Patent ID: 6530804
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: H01M,H01R,H05K,Y02E

Abstract:
A battery connector assembly comprising:a dielectric housing including a pair of upstanding end walls at two opposite ends thereof; a battery receiving space defined between said pair of end walls; one of the end walls defining a keyway to receive a positive pole of the battery but exclude a negative pole of the battery from being inserted thereto; a pair of terminals being located in said pair of end walls, respectively; two pairs of embossments located adjacent to inner sides of said pair of end walls, respectively, each pair of said embossments forming a pair of upward arcs facing to each other; a pair of side beams spatially located between said two pairs of embossments with hooks thereon, respectively; and a cylindrical battery horizontally located in the battery receiving space with two opposite electrodes mechanically and electrically engaged with the corresponding terminals, respectively; wherein a lower half arc portion of the battery is conformably supportably seated upon the embossments, and an upper half arc portion of the battery is latchably engaged with the hooks of the side beam.