Patent ID: 7556882

Claim:
A battery housing unit for holding at least one battery in a desired position within the housing unit even when subjected to high impact loads, the battery housing unit comprising: a base; a cover; at least one pair of flexible retention members projecting from the base; at least one pair of electrical contact ends projecting from the base; and at least one pair of stop ribs projecting from the cover, wherein the cover is fitted to the base, and the cover and base substantially enclose the at least one battery, the flexible retention members, the electrical contacts and the stop ribs, where the flexible retention members project from the base substantially to the fitted cover, where each of the at least one battery in a longitudinal direction is retained between the electrical contact ends and in a crossway direction between the flexible retention members and where the stop ribs engage the flexible retention members adjacent the cover and from a side of the flexible retention member opposite the battery.