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AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorLarry E Maple
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A battery arrangement that minimize battery-to-battery and battery-to-device contact resistance by rupturing or removing an insulating contaminant layer on portions of battery terminals that contact each other or that contact contacts in a battery compartment. Generally, standard dry cell and miniature batteries are arranged such that the surface area of the terminals that contact other terminals or device contacts is reduced. A given compression force applied to the serially-aligned batteries in the battery compartment results in a contact pressure sufficient to rupture the insulating contaminant layer at the terminal region that contacts the adjacent terminal or device contact. A relative lateral motion can be imparted between adjacent batteries and/or a battery and device contact to facilitate the removal of the insulating contaminant layer.
A battery compartment configured such that opposing polarity terminals of adjacent batteries contact each other, wherein the batteries are arranged such that a region of one of the terminals that defines a minimum accessible portion of the terminal surface area is the only point of contact between the two contacting terminals.
A battery compartment for at least two batteries each having a casing with positive and negative terminal surfaces on opposing ends thereof, said casing of each said battery being transected by a longitudinal battery axis substantially orthogonal to said positive and negative terminal surfaces, wherein the installed batteries are serially aligned in terminal contact with each other such that their respective longitudinal axes intersect each other.
A battery-powered device comprising:
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