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US 12,738,584 B2Granted
Electronic device housing with integrated battery compartment
AssigneeGeotab Inc.
InventorsSajjad Karimi, Usman Younas, Clinton Mackenzie, Michael Pirruccio
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Abstract
A housing for an electronic device having an integrated battery compartment is provided. The integrated battery compartment has battery contacts and battery retainers that maintain batteries in place despite motion or impact forces.
Claims19
An electronic device housing, comprising:
- a first housing portion;
- and
- a second housing portion configured to be coupled with the first housing portion in a sealing connection therebetween for forming the electronic device housing, the second housing portion including an integrated battery compartment having at least two opposite battery contacts at opposite sides of the integrated battery compartment for providing electrical connection with a battery inserted in the integrated battery compartment, the at least two opposite battery contacts each including a battery-engaging portion flexibly biased against a battery terminal of the battery and angled and dimensioned for exerting an inward force axial to the battery and a downward force towards a bottom of the second housing portion, the at least two opposite battery contacts further including two respective power terminals each including a flexible portion configured to be flexibly biased against a power terminal of a printed circuit board for providing power from the battery to the printed circuit board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.