Patent ID: 6645665
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
A battery retainer for retaining a battery comprising a positive electrode and a negative electrode, the battery retainer comprisinga positive terminal for contacting the positive electrode of the battery, a negative terminal for contacting the negative electrode of the battery, a receiving chamber designed to be adapted to receive a battery and being open at a top, a pivotable retaining arm located at a top of the receiving chamber and designed and arranged to hold a battery received in the receiving chamber therein, wherein the pivotable retaining arm is designed to be pivotable by an elastic deformation of the pivotable retaining arm and is made from polycarbonate, and a spring element located at a bottom of the receiving chamber and designed and arranged to at least partly eject the battery received in the receiving chamber therefrom upon a pivotal movement of the pivotable retaining arm off the battery.