US 2001/0044281 A1Published application

Portable phone with imbedded battery

AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated

InventorsPAUL E. PETERZELL, DAVID J. ROSS, MARLAND CHOW

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Abstract

A portable phone has an outer casing with opposite upper and lower walls, one of the walls having an opening for access to the interior of the casing, and a lid removably mounted in the opening for normally closing the opening. A main circuit board is mounted in the outer casing, with a plurality of phone components mounted on the circuit board. A predetermined region of the board aligned with the opening is left exposed or empty of components, and forms a recess for receiving a battery. The battery receiving recess has contact pads, and a battery is removably engaged in the recess with battery contacts engaging the contact pads in the recess, whereby the battery can be removed and replaced via the opening after opening the lid.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A portable phone, comprising:

an outer casing having opposite upper and lower walls, one of said walls having an opening for access to the interior of the casing;
a lid releasably mounted in the opening for normally closing the opening;
a main circuit board mounted in the outer casing, a plurality of phone components positioned on one side of the circuit board facing said one of said walls to leave a predetermined region of the board exposed, the exposed region comprising a battery receiving recess aligned with the opening;
the battery receiving recess having a pair of contacts for receiving a battery power input;
and
an imbedded battery removably seated in the battery receiving recess, the battery having a pair of contacts in contact with the contacts in the recess, whereby the battery can be removed and replaced via the opening after releasing the lid.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.