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Battery socket for smoke detector

  • US 5,290,639 A
  • Filed: 06/04/1992
  • Issued: 03/01/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/28/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A battery housing, comprising a main body portion, a socket in said main body portion shaped to receive a battery, contacts disposed at one end of said socket for connection to correspondingly disposed electrodes on said battery, and a lid positioned to open and close over said socket, said lid including means for urging said battery electrodes into connection with said contacts, said means for urging comprising a latch for insertion into said socket at an end thereof opposite said contacts, said latch having an inward bend for forcing said battery toward said opposite end upon closing said lid, whereby said electrodes are urged into close connection with said contacts, and further including a resilient tab projecting from said lid at an acute angle thereto for forcing said battery into said socket upon closing said lid.

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