Battery holder with integral access door and power switch

A battery cell housing arrangement for an electronic device having circuitry therein and comprising in combination:

• a rotatable insulating element having a first recess therein, the first recess being dimensioned to receive a battery cell and having a first aperture in a side wall, the first aperture being dimensioned to admit the battery cell to the first recess, and having at least one second aperture in the upper surface thereof, positioned intermediate the center and the perimeter of the surface for exposing a portion of the battery cell case;
• an insulating housing having a second recess with a third aperture therein, the second recess being dimensioned to fixedly retain the rotatable element for 360.degree. rotation, with substantially less than one-half of the rotatable element projecting from the third aperture of housing element;
• a first conductive member supported by the housing and coupled to circuitry therein and positioned to make continuous electrical contact with a first terminal of the battery cell;
• and
• at least one second conductive member formed of a resilient material, supported by the housing and coupled to circuitry therein, positioned to contact and ride upon the upper surface of the rotatable element and, as the rotatable element is rotated to at least one first predetermined position, contacting a second cell terminal through one of the second apertures in the rotatable element, and, in a predetermined position, being insulated from the second cell terminal by the upper surface of the rotatable element;
• and where no portion of the first aperture is aligned with the third aperture when the rotatable element is in one of the first and second positions.