample solution comprising a sample collection cup, a lid capable of covering the sample collection cup defined by a bottom, sidewalls, and an opening, and a test chamber comprising a test chamber comprising a test component enclosed by an air impermeable casing, a sample inlet distal from the test component capable of being connected to a sample solution and, in a test position, maintaining a higher altitude than the liquid level within the test chamber, a sealable air vent distal from the sample inlet capable of permitting air to exit the test chamber when a sample solution flows into the test chamber through the sample inlet and being closed by a sealing means and stopping sample inflow through the sample inlet when sufficient sample solution flows into the test chamber and before the liquid level within the test chamber reaches the level of the sample inlet.
7. The test device of claim 6, wherein the sample inlet is disposed at the bottom of the sample collection cup.
8. The test device of claim 6, wherein the test chamber is disposed at the lid of the device.
9. A method for testing a sample solution comprising introducing a sample solution into device comprising a test chamber comprising a test component enclosed by an air impermeable casing, a sample inlet distal from the test component capable of being connected to a sample solution and, in a test position, maintaining a higher altitude than the liquid level within the test chamber, a sealable air vent distal from the sample inlet capable of permitting air to exit the test chamber when a sample solution flows into the test chamber through the sample inlet and being closed by a sealing means and stopping sample inflow through the sample inlet when sufficient sample solution flows into the test chamber and before the liquid level within the test chamber reaches the level of the sample inlet.