Patent ID: 7390215
Filing Date: 2008-06-24
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A battery connector for a disk-shaped battery having positive and negative electrodes, the battery connector comprising: an insulative housing having a base wall and a periphery wall together defining a battery receiving cavity adapted to receive the disk-shaped battery, the base wall including two terminal receiving passageways extending therethrough; a positive terminal and a negative terminal disposed in the respective terminal receiving passageways; the negative terminal including a spring contact portion extending from an upper surface of the base wall so as to be engagable with the negative electrode on a bottom surface of the battery when the battery is inserted in the battery connector; the positive terminal including a spring contact section adapted to engage the positive electrode on an opposed upper surface of the battery and retain the battery in the battery receiving cavity when the battery is disposed within the battery connector, and a deflectable connection section attached to said spring contact section so as to permit said spring contact section to be flexed outwardly thereby allowing release of the battery from the battery connector; and wherein the deflectable connection section defines, from a top view thereof, a V-shape with its opening towards the battery receiving cavity so as to cooperate with the periphery wall to form the battery receiving cavity adapted to receive the disk-shaped battery; and wherein the deflectable connection section defines a lying U-shape with opposite upper and lower arms linked by a bridge.