Patent ID: 6428924
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
A battery storage apparatus for an electronic device comprising:a battery storage chamber formed in a casing of the electronic device, said battery storage chamber having an opening for loading and unloading a battery; a storage chamber cover for covering the opening of said battery storage chamber; a guide groove formed in one of the casing of the electronic device and said storage chamber cover; a guide rail formed on the other of the casing of the electronic device and said storage chamber cover, said guide rail engaging said guide groove to define a travel path on which said storage chamber cover slides when said storage chamber cover is installed or removed on and from the casing of the electronic device; and engagement holding means for holding engagement of said guide rail with said guide groove when said storage chamber cover slides on the travel path and is installed on the casing of the electronic device, said engagement holding means being provided on the travel path of said storage chamber cover, said engagement holding means including a recess and a protrusion removably fitted into the recess to restrict movement of said storage chamber cover on said guide rail when said storage chamber cover is completely installed on the casing of the electronic device, the recess being formed on one of said guide groove and said guide rail, the protrusion being formed in the other of said guide groove and said guide rail.