Battery holder with expiration indicator

• US 8,210,117 B2
• Filed: 07/12/2010
• Issued: 07/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Sun, Zheng-Heng
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith, Richard A.
• Application Number:
  US12/834,022
• Publication Number:
  US 20110315070A1
• Time in Patent Office: 722 Days
• Field of Search: 116/308, 116/307, 116/321, 116/322, 116/323, 116/324, 116/DIG.1, 403/06, 403/10, 206/459.1, 368/204, 368/309, 968/400, 968/505, 429/90
• US Class Current: 116/308
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/488 Cells or batteries combined with indicating means for external visualization of the condition, e.g. by change of colour or of light density
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/216 adapted for button or coin cells
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

A battery holder with expiration indicator includes a main body for holding a battery therein, a month mark member, a year mark member, and a pair of clips. The month mark member extends from the main body and includes twelve month marks formed thereon. The year mark member extends from the main body and includes a number of year marks formed thereon. The pair of clips are slidably attached to the year mark member and the month mark member and respectively located at one of the year marks and one of the month marks to set a date.

Claims

1. A battery holder with expiration indicator, comprising:

a main body for holding a battery therein;

a month mark member extending from the main body, and comprising twelve month marks formed thereon;

a year mark member extending from the main body, and comprising a plurality of year marks formed thereon; and

a pair of clips slidably attached to the year mark member and the month mark member and respectively located at one of the year marks and one of the month marks to set a date.

2. The battery holder with expiration indicator of claim 1, wherein each of the month mark member and the year mark member is arc-shaped and comprises an engaging slot defined in a lower portion thereof, two blocking tabs located at two opposite ends of engaging slot to block the clips, the year and month marks are formed on the tops of the year mark member and the month mark member.

3. The battery holder with expiration indicator of claim 2, wherein each of the clips is U-shaped, and comprises a top wall, two sidewalls extending perpendicularly from two ends of the top wall, and two hooks extending toward from the ends of the two sidewalls to engage in the engaging slot of the year mark member and the month mark member, the top wall defines an opening to view a corresponding month mark or a corresponding year mark.

4. The battery holder with expiration indicator of claim 3, wherein the month marks and the year marks are marked on a plurality of raised blocks extending from the tops of the month mark member and year mark member, the raised blocks are selected to engage in the openings of the clips.

5. The battery holder with expiration indicator of claim 1, wherein the month marks and the year marks are numbers.

6. The battery holder with expiration indicator of claim 1, wherein the clips are made of elastic material.

7. The battery holder with expiration indicator of claim 6, wherein the elastic material is plastic material.