Battery mount for shielded military environments

A combination of a battery mount and an electronics module having a front panel, the battery mount comprising:

• a metallic can configured to receive a battery;
• an insulating sleeve covering part of the metallic can;
• a metallic cap connected to the insulating sleeve and removably attachable to the electronics module adjacent the front panel of the electronics module when the battery is installed in the electronics module;
• a battery contact inside the electronics module and adapted to be engaged by a battery terminal of the battery;
• wherein the metallic can and insulating sleeve are together insertable into and removable from the electronics module;
• wherein the metallic cap, metallic can and insulating sleeve move together as a unit toward the battery contact during insertion of the battery can and insulating sleeve into the electronics module and as a unit away from the battery contact during removal of the battery can and insulating sleeve from the electronics module;
• wherein the insulating sleeve and metallic can are configured to isolate positive and negative terminals of the battery from a surface of the electronics module when the battery is in the battery can and the battery can and insulating sleeve are in the electronics module;
• and
• wherein the metallic cap provides electromagnetic interference shielding to electronic devices in the electronics module.

A method comprising the steps of:

• providing a electronics module and a first electrical contact inside the electronics module;
• providing a battery holder assembly comprising an elongated metallic can, an insulator sleeve which at least partially surrounds the elongated metallic can, and a metallic cap;
• providing a battery having positive and negative terminals;
• placing the battery in the elongated metallic can;
• and
• while the battery is in the elongated metallic can, pushing the battery holder assembly including the elongated metallic can, insulator sleeve and metallic cap as a unit from a first position in which the battery holder assembly is outside the electronics module through an opening in a front panel of the electronics module to a second position in which the elongated metallic can and insulating sleeve are inside the electronics module so that one of the terminals of the battery which is out of contact with the first electrical contact in the first position comes into contact with the first electrical contact in the second position;
• wherein when the battery holder assembly is in the second position, the metallic cap provides electromagnetic interference shielding to the electronics module and the insulator sleeve isolates the positive and negative terminals of the battery from a surface of the electronics module.