Patent ID: 6989217

Claim:
A battery loading device for a portable electronic apparatus, comprising; a common battery chamber in which a first type battery or a second type battery is selectively loaded; a first loading gate through which said first type battery is loaded in said common battery chamber, said first loading gate being provided in a first exterior surface of said electronic apparatus so as to face a first chamber wall of said common battery chamber; a first lid for opening and closing said first loading gate; a second loading gate through which said second type battery is loaded in said common battery chamber, said second loading gate being provided in a second exterior surface of said electronic apparatus so as to face a second chamber wall of said common battery chamber, said second exterior surface being approximately perpendicular to said first exterior surface; a second lid for opening and closing said second loading gate; a first contact segment being provided in said first chamber wall, said first contact segment being contacted with an electrode of said first type battery; and a second contact segment being provided in said second chamber wall, said second contact segment being contacted with an electrode of said second type battery; wherein said first type battery is a primary battery and said second type battery is a secondary battery.