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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1994
Erich Krainer, St. Veit and der Glan, AT;
Martin Sonnek, St. Veit and der Glan, AT;
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
In an apparatus (1) with at least one battery (12, 13) mounted on a printed circuit board (14) the printed circuit board (14) has mounting portions (23, 24, 25, 26) which can be broken off this printed circuit board, solder lugs (19, 20, 21, 22) which project from terminals (15, 16, 17, 18) of the battery (12, 13) being fixedly connected to said mounting portions by a soldered joint (27) each. Each mounting portion (23, 24, 25, 26) of the printed circuit board (14) is surrounded by the remainder of the printed circuit board (14) and an opening (28, 29, 30, 31), which partly surrounds the relevant mounting portion (23, 24, 25, 26), is formed between each mounting portion (23, 24, 25, 26) and the remainder of the printed circuit board (14) and each mounting portion (23, 24, 25, 26) is connected to the remainder of the printed circuit board (14) by a connecting portion (40, 41, 42, 43) of the printed circuit board (14), which connecting portion is situated between the two ends (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39) of an opening (28, 29, 30, 31).