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Battery compartment for an HVAC controller

  • US 9,951,968 B2
  • Filed: 05/01/2014
  • Issued: 04/24/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An HVAC controller comprising:

  • a first sub-assembly comprising;

    a housing including a back and a cover;

    a printed circuit board at least substantially enclosed by the housing;

    a battery compartment formed in the back of the housing for receiving one or more batteries, the printed circuit board including battery terminals that extend from the printed circuit board through the back of the housing and into the battery compartment, the battery compartment defining a cup-shaped reservoir that is configured to collect leakage from one or more of the batteries;

    a display, with the battery compartment on a first side of the printed circuit board and the display on a second opposite side of the printed circuit board, and wherein the cover of the housing of the first sub-assembly includes an aperture that exposes at least part of the display for viewing the display by a user;

    a second sub-assembly configured to be releasably secured to the first sub-assembly adjacent to the back of the first sub-assembly, wherein the second sub-assembly, when secured to the first sub-assembly, covers the battery compartment; and

    the second sub-assembly further including one or more electrical components that are located below the battery compartment when the second sub-assembly is secured to the first sub-assembly, and the cup-shaped reservoir of the battery compartment is configured to collect leakage from the one or more of the batteries before the leakage leaks onto one or more of the electrical components of the second sub-assembly.

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