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US 6,837,739 B2Granted
Battery connection interrupter
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsAlan Gorringe, Samuel K. Swenson
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Abstract
A battery is inside an enclosure. A shim is inserted between the battery and at least one contact. The shim can be actuated externally without requiring the enclosure to be opened. The shim may be conductive on at least one face to provide a switch function, or may be non-conductive.
Claims10
An apparatus, comprising:
- an enclosure;
- a battery, inside the enclosure, having a terminal;
- a contact;
- and
- a shim, which can be actuated externally to the enclosure, such that in a first position of the shim the contact presses against the terminal, and in a second position of the shim the shim is inserted between the terminal and the contact, breaking an electrical connection between the terminal and the contact.
2 more elements
A method, comprising:
- actuating, from outside an enclosure, a shim that is at least partially internal to the enclosure, causing the shim to be inserted between a battery terminal and a contact, where the battery terminal and the contact are internal to the enclosure, thereby breaking an electrical connection between the battery terminal and the contact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.