Impact resistant battery housing with cover

Abstract

A battery housing unit with a releasable cover for minimizing mis-alignment of a battery housed therein during high impact loads. The battery unit includes a battery holder having retention members biased towards one another that receive a battery. The retention members engage stop ribs projecting from the cover. The cover fits over the retention members of the battery holder and to a base of the housing unit. The retention members and stop ribs are engaged when high impact loads are delivered to the housing unit and the battery is urged against the biasing nature of the retention members. Movement and mis-alignment of the battery is thus minimized and high impact loads are re-distributed throughout the cover. Detents may be provided on each retention member for engaging a corresponding cavity provided on each stop rib. The detents and cavities interlock the retention members and stop ribs together upon high impact. In this manner, movement and mis-alignment of the battery is also minimized.

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