Patent ID: 7897278

Claim:
A battery module comprising: a top cover having a chamber and a plurality of recessed holes; a bottom cover fixedly fastened to a bottom side of said top cover, said bottom cover having a chamber disposed in communication with the chamber of said top cover to form an enclosed receiving space, a plurality of top through holes spaced around the chamber of said bottom cover, a plurality of bottom through holes in communication between the chamber of said bottom cover and the space outside said bottom cover, a plurality of first side holes in communication between the chamber of said bottom cover and the space outside said bottom cover near a top side of said bottom cover, and a plurality of second side holes in communication between the chamber of said bottom cover and the space outside said bottom cover near a bottom side of said bottom cover; a battery set mounted in said enclosed receiving space, said battery set having a plurality of conducting terminals respectively positioned in the second side holes of said bottom cover for the contact of respective metal contacts of an external electronic device; and a shutter mounted in said enclosed receiving space, said shutter having a movable member and a plurality of spring members, said movable member having a plurality of bottom pins respectively inserted through the top through holes of said bottom cover for stopping against an external object to move said movable member relative to said bottom cover, a plurality of recessed holes at a top side thereof corresponding to the recessed holes of said top cover, and a plurality of through holes corresponding to the first side holes of said bottom cover, said spring members being respectively connected between the recessed holes of said top cover and the recessed holes of said movable member; wherein when said bottom pins receive no external pressure, said spring members support said movable member in said enclosed receiving space in a first position where the through holes of said movable member are not in communication with the first side holes of said bottom cover and the periphery of said movable member blocks the first side holes of said bottom cover; when said bottom pins are stopped against an external object to move said movable member relative to said bottom cover, said spring members are compressed and the through holes of said movable member are forced into communication with the first side holes of said bottom cover for ventilation.