Patent ID: 7947388
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: battery terminals operable to be electrically coupled to multiple batteries; battery clips operable to retain the batteries; a printed circuit board fastened to the battery terminals and the battery clips, the printed circuit board operable to receive power from the batteries; a removable carrier having a bottom and operable to be inserted into and removed from a housing in order to insert the apparatus into the housing and remove the apparatus from the housing; and a flexible insulator having a height that is greater than a height of the battery clips, the insulator comprising a tab configured to be inserted into a slot of the printed circuit board, the insulator operable to separate two adjacent batteries from one another, electrically isolate the two adjacent batteries from one another, and, upon insertion of at least one of the batteries, at least partially conform to a shape of the at least one battery such that the insulator has a shorter height; wherein the removable carrier comprises (i) at least one guide operable to align the removable carrier when inserted into the housing and (ii) at least one support arm operable to be attached to the housing to retain the removable carrier in place within the housing; wherein the bottom of the removable carrier comprises a plurality of bottom portions and an opening, the opening configured to provide access to a back side of the printed circuit board.