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US 4,391,882 AGranted
Battery connecting device
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorShigeto Saruwatari
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Abstract
A battery connecting device for mounting a power source battery in a battery accommodating space of an electronic appliance. The device includes a plurality of resilient strip-like connection terminals attached directly to a wall defining the battery accommodation space by means of slits formed in the wall. In consequence, the size of the battery accommodation space and, hence, the size of the electronic appliance as a whole can be reduced advantageously.
Claims4
A battery connecting device comprising:
- at least a connection terminal constituted by a resilient strip-like member having one end soldered to a lead and the other end bent to form a retainer tab, the intermediate portion of said strip-like member being bent resiliently to form a contact portion of said connecting terminal;
- and a wall defining a battery accommodating space and having a first slit adapted to permit at least said retainer tab and said contact portion of said connection terminal to pass therethrough and a second slit adapted to permit at least said retainer tab to pass therethrough, said connection terminal being directly attached to said wall through said first and second slits in such a manner that said contact portion appears at the same side of said wall as the battery while said retainer tab and said end soldered to said lead appear at the opposite side of said wall to said battery and that a reactional force is generated to press said contact portion of said connecting terminal toward said battery.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.