Battery chamber contacts for handheld electronic devices
AssigneeTelePaq Technology Inc.
InventorChing-Yuan Wang
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Abstract
Improved battery chamber contacts for handheld electronic devices include a plurality of longitudinally aligned and differently spaced battery contacts located on a lateral side of an elongated battery packet. The battery packet is housed in an elongated battery chamber in an electronic device. The battery chamber has chamber contacts mating and engageable with the battery contacts. Electronic coupling between the battery packet and the chamber will be established only when all mating contacts between the battery contacts and the chamber contacts are engaged.
Claims17
A battery packet for a handheld electronic device comprising:
- a) an elongated housing enclosing a battery unit, the elongated housing including an elongated side;
- b) a plurality of pairs of electrical contacts arranged in a linear array extending in a direction along a length of the elongated side of the housing, the plurality of pairs of electrical contacts being non-uniformly spaced apart from each other such that a distance between each adjacent pair of electrical contacts is different from a distance between each of the other pairs of electrical contacts.
A handheld electronic device comprising:
- a) a casing having an elongated battery chamber therein, the elongated battery chamber having at least one elongated side wall, an open side and an open end;
- b) an elongated battery packet removably located in the elongated battery chamber, the battery packet including at least one elongated side, and housing a battery unit;
- c) a plurality of pairs of first electrical contacts arranged in a linear array extending in a direction along a length of the at least one elongated side wall, the plurality of pairs of first electrical contacts being non-uniformly spaced apart from each other such that a distance between each adjacent pair of first electrical contacts is different from a distance between each of the other pairs of first electrical contacts;
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- d) a plurality of pairs of second electrical contacts arranged in a linear array extending in a direction along a length of the at least one elongated side of the battery packet, the plurality of pairs of second electrical contacts being non-uniformly spaced apart from each other such that a distance between each adjacent pair of second electrical contacts is different from a distance between each of the other pairs of second electrical contacts, whereby the second electrical contacts are in contact with the first electrical contacts when the battery packet is inserted into the battery chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.