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Battery holder for electronic apparatus

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6719394
A battery receptacle is described for a battery having first and second terminals projecting from one surface of the battery, comprising: a housing defining a cavity having an opening formed at one end for receiving the battery; first and second recesses formed at the other end of the cavity and being shaped to receive the terminals of the battery when it is inserted into the cavity; first and second electrically conductive springs mounted in the first and second recesses, respectively; and a door mounted on the housing to close the opening and to retain the battery in the cavity wherein the housing further defines a pocket adjacent the opening and wherein the pocket includes means for slidably receiving the door, so that the door is slidable between an open position in which a battery may be inserted or removed from the cavity and a closed position in which the door closes the opening to the cavity.
Assignee:
Spectra-Physics, Inc., San Jose, CA
Patent Number(s):
US 4752539
OSTI ID:
6719394
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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