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AssigneeMatsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
InventorsYoshiyuki Nakajima, Yusuke Kan
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An apparatus and method for preventing an interruption of electrical power to a portable electronic device, such as, for example, a call device, supplied by an internal battery when the portable electronic device is dropped or subjected to an external shock. A battery cover seals a battery compartment in which a negative battery terminal and a positive battery terminal, of a battery, are in contact with a respective compressible contact terminal and a fixed terminal. A battery fixing base plate, attached to an inner surface of the battery cover, includes a set flange that is inserted between a battery compartment wall to which one contact terminal is attached and an associated battery terminal in contact with the one contact terminal, thus providing a mechanism that prevents a longitudinal movement of the battery in the battery compartment.
A battery operated electronic device having a case within which a battery compartment is provided, a battery cover removably sealing the battery compartment, and compressible and fixed contact terminals that connect to corresponding battery terminals located at opposing ends of a battery installed within the aforesaid battery compartment, wherein
A method for preventing a loss of electrical power in a battery operated electronic device when the battery operated electronic device is subjected to an impact, the battery operated electronic device having a case within which a battery compartment is provided to receive at least one battery, a compressible contact terminal and a fixed contact terminal being located within the battery compartment to engage corresponding battery terminals of the at least one battery, and a battery cover that selectively seals the battery compartment, the method comprising:
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