Patent ID: 7014494

Claim:
A battery connecting apparatus adapted to connect a battery to a notebook computer comprising: a housing having a receiving cavity with an opening at an end thereof for receiving the battery therein; a base shaped for sealing said opening of said housing, an assembling hole being defined in said base; and a connector including an insulating body and a plurality of contacts disposed in said insulating body, said connector being mounted on said base with a lower portion thereof extending below said base through said assembling hole and an upper portion thereof supported by said base; wherein a sliding engagement mechanism is provided between said base and said insulating body for enabling said connector to slide between a removable position where said connector is removable from said base and an assembled position where said connector is assembled with said base, the sliding engagement mechanism includes a sliding groove and a sliding rail being slidable along the sliding groove, and a latching mechanism is provided between said base and said insulating body for latching said connector in the assembled position; wherein said base together with said connector assembled thereon is inserted in said receiving cavity and seals said opening of said housing with the upper portion of said connector received in said receiving cavity for electrically connecting said battery and the lower portion of said connector remaining at outside for connecting said notebook computer.