Patent ID: 9502801
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: B25F,H01M,H01R,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. An electric apparatus having a male terminal, the electric apparatus configured to be attached to a battery pack having a female terminal, wherein: the male terminal is configured to be electrically connected to the female terminal by sliding the battery pack relatively with respect to the electric apparatus such that the male terminal is inserted to the female terminal in a sliding direction to come into elastic contact with the female terminal; the male terminal is configured to have a plate shape, the male terminal extending in the sliding direction and including a side surface with which the female terminal comes into sliding contact; a level difference portion is provided in a thickness direction of the male terminal on the side surface of the male terminal; and the level difference portion is configured to include an area in which the female terminal comes into sliding contact with the male terminal.