Patent ID: 8741464

Claim:
An electronic device comprising: a battery having a battery housing; a first latch extending from the battery housing, the first latch having an arm and a hook, the arm connected with the battery housing at a connected end and the hook at a free end opposed to the connected end, the hook forming a peak and a base connected with the free end, the base forming an inwardly projecting groove; and a device housing forming a main cavity for receiving the battery, a ledge for receiving the groove, and a latch cavity for receiving the first latch, wherein in an engaged position, the groove engages the ledge wherein the battery is inserted into the main cavity in a first direction d 1 ; wherein a second direction d 2 is normal to the first direction d 1 ; and wherein the inwardly projecting groove is bound by a first surface on the base and a second surface on the arm, wherein the first surface defines a third direction d 3 , from a first side of the first surface adjacent the second surface to an opposing side of the first surface, angularly offset from the second direction d 2 such that the third direction d 3 is oblique to both the first direction d 1 and the second direction d 2 and such that the third direction d 3 is angularly offset from the second direction d 2 by less than 50 degrees.