Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

Ren-Hua Ji

Yang-Chu Guo

Hong Bin Zhou

A battery charger ( ) for charging different types of battery boards of notebook computers at different time includes a charging box ( ), a plug connector ( ) for connecting with a power supplying device and a cable ( ) connecting the plug connector with the charging box. The charging box includes a base ( ), a cover ( ) mounted onto the base, a first and a second connectors ( ), ( ) arranged in the charging box for charging a first and a second battery boards ( ), ( ), a first and a second circuit boards ( ), ( ) for electrically connecting with said first and second connectors. The cover has a platform ( ) and a protrusion ( ) extending from a rear end of the platform. A first and a second openings ( ), ( ) are respectively arranged on a front wall of the protrusion and a top wall of the platform for mating with the battery boards.

Battery charger

A plug connector ( ) includes a casing ( ), a mating portion ( ) retained by the casing for mating with a mating connector, a pair of lock members ( ) and a pair of release buttons ( ). The lock members are fixed in the casing. The lock members each include a resilient lock arm ( ). A pawl ( ) extends from an end of each lock arm for engaging with a corresponding part of the mating connector. The release buttons are separately made and are pivotally mounted in the casing. The release buttons each include an actuating protrusion ( ) for engaging with the lock arm of the lock member. The release button is operable to deflect the lock arm by the actuating protrusion for disengaging the pawl from the corresponding part of the mating connector.

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