Confined battery door

• US 5,508,124 A
• Filed: 08/23/1994
• Issued: 04/16/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Gordecki, Ryszard J., Tan, Kian T.
• Primary Examiner(s): KALAFUT, STEPHEN J
• Application Number:
  US08/294,458
• Time in Patent Office: 602 Days
• Field of Search: 429/96, 429/97, 429/100
• US Class Current: 429/97
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/213 adapted for cells having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic H01M50/209, H01M50/216 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

A removable battery door clip has opposed pivoting stubs (176) for the door to be pivotally anchorable to a housing (20) and at least one projection (152) for the door to be snappably fastened with at least one retaining slot (234) of the housing.

Claims

1. A removable battery door clip, comprising:

a battery door frame for completing the back surface of a housing;

opposed pivoting stubs on one end of the frame for the frame to be pivotally anchorable to a housing, wherein the one end of the frame comprises a U-shaped pivoting end; and

at least one projection extending from the frame for the frame to be snappably fastened with the housing.

2. The door clip of claim 1 wherein the at least one projection comprises a catchable elbow member.

3. The door clip of claim 2, wherein the at least one catchable elbow member includes a battery ejection member.

4. The door clip of claim 2, wherein the at least one catchable elbow member comprises a projecting leg having a foot at the base of the leg.

5. The door clip of claim 2, wherein the at least one catchable elbow member comprises an arcuate double elbow.

6. The door clip of claim 2, wherein the at least one catchable elbow member comprises an arcuate double elbow having a protruding heel.

7. A pager and battery housing assembly comprising:

a pager back housing having at least one projection;

a pager front housing interlocking with the back housing, the front housing having at least one slot; and

a battery door clip including first and second opposed end portions and an intermediate portion, the first end portion pivotally anchorable to the back housing;

the intermediate portion including at least one elbow member removably catchable with the at least one slot of the front housing; and

the second end portion having at least one recess for slidably receiving the at least one projection of the back housing.

8. An assembled one-piece back housing comprising:

a back housing having a substantially rectangular opening having a long side and a short side, the housing cut-away for forming the opening and for accommodating a battery;

an inner sidewall having at least one retaining groove integrally attached to the housing at the long side of the opening;

a capitalized I shaped support having two opposed side arcuate indentations, the support integrally attached to the housing at the short side of the opening;

a removable battery door having a U-shaped pivotal end and a free end for completing the back surface of the back housing;

a pair of inwardly opposed side stubs integrally attached on the U-shaped pivotal end for forming a partial hingeable axis with the support for slidably and pivotally mounting the door to the housing at the arcuate indentations of the support; and

at least one projecting leg extended downwardly from the door for latchibly securing the door after the door has been pivotally closed.

9. The assembled one-piece back housing of claim 8, further comprising:

a sliding lock for wedging the battery door to the back housing, the sliding lock having a width less than the width of the housing surface, wherein the battery door is recessed with a cavity for mating with the sliding lock, the lock comprising;

a dovetailed cavity on a back surface of the back housing;

a wedge having at least one pair of opposed engagement tabs slidable within the dovetailed cavity; and

a miniature protrusion on an end of the wedge for mating with the battery door.