Patent ID: 7670171
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A battery pack for an electrical appliance, the battery pack comprising a base body; a locking device for locking said base body of said battery pack to the electrical appliance; at least one contact element for producing an electrical contact with the electrical appliance; contact holding means for holding said contact element; and a shared fastening module with which said locking device and said contact holding means are connected and which together with said locking device and said contact holding means forms a structural unit that is fastened to said base body of said battery pack by said shared fastening module, wherein said locking device and said contact holding means are located at opposite sides of said shared fastening module as considered in a first direction, while said fastening means for connecting said shared fastening module to said body is located between said shared fastening module and said base body as considered in a second direction which is transverse to said first direction, with said shared fastening module has a first subregion that is offset relative to a surface of the contact holding means, said subregion also constitutes a sliding surface that slides against the fastening means during a pivoting of the actuating means.