Patent ID: 7402359

Claim:
A battery box for receiving at least one dry battery, the battery box comprising: a casing for receiving the dry battery wherein the dry battery has a cathode and an anode at opposite ends of a longitudinal direction, the casing having a first end portion adjacent to the cathode and a second end portion adjacent to the anode wherein the second end portion of the casing is located in a position opposite to the first end portion of the casing and further wherein the first end portion of the casing and the second end portion of the casing are located at opposite ends of the longitudinal direction; a partition plate located between the first end portion of the casing and the second end portion of the casing wherein the partition plate is adjacent to the second end portion of the casing and further wherein the partition plate has a first surface facing the second end portion of the casing and a second surface located in a position opposite to the first surface; at least one negative terminal arranged in the first end portion of the casing to which the cathode of the dry battery is adapted to contact when the dry battery is received in the casing; at least one positive terminal arranged in the second end portion of the casing, the positive terminal being formed by bending a single conductive material made of a metallic wire into a predetermined shape; and a substrate arranged in a space defined between the first surface of the partition plate and the second end portion of the casing, wherein the positive terminal comprises: an electrode portion provided at a first end portion of the metallic wire to which the anode of the dry battery is adapted to contact; a soldering portion provided at a second end portion of the metallic wire and soldered to the substrate wherein the second end portion of the metallic wire is located in a position opposite to the first end portion of the metallic wire; and a lead portion provided between the electrode portion and the soldering portion, wherein the leading portion has a load absorbing means for preventing a force exerted in the longitudinal direction of the dry battery from being directly applied to the soldering portion and further wherein the lead portion has an extending portion integrally coupled to the electrode portion at a first end of the extending part wherein the extending portion extends in the longitudinal direction of the dry battery over the partition plate wherein the lead portion has a curved loop portion integrally coupled between the soldering portion and a second end of the extending portion wherein the second end of the extending part and the first end of the extending part define a length of the extending part wherein the curved loop portion is located in the space defined between the first surface of the partition plate and the second end portion of the casing wherein the curved loon portion does not contact the first surface of the partition plate.