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US 5,180,644 AGranted
Weldless battery pack
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsMark S. Bresin, Adnan Aksoy, Michael Robinson
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Abstract
A battery pack (10) comprises a housing having two members (2 and 4), a header frame (11), detachably mounted on at least one of the members of the housing, a plurality of cells (12) for insertion into the header frame, a plurality of leaded electronic components (30 and 40) on the header frame, and circuitry (21 and 22) on the header frame for providing intercell connections, battery contacts, charger contacts and for providing weldless circuit connections for the plurality of leaded electronic components.
Claims20
A battery pack, comprising:
- a housing;
- a header frame, detachably mounted to the housing;
- a plurality of cells for insertion into the header frame;
- and
- circuitry means on the header for coupling the plurality of cells and providing charger and power contacts.
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A battery pack, comprising:
- a plurality of cells within a housing, each cell having a positive and negative terminal;
- a header frame detachably mounted within the housing;
- and
- a circuit disposed on the surface of said header frame including molded in spring fingers, said spring fingers being biased toward said positive and negative terminals and providing at least some interconnection for said plurality of cells.
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A battery pack, comprising:
- a housing having two members;
- a header frame, detachably mounted on at least one of the members of the housing;
- a plurality of cells for insertion into the header frame;
- a plurality of leaded electronic components on the header frame;
- circuitry means on the header frame for providing intercell connections, battery contacts, charger contacts and for providing weldless circuit connections for the plurality of leaded electronic components.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.