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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Manfred Krause, Breckerfeld, DE;
Assignee:
Varta Batterie Aktiengesellschaft, Hannover, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
455 90 ; 292 80 ;
Abstract
A battery housing for an electrical device, such as a portable telephone, has a locking mechanism that locks the battery housing in place onto the housing of the portable device. The locking mechanism has a locking finger that is inserted into an opening in the device housing. The locking finger is spring mounted on the housing bottom of the battery housing and collaborates with at least one sliding surface which preferably has the shape of an inclined plane over which the locking finger can be forced out of the locked position by means of a movable key.