Patent ID: 6436569
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: B25F,H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
An electrical appliance having a housing and a battery holder, which battery holder has a housing which can accommodate at least one battery and which battery holder can be inserted into the housing of the electrical appliance, locking means being provided for locking the battery holder in the appliance, wherein the locking means are formed by two spaced-apart resilient plastic fingers, each of which fingers have a projection, and by at least one boss for cooperation with the projections of the fingers, which fingers are provided on the housing of the battery holder or on the housing of the appliance, and which boss is provided on the housing of the appliance when the fingers are provided on the housing of the battery holder and is provided on the housing of the battery holder when the fingers are provided on the housing of the appliance, and which fingers are supported, in the direction of their resilient action, by resilient limbs having a stiffness greater than that of the fingers.