Battery holder

• US 7,855,008 B2
• Filed: 08/28/2002
• Issued: 12/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Teuri, Tommi, Knudssen, Peter, Hakunti, Jussi
• Primary Examiner(s): Yuan; Dah-Wei D
• Assistant Examiner(s): MARKS, JACOB B
• Application Number:
  US10/523,543
• Publication Number:
  US 20060147794A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,037 Days
• Field of Search: 429/100
• US Class Current: 429/100
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0262 for a battery compartment
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

The invention relates to a battery holder 30 for an electronic device. In order to provide an improved possibility of exchanging a battery of an electronic device, it is proposed that the battery holder 30 comprises an outer surface 31, means 32 for receiving an exchangeable battery 20 and means 33, 34 for connecting the battery holder 30 releasably to an electronic device. The latter means enable a connection of the battery holder to the electronic device in a way that electrical contact elements 21 of a battery 20 received by said battery holder 30 come into contact with electrical contact elements of the electronic device and that the outer surface 31 of the battery holder 30 forms part of the outer surface of the electronic device. The invention relates equally to a corresponding electronic device and to a cover for such an electronic device.

Claims

1. A battery holder for an electronic device comprising an outer surface, guiding elements configured to receive at least one exchangeable battery at a side opposite to said outer surface and a projection and a connection configured to connect said battery holder releasably to an electronic device such that electrical contact elements of at least one battery received by said battery holder come into contact with electrical contact elements of said electronic device and such that said outer surface of said battery holder forms part of the outer surface of said electronic device, wherein the guiding elements are configured to receive the at least one exchangeable battery when sliding the at least one exchangeable battery along the battery holder.

2. The battery holder according to claim 1, wherein said guiding elements are configured to enable a guided reception of at least one battery.

3. The battery holder according to claim 2 further comprising locking means for fixing at least one received battery to said battery holder.

4. The battery holder according to claim 3, wherein said projection comprises first connecting means for interacting with first connecting means of an electronic device and wherein said connection comprises second connecting means for interacting in a snapping manner with second connecting means of said electronic device when said first connecting means of said battery holder are interacting with said first connecting means of said electronic device.

5. A cover for an electronic device, which cover comprises a battery holder according to claim 1, wherein said battery holder is connected to said cover by said projection and connection.

6. The cover according to claim 5 comprising a button for releasing said battery holder from said cover, which button interacts with a connecting means of said electronic device and said connection configured to connect said battery holder to said cover.

7. An electronic device comprising a battery holder according to claim 4, wherein said battery holder is connected to said electronic device by said projection and said connection configured to releasably connecting said battery holder to an electronic device.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7 comprising a button for releasing said battery holder from said electronic device, which button interacts with said second means of said battery holder and said second connecting means of said electronic device connecting said battery holder to said electronic device.

9. The battery holder according to claim 1 further comprising locking means for fixing at least one received battery to said battery holder.

10. The battery holder according to claim 1, wherein said projection comprises first connecting means for interacting with first connecting means of an electronic device and wherein said connection comprises second connecting means for interacting in a snapping manner with second connecting means of said electronic device when said first connecting means of said battery holder are interacting with said first connecting means of said electronic device.

12. The battery holder according to claim 1, wherein the guiding elements are configured to hold the at least one exchangeable battery in place.

11. A battery holder for an electronic device comprising an outer surface, means for receiving at least one exchangeable battery at a side opposite to said outer surface and means for connecting said battery holder releasably to an electronic device such that electrical contact elements of at least one battery received by said battery holder come into contact with electrical contact elements of said electronic device and such that said outer surface of said battery holder forms part of the outer surface of said electronic device, wherein the means for receiving the at least one exchangeable battery are means for receiving the at least one exchangeable battery when sliding the at least one exchangeable battery along the battery holder.