Patent ID: 8486550

Claim:
A battery support mechanism comprising: a terminal board provided with connection terminals to be connected to terminal portions provided on the battery side; a battery containing portion to which said terminal board is fitted, the battery containing portion including a fitting hole being formed by an opening in a portion of a bottom surface and a portion of each of two sides surfaces of the battery containing portion, the openings in the two side surfaces being continuous with the opening in the bottom surface, the terminal board is configured to be fitted into the fitting hole while keeping open at least two mutually opposite side surfaces and one surface adjacent to said two side surfaces of said terminal board, so as thereby to cause said connection terminals to front on the inside of said battery containing portion; and a support plate fixed to said battery containing portion so as thereby to support said one surface of said terminal board which is fitted in the fitting hole, wherein at least a portion of the terminal board is exposed in the open side surfaces and bottom surface when the terminal board is fitted in the fitting hole, and wherein said terminal board is swingable in a direction of each of the openings in the side surfaces and bottom surface of said battery containing portion.