Patent ID: 6623293
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: H01M,H05K,Y02E

Abstract:
A battery holder adapted to retain an elongate battery having opposite first and second terminals at opposite end faces of the battery, comprising:an insulative housing having opposite side walls and opposite first and second end blocks connected with the side walls to cooperatively define a receiving space therebetween adapted for receiving a battery; and a pair of first and second conductive contacts being respectively engaged with the first and second end blocks, each of the first and second conductive contacts forming a base portion, a spring arm extending from one end of the base section adapted for electrically connecting with one of the first and second electrical terminals of the battery, and a soldering tail extending from another end of the base portion adapted for soldering to a circuit board; wherein the insulative housing has a pair of raised portions and a respective slit between each raised portion and the second end block; and the base section of the second conductive contact is substantially planar and is received in the slits, the second conductive contact further forms a pair of clip members bent about the base section near the slits and extending from opposite lateral sides of the base section thereof, each clip upwardly extending to form a curved projection adapted for exerting a clamping force against a circumferential periphery of the battery when the battery is disposed in the receiving space.