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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1997
James Harvey Fleming, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Theodore Woolley Keller, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
David Moon Yee, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Bennett Charles Beaudry, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A battery compartment (12) adapted to accommodate any of several different types of batteries (30, 32, 34). The compartment (12) includes a hollow region having a length equivalent to that of one or more batteries (31, 33, 35) and includes a positive contact (65) disposed at one end thereof. The compartment also includes a cap (14) adapted to couple to an end of the compartment (12) remote from the one end. The one end includes a first contact (65) and one or more additional positive contacts (63). The additional positive contacts (63) are coupled to anodes of diodes (64) having cathodes coupled to the positive contact (65).